Secretary-General's Remarks On Receiving The Russian Federation's Instrument Of Ratification For The 1997 Kyoto Protocol To The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change

Now we need to intensify our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and I hope even the countries which have not joined yet will make efforts in that direction.

I think this is a great day for the whole world.

Without controlling climate change, I don't think we stand a chance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals and arresting environmental degradation.

And so I am very very happy, and I am grateful to President Putin for his leadership and the decision that he took to ratify the Protocol.

Thank you, Ambassador [Denisov]