Statements

	Written statement from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations عربي | Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Русский | 中文
	Video message from Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
	Video message from Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary, CBD

Messages from COP Presidencies

	Incoming COP 17 Host: His Excellency, Mr. Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment of Armenia and Incoming President of COP 17
	COP 16 Presidency: Video message from Her Excellency, Ms. Irene Vélez Torres, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
	COP 15 Presidency: Written statement from His Excellency Mr. Huang Runqui, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China
	COP 12 Presidency: Written statement from His Excellency, Mr. KIM, Sunghwan, Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment of the Republic of Korea
	COP 10 Presidency: Video message from His Excellency, Mr. Hirotaka Ishihara, Minister of the Environment of Japan
	COP 9 Presidency: Video message from His Excellency, Mr. Carsten Schneider, Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate, Nature Conservation & Nuclear Safety of Germany
	COP 8 Presidency: Written statement from His Excellency, Mr. João Paulo Ribeiro Capobianco, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil
	COP 7 Presidency: Written statement from His Excellency, Mr. Dato' Sri Arthur Joseph Kurup, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability of Malaysia
	COP 4 Presidency: Video message from His Excellency, Mr. Filip Kuffa, State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic

Messages from Parties

• Canada: Written statement from the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• Hungary: Written statement from the Honourable László Gajdos, Minister for the Living Environment
• Trinidad and Tobago: Written statement from the Honorable Kennedy Swaratsingh, Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development
• United Arab Emirates: Written statement from Her Excellency, Dr. Amna bint Abdullah Al Dahak, Minister of Climate Change and Environment

Messages from Partners

• A Rocha Ghana: Video message from Ransford Agyei, Conservation & Research Development Officer
• ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity: Video message from Jerome L. Montemayor, Executive Director
• Brahma Kumaris: Video message from Sister Jayanti, Additional Administrative Head
• Convention on Migratory Species: Video message from Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary
• Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Video message from Manoela Pessoa De Miranda, the Secretary
• Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF): Video message from Mr. Sergio Díaz-Granado, Executive President
• Dutchman’s Gold: Video message
• European Economic and Social Committee: Video message from Arnaud Schwartz, Member
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Video message from QU Dongyu, Director-General
• Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y el Caribe (FILAC): Video message from Sr. Darío Mejía Montalvo, Secretario Técnico
• Forest Stewardship Council: Video Message from Joanna Nowakowska, Director, Policy and Performance
• Forética: Video message from Germán Granda, Director General
• Global Environment Facility (GEF): Video message from Claude Gascon, Interim CEO
• Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity: Written statement
• International Fertilizer Association: Video message from Alzbeta Klein, Chief Executive Officer and Director General
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO): Video message from Sergio Mujica, Secretary-General
• International Whaling Commission: Video message from Martha Rojas Urrego, Executive Secretary
• Joint video message from Vivek Menon, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, Martín Zordan, CEO of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and Mike Clifford, Strategy Director of Reverse the Red
• Keystone Foundation: Video message from Anita Varghes, Director, Keystone Foundation on behalf of the Keystone Foundation and REDAA programme
• Nutrition Action Zimbabwe: Written statement
• Minamata Convention on Mercury: Video message from Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary
• Ontario Land Trust Alliance: Written statement
• Profonanpe: Video Message from Anton Willems, Executive Director
• Secretariat of the Interministerial Commission for Sea Resources (SECIRM): Written statement
• Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) programme: Video message from Dilys Roe, Principal researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Technical lead for REDAA
• The Haribon Foundation: Written statement
• UNESCO: Written statement from Khaled El-Enany, Director-General
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Video message from Mr. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Director
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Video messages from Alexander De Croo, Administrator
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Written statement from Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary
• Women4Biodiversity: Video message from Mrinalini Rai, founder and Executive Director
• World Bank Group: Video message from Valerie Hickey, Director for Environment
• World Rural Forum: Video message from Belén Citoler, Director