High-Level Segment - Tuesday - National statements

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

(Upon conclusion of the opening of the high-level segment until 13.00)


Preliminary List of Speakers


  • His Excellency Mr. Taneti Maamau, President of Kiribati
  • His Excellency Mr. Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga
  • His Excellency Mr. Kausea Natano, Prime Minister of Government of Tuvalu
  • His Excellency Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji
  • His Excellency Mr. Ali Mohsen Saleh, Vice President of Yemen
  • His Excellency Mr. László Sólymos, Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
  • Her Excellency Ms. Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
  • His Excellency Mr. Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid, Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia
  • His Excellency Mr. Richard Brabec, Deputy Prime Minister of the Czechia
  • His Excellency Mr. Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Relations of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • His Excellency Mr. Riad Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
  • His Excellency Mr. Omar Antonio Fugueroa, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry the Environment and Sustainable Development of Belize speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States
  • Her Excellency Ms. Krista Mikkonen, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Finland and
  • His Excellency Mr. Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission speaking jointly on behalf of the European Union
  • His Excellency Mr. James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change of New Zealand
  • Her Excellency Ms. Marieme Elizabeth Bekaye, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Mauritania
  • His Excellency Mr. Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment of Norway
  • Her Excellency Ms. Maria Patek, Minister of Sustainability and Tourism of Austria
  • Her Excellency Ms. Mary Gorretti Kitutu, Minister of Environment of Uganda
  • Her Excellency Ms. Svenja Schulze, Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany
  • His Excellency Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand
  • His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie, Minister of Municipality and Environment of Qatar
  • Her Excellency Ms. Dominique Hasler, Minister of Home Affairs, Education and Environment of Liechtenstein
  • His Excellency Mr. Batio Bassiere, Minister of Environment Green Economy and Climate Change of Burkina Faso
  • Her Excellency Ms. Fabiola M. Muñoz, Minister of Environment of Peru
  • His Excellency Mr. Brahim Mahamat Djamaladine, Minister of Environment, Water and Fisheries of Chad
  • His Excellency Mr. Hussein Rasheed Hassan, Minister of Environment of Maldives
  • His Excellency Mr. Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad H.J. Alsabah, Minister, Chairman and Director General of Kuwait Environment Public Authority
  • His Excellency Mr. Perrance Shiri, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement of Zimbabwe
  • His Excellency Mr. Daryl Wesley Vaz, Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica
  • His Excellency Mr. Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey
  • Her Excellency Ms. Elisabeth Borne, Minister for an Ecological and Solidary Transition of France
  • His Excellency Mr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Energy of Israel
  • His Excellency Mr. Osvaldo Cravid Viegas d'Abreu, Minister of Public Works, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment of Sao Tome and Principe
  • His Excellency Mr. Thani Bin Ahmed El Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate and Environment of United Arab Emirates
  • Her Excellency Ms. Barbara D. Creecy, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa
  • His Excellency Mr. Romauld Ferreira, Minister of the Environment and Housing of Bahamas