COP 15 - Statements Statements at the opening of the high-level segment of COP 15 and CMP 5 in order of delivery Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark Mr. BAN Ki-moon, Secretery General of the United Nations Ms. Connie Hedegaard, Minister for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009 and COP 15 and CMP 5 President Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Ms. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Goodwill Ambassador for the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystem & UN Messenger of Peace Statements at the opening ceremony of COP 15 and CMP 5 in order of delivery Mr. Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark Ms. Ritt Bjerregard, Mayor of Copenhagen Mr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chair of IPCC Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Mr. Maciej Nowicki, COP 14 and CMP 4 President Ms. Connie Hedegaard, Minister for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009 and COP 15 and CMP 5 President