Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary UN Climate Change

 

Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level opening of COP27 - as delivered

 

Monday, 7 November 2022

(14:30 - 18:30)

His Highness Shaikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nehayan, President of the United Arab Emirates (National Statement to be delivered during the opening of the Summit)

His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of Congo

His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon

His Excellency Mr. Wavel John Charles Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles

His Excellency Mr. Klaus-Werner Iohannis, President of Romania

His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, President of Mauritania

His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France

Her Excellency Ms. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of United Republic of Tanzania

His Excellency Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria (written statement)

His Excellency Mr. Abdulatif M. Jamal Rashid, President of Iraq

Her Excellency Ms. Zuzana Caputova, President of Slovakia

His Excellency Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic

His Excellency Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of Mozambique

His Excellency Mr. Taneti Maamau, President of Kiribati

His Excellency Mr. William K. Ruto, President of Kenya (Speaking on behalf of the African Group)

His Excellency Mr. Ignazio Cassis, President of Switzerland

His Majesty King Tupou VI, President of Tonga

His Excellency Mr. Egils Levits, President of Latvia

His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, President of Colombia

His Excellency Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia

His Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti

His Excellency Mr. Bazoum Mohamed, President of Niger

His Excellency Mr. Milo Djukanovic, President of Montenegro

His Excellency Mr. Rashad Mohammed Ali Al-Alimi, President of Yemen

His Excellency Mr. Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

His Excellency Mr. Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of Armenia

His Excellency Mr. Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia

His Excellency Mr. Isaac Herzog, President of Israel

His Excellency Mr. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau

His Excellency Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan

 

(Special High-Level Segment for Vice-Presidents and Heads of Government)

His Excellency Mr. Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government of Spain

His Excellency Mr. Shaikh Meshal Ahmad Jaber Al Sabah, Vice President of Kuwait

His Excellency Mr. Maruf Amin, Vice President of Indonesia

His Excellency Mr. Tiemoko Meyliet Koné, Vice President of Côte d'Ivoire

His Excellency Mr. Faisal Naseem,Vice President of Maldives

His Excellency Mr. Badara A. Joof, Vice President of Gambia

Her Excellency Ms. Esperaça Maria e Francisco da Costa, Vice President of Angola

Her Excellency Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy

His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia

His Excellency Mr. Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

His Excellency Mr. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Netherlands

His Excellency Mr. Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden

His Excellency Mr. Alikhan Smailov Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Her Excellency Ms. Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland

His Excellency Mr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (written statement)

 

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

10:30 -12:30 (Continuation of National Statements)

His Excellency Mr. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (Speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States)

His Excellency Mr. Macky Sall, President of Senegal

His Excellency Mr. Alar Karis, President of Estonia

His Excellency Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of Poland

His Excellency Mr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe

His Excellency Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi, President of Botswana

His Excellency Mr. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, President of Mongolia

His Excellency Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka

His Excellency Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa

His Excellency Mr. Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi

His Excellency Mr. Assoumani Azali, President of Comoros

His Excellency Mr. Rumen Georgiev Radev, President of Bulgaria

His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Menfi, President of Libya

His Excellency Mr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi

His Excellency Mr. Alexander van der Bellen, President of Austria

His Excellency Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana

His Excellency Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus

His Excellency Mr. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

His Excellency Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

His Excellency Mr. Jose Maria Neves, President of Cabo Verde

His Excellency Mr. George Manneh Weah, President of Liberia

His Excellency Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname

His Excellency Mr. António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal

His Excellency Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia

His Excellency Mr. Surangel Samuel Whipps, President of Palau

 

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

13:00 – end (Continuation of National Statements)

His Excellency Mr. Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Her Excellency Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

His Excellency Mr. Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of Namibia (written statement)

His Excellency Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of Madagascar

His Excellency Mr. Abdalftah Alburhan Abdalrhman, Head of The Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan

His Excellency Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia

His Excellency Mr. Nikenike Vurobaravu, President of Vanuatu

His Excellency Mr. Micheál Martin, Prime Minister of Ireland

His Excellency Mr. Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of Czechia

His Excellency Mr. Mohammad I. M. Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine

His Excellency Mr. Kausea Natano, Prime Minister of Tuvalu

His Excellency Mr. Robert Abela, Prime Minister of Malta

His Excellency Mr. Philip Davis, Prime Minister of Bahamas

His Excellency Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece

His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See

His Excellency Mr. Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium

His Excellency Mr. Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands

His Excellency Mr. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia

His Excellency Mr. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan

His Excellency Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway

Her Excellency Ms. Najla Bouden Ep Romdhan, Prime Minister of Tunisia

His Excellency Mr. Cleopas Dlamini, Prime Minister of Eswatini

His Excellency Mr. Mohamad Najib Mikati, Prime Minister of Lebanon (written statement)

His Excellency Mr. Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg

His Excellency Mr. Jean-Michel Lukonde Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

His Excellency Mr. Pierre Dartout, Prime Minister of Monaco

His Excellency Mr. Xavier Espot Zamora, Prime Minister of Andorra

Her Excellency Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados

His Excellency Mr. Saleh Kebzabo, Prime Minister of Chad

His Excellency Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, Prime Minister of Mali

 

Closing of the first part of the high-level segment for Heads of State and Government

Message from Ms. Na, Kyung-Won, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Environment, Republic of Korea

Message from His Excellency Mr. Xie Zhenhua, President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative, China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change

Video message from His Excellency Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

10:00 – 13:00

His Excellency Mr. Ali Salajegheh, Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Her Excellency Ms. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Prime Minister of Samoa

His Excellency Mr. Marian Jurečka, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic and His Excellency Mr. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission (speaking on behalf of the European Union Group)

His Excellency Mr. Aurélien Eugénio Jean Amah Agbenonci, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin

His Excellency Mr. Alioune Ndoye, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition of Senegal (speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries Group)

Her Excellency Ms. Tanzila Kamalovna Narbaeva, Chairperson of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan

His Royal Highness Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia

His Excellency Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand

Her Excellency Ms. Bounkham Vorachit, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Lao People's Democratic Republic

Her Excellency Ms. Josephine Napwon Cosmos Ngoya, Minister of Environment and Forestry of South Sudan

Her Excellency Ms. Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Her Excellency Ms. Esa Sharon-Mona Ainuu, Minister of Natural Resources of Niue

His Excellency Mr. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management of Belize

Her Excellency Ms. Svandís Svavarsdottir, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Iceland

His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi, Minister of Environment of Nigeria

Her Excellency Ms. Elba Rose Perez Montoya, Minister of Science Technology and the Environment of Cuba

His Excellency Mr. Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment Urbanization and Climate Change of Türkiye

His Excellency Mr. Rennier Stanislaus Gadabu, Minister of Climate Change and National Resilience of Nauru

His Excellency Mr. Sheikh Faleh Nasser Al-Thani, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Qatar

His Excellency Mr. Fernando Andrés López Larreynaga, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador

His Excellency Mr. Christopher Bowen, Minister of Climate Change and Energy of Australia

His Excellency Mr. Shawn Andrey Edward, Minister of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation Science Technology and Vocational Training of Saint Lucia

His Excellency Mr. Dato Abdul Manaf Metussin, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism of Brunei Darussalam

His Excellency Mr. Simo Kilepa, Minister for Environment Conservation and Climate Change of Papua New Guinea

His Excellency Mr. Molywn Joseph, Minister of Environment of Antigua and Barbuda

His Excellency Mr. Gerson Elías Barrios Garrido, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala

His Excellency Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Minister Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India

His Excellency Mr. Wilbert Rozas Beltrán, Minister of the Environment of Peru

His Excellency Mr. Hussien Makhlouf, Minister of Local Administration and Environment of Syrian Arab Republic

His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Rafael Manrique Miranda, Minister of Environment Water and Ecological Transition of Ecuador

Her Excellency Ms. Grace Fu, Minister of Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore

Her Excellency Ms. Kerryne James, Minister for Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy of Grenada

Her Excellency Ms. Louopou Lamah, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Guinea

His Excellency Mr. James P.E. Shaw, Minister of Climate Change of New Zealand

His Excellency Mr. Fidelis Manuel Leite Mangalhães, Minister of the Council of Ministers and Extraordinary Envoy of the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

 

15:00 – 19:00

His Excellency Mr. Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite, Minister of Environment of Brazil

His Excellency Mr. Dan J. Jørgensen, Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities of Denmark

His Excellency Mr. Akihiro Nishimura, Minister of the Environment of Japan

Her Excellency Ms. Pennelope Beckles, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago

Her Excellency Ms. María Eloisa Rojas, Minister of Environment of Chile

His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Bin Daina, Minister of Oil and Environment and Special Envoy of Climate Change of Kingdom of Bahrain

Her Excellency Ms. Romina Pourmokhtari, Minster of Climate and the Environment of Sweden

His Excellency Mr. Say Samal, Minister of Environment of Cambodia

His Excellency Mr. Shahab Uddin, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Bangladesh

His Excellency Mr. Lucky Halach Medina Estrad, Minister, Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment of Honduras

His Excellency Mr. Dickson Panakitasi Mua, Minister of Forestry and Research of the Solomon Islands

His Excellency Mr. Andrew R. Yatilman, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management of the Federated States of Micronesia

Her Excellency Ms. Irena Vujovic, Minister of Environmental Protection of Serbia

His Excellency Mr. John M. Silk, Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce of Marshall Islands

His Excellency Mr. Tesfai Ghebreselassie Sebhatu, Minister of Land, Water and Environment of Eritrea

His Excellency Mr. Ha Tran Hong, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam

Her Excellency Ms. Francisca Eneme Efua, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment of Equatorial Guinea

His Excellency Mr. Miguel Ceara Hatton, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Dominican Republic

His Excellency Mr. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Canada

His Excellency Mr. Kavydass Ramano, Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change of Mauritius

His Excellency Mr. Franz Tattenbach, Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica

His Excellency Mr. Matthew Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Environment and Climate Change of Jamaica

Her Excellency Ms. Wha Jin Han, Minister of Environment of the Republic of Korea

His Excellency Mr. Stefano Canti, Minister of Territory and Environment, Agriculture, Civil Protection and Relations with the Public Works State Corporation of San Marino

Her Excellency Ms. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development of Uganda.

Her Excellency Ms. Sherry Rehman, Minister for Climate Change of Pakistan

His Excellency Mr. Pem Narayan Kandel, Secretary of State, Ministry of Forests and Environment of Nepal

Mr. Ruslan Edelgeriev, Advisor to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues of the Russian Federation

Ms. Iordanca Rodica Iordanov, State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova

Mr. Sheralizoda Bahodur, Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection of Tajikistan (Speaking on behalf of Central Asia, Caucasus and Republic of Moldova)

Mr. Beksultan Ibraimov, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Firdovsi Aliyev, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan

Ms. Martha Delgado Peralta, Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico

Mr. Danas Augutis, Vice Minister of Environment of Lithuania

Mr. Mirza Hujic, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ms. Noor Afifah, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Environment and Water of Malaysia

Mr. Myong Hak Jong, Counsellor of Permanent Mission in Geneva of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Mr. Shaikh Abdullah Ahmad Ahoumod Alsabah, Director General of Environment Public Authority of Kuwait

Mr. Thinley Namgyel, Government Secretary of Bhutan

His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Nasser Musallam Al Rahbi, Ambassador of Oman to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League

His Excellency Mr. Satyendra Prasad, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Fiji to United Nations, New York

His Excellency Mr. Sergei Terentiev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of Egypt

His Excellency Mr. Ezzedin H. Tago, Ambassador of the Philippines to Egypt

His Excellency Ambassador Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, Undersecretary of Foreign Policy of Argentina

His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Mohamed Farrara Lashtar, Minister Advisor to the President and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Nicaragua to the United Arab Emirates

Ms. Barbara Kovács, Head of Department for International Climate Policy of Hungary

Mr. Stefan Hassler Director, Office of Environment of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Mr. Yves Bernard Remarais, Director of Communication of the Ministry of Environment of Haiti

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

10:00 – 13:00

 

Intergovernmental organizations

Dr. Andre Kamga Foamouhoue, Director General, African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development

Albara Tawfiq, Chair of the Board, Adaptation Fund Board

Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR System Organization

Dr. Abdoulaye Mohamadou, Executive Secretary, Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

His Excellency Professor Charles Andre Vêlayoudom Marimoutou, Secretary General, Commission de l'ocean Indien

His Excellency Jules Doret Ndongo, President, Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale

The Right Honorable Patricia Scotland KC, Secretary General of the Commonwealth

Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust

His Excellency Khusrav Noziri, Secretary General, Economic Cooperation Organization

His Excellency Mohamed Hamel, Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Dario Soto Abril, Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Global Water Partnership Organisation

Jan Beagle, Director General, International Development Law Organization

Didier Coulomb, General Director, Institut International du Froid

Sheam Satkuru, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization

Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Pau Roca, Director General, International Organization of Vine and Wine

His Excellency Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Hon. Pedro Roque, President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

His Excellency Henry Puna, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Dr. Jauad El Kharraz, Executive Director, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Dr. Md Masumur Rahman, Director General, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme

Dr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director, South Centre

International Bureau of Weights and Measures (written statement)

Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (written statement)

Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention (written statement)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (written statement)

 

Non-governmental organizations

Andrew Wilson, on behalf of business and industry non-governmental organizations BINGO

Jacquiline Dominic Massao, on behalf of environmental non-governmental organizations ENGO-CAN

Asad Rehman, on behalf of environmental non-governmental organizations ENGO-DCJ

Katie Milne, on behalf of farmers non-governmental organizations FARMERS

Cristina Coc, on behalf of indigenous peoples organizations IPO

Wavinya Ndeti, on behalf of local government and municipal authorities non-governmental organizations LGMA

Amany Abdel, on behalf of research and independent non-governmental organizations RINGO

Hind Benammar, on behalf of trade unions non-governmental organizations TUNGO

Maria Matui, on behalf of women and gender non-governmental organizations WOMEN & GENDER

Cathy Yitong  Li, on behalf of children and youth non-governmental organizations YOUNGO

Kera Sherwood-O’Regan, on behalf of Disability caucus

The Right Reverend Arnold Temple, on behalf of Faith-based organizations

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