3 December 2015
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015
COP 21 and CMP 11
Paris (Le Bourget), 30 November to 11 December 2015
Preliminary List of speakers for the high-level segment
Monday, 7 December 2015
Immediately following the Opening Ceremony of the High Level Segment − 13.00
His Excellency Mr. Barnabas S. Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland
His Excellency Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente, Vice-President of Angola speaking on behalf of the
Group Least Developed Countries
His Excellency Mr. Siaosi Sovaleni, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Climate Change of Tonga
His Excellency Mr. Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment and Energy of Maldives, speaking on
behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States
Her Excellency Ms. Carole Dieschbourg, Minister for the Environment of Luxembourg
Mr. Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission,
speaking on behalf of the European Union
Her Excellency Ms. Nozipho J. Mxakato-Diseko (South Africa), Chairperson of the Group of 77 and
China, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
His Excellency Mr. Taukelina Finikaso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Tourism, Environment and
Labour of Tuvalu
His Excellency Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
His Excellency Mr. Hugo Roger Martinez Bonilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
Her Excellency Ms. Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia
His Excellency Mr. Ri Su Yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
His Excellency Mr. Raymond Tshibanda Ntungamulongo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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His Excellency Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco
His Excellency Mr. Huseyngulu Seyid Baghirov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of
Azerbaijan
His Excellency Mr. Maiga Saidou, Minister of Environment and Fisheries of Burkina Faso
His Excellency Mr. Rolando De Barros Barreto, Minister of Environment of Paraguay
His Excellency Mr. Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change of
Jamaica
His Excellency Mr. Andrä Rupprechter, Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and
Water Management of Austria
His Excellency Mr. Avi Gabbay, Minister of Environmental Protection of Israel
His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Balde, Minister of Environment of Senegal
15.00 – 20.00
His Excellency Mr. Vincent Biruta, Minister of Natural Resources of Rwanda
His Excellency Mr. José Antonio Galdames Fuentes, Secretary of State of Honduras
His Excellency Mr. Taher Radi Shakhashir, Minister of Environment of Jordan
Her Excellency Ms. Bomo Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs of South Africa
His Excellency Mr. Dominique Pierre, Minister of Environment of Haiti
Her Excellency Ms. Isabel García Tejerina, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain
His Excellency Mr. Yeshey Dorji, Minister of Agriculture and Forests and Vice Chair of National
Environment Commission of Bhutan
Her Excellency Ms. Marlies Amann-Marxer, Minister of the Environment of Liechtenstein
His Excellency Mr. Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources of Singapore
His Excellency Mr. Ousmane Kone, Minister of Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development
of Mali
His Excellency Mr. Theophile Chabi Woru, Minister of Environment in charge of Climate Change
Management, Reforestation and Natural and Forestry Resources Protection of Benin
His Excellency Mr. Battsereg Namdag, Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism of
Mongolia
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His Excellency Mr. Ali I. Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia
His Excellency Mr. Sommad Pholsena, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Lao People's
Democratic Republic
His Excellency Mr. Samuel Eaney Manetoali, Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster
Management and Meteorology of Solomon Islands
Her Excellency Ms. Antonella Mularoni, Minister of Territory and Environment of San Marino
His Excellency Mr. Rolando Bhola, Minister of Agriculture, Lands and the Environment of Grenada
His Excellency Mr. André Kouassi Ablom Johnson, Minister of Environment of Togo
His Excellency Mr. Timothy J. Groser, Minister for Climate Change Issues of New Zealand
His Excellency Mr. Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of
Malaysia
His Excellency Mr. András Aradszki, Minister of State of Hungary
His Excellency Mr. Surasak Karnjanarat, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand
His Excellency Mr. Omar Figueroa, Minister of State of Belize
His Excellency Mr. Moustapha Ali Alifei, Minister of Environment, Water and Fisheries of Chad
His Excellency Mr. Peter Žiga, Minister of the Environment of Slovakia
His Excellency Mr. Pierre Hele, Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable
Development of Cameroon
His Excellency Mr. Mohamad Al Mashnouk, Minister of Environment of Lebanon
His Excellency Mr. Ralava Beboarimisa, Minister of Environment, Ecology, Sea and Forests of
Madagascar
Her Excellency Ms. Christabell Ngimbu Mukuyu, Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection of Zambia
His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Shkolnik, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan
Her Excellency Ms. Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of
Cuba
His Excellency Mr. Ahmad Amer Al-Hemaidi, Minister of Environment of Qatar
Her Excellency Ms. Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment of Brazil
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Her Excellency Ms. Judi Wakhungu, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Regional
Development of Kenya
His Excellency Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State and Special Envoy for Energy and
Climate Change of the United Arab Emirates
His Excellency Mr. Hassan Abdelgadir Hilal, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Physical
Development of Sudan
His Excellency Mr. M. Konneh Amara, Minister of Finance and Development Planning of Liberia
His Excellency Mr. Andreas C. Lehnhoff Temme, Minister of Environmental and Natural Resources of
Guatemala
Her Excellency Ms. Tamayo Marukawa, Minister of the Environment of Japan
His Royal Higness Prince Mostapha Zaher, Director General of the National Environment Protection
Agency of Afghanistan
His Excellency Mr. Anwar Hossein, Minister of Environment and Forests of Bangladesh
Her Excellency Ms. Fatma Guldemet Sari, Minister of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey
His Excellency Mr. Richard Brabec, Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic
His Excellency Mr. Jayeshwur Raj Dayal, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and
Disaster and Beach Management of Mauritius
Mr. Sabir Atadzhanov, Director of the State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of
Kyrgyzstan
His Excellency Mr. Mahama Ayariga, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of
Ghana
His Excellency Mr. Pa Jarju Ousman, Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water, Forestry and
Wildlife of the Gambia
His Excellency Mr. Zahid Hamid, Minister for Climate Change of Pakistan
His Excellency Mr. Jan. F. Szyszko, Minister of the Environment of Poland
His Excellency Mr. Shiferaw Teremariam Menbacho, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change of Ethiopia
His Excellency Mr. Leo Brincat, Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate
Change of Malta
Her Excellency Ms. Adila H. Al-Abboudi, Minister of Health and the Environment of Iraq
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Her Excellency Ms. Marie Christine Marghem, Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable
Development of Belgium
His Excellency Mr. Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
Her Excellency Ms. Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of the
Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Switzerland
His Excellency Mr. Edgar Gutierrez-Espeleta, Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
His Excellency Mr. Bright Msaka, Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining of Malawi
His Excellency Mr. Bishwendra Paswan, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of Nepal
His Excellency Mr. Babageldi Annabayramov, Minister of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan
His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Minister for Water, the Environment, Town Planning and
Regional Planning of Burundi
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
10.00−13.00
Her Excellency Ms. Eneida De León, Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment of
Uruguay
His Excellency Mr. Didier Etienne Dogley, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of
Seychelles
His Excellency Mr. Deng Deng Hoc Yai, Minister of Environment of South Sudan
His Excellency Mr. Jerome Ludvaune, Minister of Climate Change of Vanuatu
His Excellency Mr. José Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment of Portugal
Her Excellency Ms. Thet Thet Zin, Deputy Minister of Environmental Conservation and Forestry of
Myanmar
His Excellency Mr. Suliman Kaloo, Deputy Minister of Environment Affairs of the Syrian Arab
Republic
His Excellency Gianluca Galletti, Minister of Environment of Italy
His Excellency Mr. Ephraim Kamuntu, Minister of Water and Environment of Uganda
His Excellency Mr. Ramon Paje, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines
His Eminence Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace of
the Holy See
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His Excellency Mr. Albert R. Ramdin, Ambassdor and Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Suriname
Mr. Ibodzoda Hayrullo, Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government
of Tajikistan
Her Excellency Ms. Hanna Simmon Ghebremedhin, Ambassador of Eritrea to France
Her Excellency Ms. Begum Karim Taj, Ambassador of Tanzania to France
His Excellency Mr. Eden Charles, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent
Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, New York
Ms. Kyung Won Na, Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee of the Republic of
Korea
Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Special Envory of the President of Timor-Leste
His Excellency Mr. Raphael G.C. Trotman, Minister of Governance with responsibility for Natural
Resources and the Environment of Guyana
His Excellency Mr. Andrei Kovkhuto, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of
Belarus
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