Paris Climate Agreement Signing Ceremony – country statements and live coverage

Paris Climate Agreement Signing Ceremony – country statements and live coverageMartin2018-06-20T16:36:57-04:00

Statements by country

United Nations
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General
Opening – Closing

Afghanistan
H.E. Mahmoud Saikal, Chair of delegation
English

Andorra
H.E. Antoni Martí Petit, Head of Government
Spanish

Antigua and Barbuda
H.E. Gaston Alphonso Browne, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Corporate Governance
English

Argentina
H.E. Susana Mabel Malcorra, Minister for Foreign Affairs
English – Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Australia
H.E. Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment
English

Austria
H.E. Andra Rupprechter, Minister of Environment
English

Bahamas
H.E. Perry Gladstone Christie, MP, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
English

Botswana
H.E. Amb. Charles T. Ntwaagae, Permanent Representative
English

Brazil
H.E. Dilma Rousseff, President
English

Video English – Video Portuguese

Bulgaria
H.E. Rosen Plevneliev, President
English

Cabo Verde
H.E. Fernando Jorge Wahnon Ferreira, Chair of delegation
English

Cameroon
H.E. Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister for External Relations
French

Video English – Video French

Chile
H.E. Jose Antonio Galdames Fuentes, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Costa Rica
H.E. Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría, Vice President
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Cote d’Ivorie
H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President
French

Video English – Video French

Cuba
H.E. Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Czech Republic
H.E. Richard Brabec, Minister of Environment
English

Democratic Republic of Congo
H.E. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President
English & French

Video English – Video French

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
H.E. Ri Su Yong, Minister for Foreign Affairs
English

Video English – Video Korean

Denmark
H.E. Lars Christian Lilleholt, Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate
English

Djibouti
H.E. Ahmed Ali Silay, Minister delegate in charge of International Cooperation
French

Video English – Video French

Egypt
H.E. Khaled Fahmy, Minister of Environment
Arabic – English

Video English – Video Arabic

El Salvador
H.E. Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Fiji
H.E. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister
English

Finland
H.E. Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of Agriculture and the Environment
English

Gabon
H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President
French

Video English – Video French

Georgia
H.E. Gigla Agulashvili, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
English

Video English – Video Georgian

Greece
H.E. Ioannis Tsironis, Alternate Minister of Environment and Energy
English

Grenada
H.E. Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Energy, Minister for National Security, Public Administration, Disaster Management, Home Affairs, Information and Implementation
English

Guatemala
H.E. Jimmy Morales, President
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Guyana
H.E. David Arthur Granger, President
English

Haiti
H.E. Jocelerme Pivert, President
French

Video English – Video French

Honduras
H.E. Arturo Corrales, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Iceland
H.E. Sigrun Magnusdottir, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
English

India
H.E. Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change
English

Indonesia
H.E. Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry
English

Ireland
H.E. Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
English

Japan
H.E. Motohide Yoshikawa, Chair of delegation
English

Jordan
H.E. Taher Shakhashir, Minister of Environment
English

Kazakhstan
H.E. Amb. Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Permanent Representative
English

Kenya
H.E. Amb. Dr. Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
English

Kiribati
H.E. Teburoro Tito, the former President and current MP and the Special Envoy of the President
English

Latvia
H.E. Kaspars Gerhards, Minister of Environment and Regional Development
English

Lebanon
H.E. Tammam Salam, President of the Council of Ministers
English

Video English – Video Arabic

Lesotho
H.E. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister
English

Liberia
H.E. Marjon Vashti Kamara, Minister for Foreign Affairs
English

Liechtenstein
H.E. Christian Wenaweser, Chair of delegation
English

Lithuania
H.E. Dalia Grybauskaité, President
English

Mali
H.E. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and African Integration
French

Video English – Video French

Malta
H.E. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister
English

Marshall Islands
H.E. Hilda C. Heine, President
English

Mexico
H.E. Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Micronesia (Federated States of)
H.E. Peter M. Christian, President and Head of Government
English

Monaco
H.E. Serge Telle, Ministre d’Etat, Chef du Gouvernement de la Principauté de Monaco
French

Video English – Video French

Montenegro
H.E. Filip Vujanović, President
English

Morocco
H.E. Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
English – French – Spanish

Video English – Video Arabic

Nauru(on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS))
H.E. Baron Divavesi Waqa, President
English

Palau
H.E. Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr., President
English

Panama(on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations)
H.E. Mirei Endara, Minister of Environment
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Peru
H.E. Ollanta Humala, President
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Philippines
H.E. Ramon J.P. Paje, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
English

Poland
H.E. Beata Szydło, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
English

Portugal
H.E. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment
English

Video English – Video Portuguese

Russian Federation
H.E. Alexander Khloponin, Deputy Prime Minister
English – Russian

Video English – Video Russian

Rwanda
H.E. Louise Mushikiwabo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
English

Saint Kitts and Nevis
H.E. Timothy S. Harris, Prime Minister, Minister for Sustainable Development, National Security, People Empowerment and Constituency Empowerment
English

Samoa
H.E. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
English

San Marino
H.E. Antonella Mularoni, Minister of Territory and Environment
English

Serbia
H.E. Tomislav Nikolić, President
English

Sierra Leone
H.E. Dr. Samura M.W. Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
English

Singapore
H.E. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs
English

Slovakia
H.E. Andrej Kiska, President
English

South Sudan
H.E. Deng Deng Hoc Yai, Minister of Environment
English

Spain
H.E. María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón, Vice President
Spanish

Video English – Video Spanish

Sri Lanka
H.E. Susil Premajayanth, Minister of Science, Technology and Research
English

State of Palestine
H.E. Mahmoud Abbas, President
Arabic

Video English – Video Arabic

Swaziland
Honourable Mr. Paul Sintentela Dlamini, Deputy Prime Minister
English

Sweden
H.E. Åsa Romson, Deputy Prime Minister
English

Switzerland
H.E. Doris Leuthard, Vice President
English

Video English – Video French

Timor-Leste
H.E. Contancio da Conceição Pinto, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
English

Tonga
H.E. Siaosi Sovalen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change, and Communications
English

Turkey
H.E. Mrs. Fatma Güldemet Sarı- Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of the Rep. of Turkey
English

Turkmenistan
H.E. Aksoltan Ataeva, Chair of Delegation
Russian

Video English – Video Russian

Tuvalu
H.E. Hon Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Prime Minister
English

United Republic of Tanzania
H.E. Tuvako Nathaniel Manongi, Chair of delegation
English

Viet Nam
H.E. Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
English

Zimbabwe
H.E. Robert G. Mugabe, President
English