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1st plenary meeting (Formal Opening)
Introduction
Statement by President of the Economic and Social Council (Slovakia)
Member States
H.E. Abdelkader Bensalah, President of the Council of Nation of Algeria
H.E. Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda
H.E. Freundel Jerome Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados
H.E. Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan
Statement by H.E. Wen Jiabao Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
H.E. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica
H.E. Dileďta Mohamed Dileďta, Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti
H.E. Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister and Commander of the Military Forces of the Republic of Fiji
H.E. Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea
H.E. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
H.E. Mohamed Waheed, President of the Republic of Maldives
H.E. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
H.E. Amy Adams, Minister for the Environment of New Zealand
H.E Jorge Lara Castro, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Paraguay
H.E. Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea
H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
H.E. La Celia Prince Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the USA and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States
H.E. Al Haj Adam Yousuf, Vice President of the Republic of the Sudan
H.E. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan
H.E. Hamza Rafeeq, Chairman of delegation of Trinidad and Tobago
H.E. Willy Telavi, Prime Minister of Tuvalu
H.E. Robert Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Major Groups
2nd plenary meeting (Ceremonial Opening)
Introduction
Statement by the President of the Conference
Statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Statement by the President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly
Statement by Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development on the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
High-level round table - Looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference
Member States
H.E. Zalmai RASSOUL, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan
H.E. Fatmir MEDIU, Minister for Environment, Forests and Water Administration of Albania
H.E. Fernando Da Piedade Dias Dos Santos, Vice President of the Republic of Angola
H.E. Silvia REVORA, Under-Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina
H.E. Edward NALBANDYAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia
H.E. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia
H.E. Wolfgang WALDNER, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Austria
H.E. Yagub EYYUBOV, Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
H.E. Frederick MITCHELL, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Bahamas
H.E. Juma Bin AHMED ALKAABI, Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning of the Kingdom of Bahrain
H.E. Hasan MAHMUD, Minister for Environment and Forest of Bangladesh
H.E. Sergei MARTYNOV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belarus
H.E. Paul MAGNETTE, Minister for Developement Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium
H.E. Lisel ALAMILLA, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of Belize
H.E. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin
H.E. Evo MORALES AYMA, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
H.E. Mirko SAROVIC, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina
H.E. O.K. MOKAILA, Minister of Environment of Botswana
H.E. Antonio de AGUIAR PATRIOTA, Minister of External Relations of Brazil
H.E. Mohammad Yasmin UMAR, Minister of Energy of Brunei Darussalam
H.E. Rossen PLEVNELIEV, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
H.E. Jean COULDIATY, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Burkina Faso
H.E. Gervais Rufyikiri, Vice-President of the Republic of Burundi
H.E. Mok MARETH, Senior Minister and Minister of Environment of Cambodia
H.E. Pierre MOUKOKO MBONJO, Minister of External Relations of Cameroon
H.E. Peter KENT, Minister of Environment of Canada
H.E. Jorge Carlos De Almeida FONSECA, President of the Republic of Cape Verde
H.E. Faustin Archange TOUADERA, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
H.E. General Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad
H.E. Sebastian Pińera Echeńique, President of the Republic of Chile
Statement by H.E. Wen Jiabao Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
H.E. Juan Manuel SANTOS CALDERÓN, President of the Republic of Colombia
H.E. Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros
H.E. Jeannot Kouadio-Ahoussou, Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
H.E. Nven Mimica, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
H.E. Raul CASTRO RUZ, President of the Republic of Cuba
Mrs. Egly PANTELAKIS, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of Cyprus
H.E. Tomas CHALUPA, Minister of Environment of Czech Republic
H.E. Raymond N'TUNGAMULONGO TSHIBANDA, Minister for Foreign Affairs International Cooperation and Francophonie of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT, Prime Minister of Denmark
H.E. Rayburn BLACMOORE, Minister for Public Works, Energy and Ports of Dominica
H.E. Leonel Fernández Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic
H.E. Rafael CORREA, President of the Republic of Ecuador
H.E. Moustafa Hussein KAMEL, Minister of Environment of Egypt
H.E. Herman Humberto ROSA CHAVEZ, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador
H.E. Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Tesfai GHERESELASIE SEBHATU, Minister of Land, Water and Environment of Eritrea
H.E. Urmas PAET, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia
H.E. Alemayehu TEGENU, Minister for Water and Environment of Ethiopia
H.E. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, President of the European Commission
H.E. Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
H.E. François Hollande, President of the French Republic
H.E. Ali BONGO ONDIMBA, President of the Gabonese Republic
H.E. Aja Isatou NJIE-SAIDY, Vice President of The Republic of the Gambia
H.E. Vera KOBALIA, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
H.E. Peter ALTMAIER, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany
H.E. Hani Sherry AYITTEY, Minister of Environment Science and Technology of Ghana
H.E. Dimitri ALEXANDRAKIS, Chairman of delegation of Greece
H.E. Tillman THOMAS, Prime Minister of Grenada
H.E. Roxana SOBENES, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala
H.E. Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar, President of the Republic of Guyana
H.E. Michel Joseph MARTELLY, President of the Republic of Haiti
His Eminence Odilo Cardinal Pedro SCHERER, Cardinal and Special Envoy of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
H.E. Arturo CORRALES ÁLVAREZ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Honduras
H.E. Janos Ader, President of Hungary
H.E. Svandis SVAVARSDOTTIR, Minister for the Environment of Iceland
H.E. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of India
H.E. Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO, President of the Republic of Indonesia
H.E. Ali Yousif Abdulnabi ALSHUKRI, Minister of Planning of Iraq
H.E. Phil HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government of Ireland
H.E. Gilad ERDAN, Minister of Environmental Protection of Israel
H.E. Corrado CLINI, Minister of the Environment of Italy
H.E. Portia SIMPSON MILLER, Prime Minister of Jamaica
H.E. Koichiro GEMBA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
H.E. Jafar Abed HASSAN, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan
H.E. Nurlan KAPPAROV, Minister of Environment Protection of Kazakhstan
H.E. Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya
H.E. Anote Tong, President of the Republic of Kiribati
Her Highness Sheikha Amthal Al Ahmad AL JABER AL SABAH, Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait
H.E. Djoomart OTORBAYEV, Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
H.E. Somsavat LENGSAVAD, Deputy Prime Minister of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
H.E. Edmunds Sprūdžs, Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia
H.E. Najib Mikati, Prime Minister of the Lebanese Republic
Ms. PALESA MOKETE, Chairperson of delegation of Lesotho
H.E. Amara KONNEH, Minister of Finance of Liberia
H.E. Saleh AMNISSI, Minister of Environment of Libya
H.E. Martin FRICK, Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein
H.E. Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania
His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri, Head of State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
H.E. Vladimir PESHEVSKI, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
H.E. Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of the Transition of the Republic of Madagascar
H.E. Catherine GOTANI HARA, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Management of Malawi
H.E. Douglas Uggah EMBAS, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia
H.E. Alpha Bocar NAFO, Minister of Energy, Water and Environment of Mali
H.E. Mario de MARCO, Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Environment of Malta
H.E. Christopher Loeak, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
H.E. Brahim Ould M'Bareck Ould MOHAMED EL MOCTAR, Minister of Rural Development of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
H.E. Devanand VIRAHSAWMY, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Mauritius
H.E. Juan Rafael ELVIRA QUESADA, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
H.E. Emanuel MORI, President of The Federated States of Micronesia
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Head of State of The Principality of Monaco
H.E. Batkhishig BADAMDORJ, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Mongolia
H.E. Igor LUKŠIĆ, Prime Minister of Montenegro
H.E. Abdelilah BENKIRANE, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco
H.E. Armando Emílio GUEBUZA, President of the Republic of Mozambique
H.E. Sai Mauk Kham, Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
H.E. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia
H.E. Marlene MOSES, Chairperson of delegation of Nauru
H.E. Ben KNAPEN, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation of the Netherlands
H.E. Miguel D'escoto BROCKMANN, Minister Adviser on International Relations and Borders of Nicaragua and President of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly
H.E. Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Republic of the Niger
H.E. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
H.E. Jens STOLTENBERG, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway
H.E. Mohammed ALTOBI, Minister of Environment and Climate Affairs of Oman
H.E. Mohammad JAVED MALIK, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Climate Change of Pakistan
H.E. Mr. Sebastian MARINO, National Environmental Planner of the Office of the President of Palau
H.E. Francisco ALVAREZ DE SOTO, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Panama
H.E. Lucy BOGARI, Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade/Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
H.E. Ollanta Humala Tasso, President of the Republic of Peru
H.E. Arsenio BALISACAN, Minister of Socioeconomic Planning of the Republic of the Philippines
H.E. Marcin KOROLEC, Minister of Environment of Poland
H.E. Pedro Passos COELHO, Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic
H.E. Abdullah bin HAMAD AL-ATTIYA, Prime Minister of Qatar
H.E. Mihai MOLDOVANU, Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Moldova
H.E. Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo
H.E. Rovana PLUMB, Minister for Environment and Forests of Romania
H.E. Dmitry MEDVEDEV, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Russian version
H.E. Stanislas KAMANZI, Minister of Natural Resources of Rwanda
H.E. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
H.E. James FLETCHER,Minister for Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology of Saint Lucia
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa
H.E. Macky SALL, President of the Republic of Senegal
H.E. Tomislav NIKOLIC, President of the Republic of Serbia
H.E. Danny FAURE, Vice President of The Republic of Seychelles
H.E. Joseph SAMESAY, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security of Sierra Leone
H.E. Vivian BALAKRISHNAN, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources of Singapore
H.E. Peter Žiga, Minister of Environment of Slovakia
H.E. Franc BOGOVIC, Minister of Agriculture and the Environment of Slovenia
H.E. Gordon Darcy Lilo, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
H.E. Elmi DUALEH, Chairman of delegation of Somalia
H.E. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa
H.E. Lieutenant General Alfred LADU-GORE,Alfred LADU-GORE, Minister of Environment of South Sudan
H.E. Mariano Rajoy Brey, President of the Kingdom of Spain
H.E. Ginmardo KROMOSOETO, Minister for Spatial Planning, Land and Forest Management of Suriname
H.E. Fredrik REINFELDT, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden
H.E. Doris Leuthard, Prime Minister of the Swiss Confederation
H.E. Mohammad KHADDOUR, Chairman of delegation of Syrian Arab Republic
H.E. Mohamed Gharib Bilal, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Her Royal Highness Pricess Chulabhorn MAHIDOL, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
H.E. Jose RAMOS-HORTA, Special Envoy of Timor-Leste
H.E. Kossivi AYIKOE, Minister of Environment and Forestry of the Togolese Republic
H.E. Sonatane TAUMOEPEAU-TOPOU, Chairman of delegation of Tonga
H.E. Mamia ELBANNA ZAYANI, Minister of Environment of Tunisia
H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
H.E. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President of Turkmenistan
H.E. Maria MUTAGAMBA, Minister of Water and Environment of Uganda
H.E. Eduard STAVYTSKYI, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
H.E. Sheikha Lubna AL QASSIMI, Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates
H.E. Nick CLEGG, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
H.E. Hillary RODHAM CLINTON, Secretary of State of United States of America
H.E. José Mujica Cordano, President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
H.E. Nariman UMAROV, Minister of the State Committee for Nature Protection of Uzbekistan
H.E. Meltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu
H.E. Claudia SARLENO, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
H.E. NGUYEN Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister of Viet Nam
H.E. Abdoul Razaz SALEH, Minister of Water and Environment of Yemen
H.E. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia
United Nations & IGOs
Contributions of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay
Statement by Ms Noeleen Heyzer, USG and Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Closing Session
Introduction
Statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Member States