List of speakers for the plenary meetings
Inscription on the list of speakers for the plenary meetings of the Conference (item 8 of the provisional agenda (A/CONF.224/1), “General exchange of views”) is open.
All delegations wishing to inscribe are kindly requested to contact the Secretariat, in writing, by e-mail (Ms. Antonina Poliakova (poliakova@un.org)) indicating the name and title of the speaker. For questions on the list of speakers, please call 1 (212) 963- 5063.
The speaking order list is subject to change.
14 March | 11:30 - 13:30
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Shinzō Abe | Prime Minister | Japan | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov | President | Turkmenistan | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency King Mswati III | Head of State | Swaziland | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Emanuel Mori | President and Head of Government | Micronesia (Federated States of) | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta | President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces | Kenya | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Baldwin Lonsdale | President | Vanuatu | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Robert Mugabe | President | Zimbabwe | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency King Mswati III | Head of State | The Kingdom of Swaziland (on behalf of the President of the General Assembly for the 69th session) | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Han Seung-soo | Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water | United Nations | Read | Watch |
14 March | 15h - 18h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Excellency Nguyen Thi Doan | Vice-President | Viet Nam | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Muhammad Jusuf Kalla | Vice-President | Indonesia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur | Vice-President | Ghana | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Prosper Bazombanza | Vice-President | Burundi | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency James Wani Igga | Vice-President | South Sudan | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Inonge Wina | Vice-President | Zambia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Prayut Chan-O-Cha | Prime Minister | Thailand | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Mizengo Pinda | Prime Minister | United Republic of Tanzania | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Anastase Murekezi | Prime Minister | Rwanda | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Numan Kurtulmus | Deputy Prime Minister | Turkey | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin | Deputy Prime Minister | Malaysia | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Kristalina Georgieva | Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources | European Union | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Siaosi Sovaleni | Deputy Prime Minister | Tonga | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Ukhnaa Khurelsukh | Deputy Prime Minister | Mongolia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Asang Laoly | Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the National Disaster Prevention and Control Committee | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Pravin Gordhan | Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | South Africa (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency María del Pilar Cornejo | Minister of the Secretariat of Risk Management | Ecuador (on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)) | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen | Prime Minister | Cambodia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Vladimir Puchkov | Minister for Civil Defence | Russian Federation | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Didier Burkhalter | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Switzerland | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Rajnath Singh | Minister of Home Affairs | India | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Liguo Li | Minister of Civil Affairs | China | Read | Watch |
| Mr Peter Burian | State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs | Slovakia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Khayridin Abdurakhimov | Chairman of the Committee on Emergency Situations | Tajikistan | Read | Watch |
15 March | 10h - 13h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Excellency John Amarathunga | Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Religious Affairs | Sri Lanka | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Richard Brabec | Minister of Environment | Czech Republic | Read | Watch |
| Mr Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury | Minister of Disaster Management and Relief | Bangladesh | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Annick Girardin | Minister of State for Development and Francophony | France | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli | Minister of Interior | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency René Emmanuel Sadi | Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization | Cameroon | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency K. Shanmugam | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law | Singapore | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Michael Keenan | Minister for Justice | Australia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Faamoetauloa Taito Faale Tumaalii | Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | Samoa | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Sung-ho Lee | Deputy Minister of Public Safety and Security | Republic of Korea | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Joaquín Roa | Minister of National Emergency | Paraguay | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Gilberto Magalhães Occhi | Minister of National Integration | Brazil | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Abdoulaye Balde | Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development | Senegal | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Rashid Ahmed Bin-Fahad | Minister of Environment and Water | United Arab Emirates | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Aaron Cook | Minister for Commerce, Industry and Environment | Nauru | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Olivier Jocelyn Mahafaly Solonandrasana | Minister of Interior and Decentralization | Madagascar | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Kubatbek Boronov | Minister of Emergency Situations | Kyrgyzstan | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Noel Arscott | Minister of Local Government and Community Development | Jamaica | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Ismat Abdelrahman Zeinelabdin Elhassan | Minister of Interior | Sudan | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Laila Iskander | Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements | Egypt | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Qutaiba Ibrahim Al-Jiboury | Minister of Environment | Iraq | Read | Watch |
| Mr Henrik Linders | Director Sustainable Infrastructure Practice Group | United Nations Office for Project Services | Read | Watch |
| Mr Amir Mahmoud Abdulla | Deputy Executive Director | World Food Programme | Read | Watch |
| Ms Salma Hamid | Senior External Relations Adviser | United Nations Population Fund | Read | Watch |
| Mr Jean Claude de l’Estrac | Secretary-General | Indian Ocean Commission | Read | Watch |
15 March | 15h - 18h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Anote Tong | President, Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs | Kiribati | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency George Thapatula Chaponda | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | Malawi | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Didier Dogley | Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change | Seychelles | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Armen Yeritsyan | Minister of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations | Armenia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Thoriq Ibrahim | Minister of Environment and Energy | Maldives | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Mahendra Bahadur Pandey | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Nepal | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Isabel Amaral Guterres | Minister of Social Solidarity | Timor-Leste | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Nejib Derouiche | Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development | Tunisia | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Marisa Morais | Minister of Home Affairs | Cabo Verde | Watch | |
| Her Excellency Myat Myat Ohn Khin | Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement | Myanmar | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Ramon Pardo Guerra | Minister of Civil Defence | Cuba | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Remi Allah-Kouadio | Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development | Côte D'Ivoire | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Isabella Lövin | Minister for International Development Cooperation | Sweden | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Gerry Brownlee | Leader of the House, Minister Defence, Minister of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, Minister responsible for the Earthquake Commission of New Zealand | New Zealand | Read | Watch |
| Mr Lapo Pistelli | Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | Italy | Read | Watch |
| Mr Edgardo Riveros Marin | Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Chile | Read | Watch |
| Mr Syed Tariq Fatemi | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | Pakistan | Read | Watch |
| Mr Luis felipe Puente | State Minister, National Coordinator for Civil Protection | Mexico | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Loren Legarda | Senator | Philippines | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Major General Saad Jassim Al-Khulaifi | Director General of Public Security, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Emergency | Qatar | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Rhoda Peace Tumusiime | Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture | African Union | Read | Watch |
| Mr William Lacy Swing | Director-General | International Organization for Migration | Read | Watch |
| Mr Tadateru Konoe | President | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Read | Watch |
| Ms Hiroko Hara | Vice President | Women Major Group | Read | Watch |
16 March | 10h - 13h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Excellency Anabela Rodrigues | Minister of Internal Administration | Portugal | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Lina Dolores Pohl | Minister of Environment and Natural Resources | El Salvador | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Damcho Dorji | Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs | Bhutan | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Andre Johnson | Minister of Environment | Togo | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Marciej Grabowski | Minister of Environment | Poland | Read | Watch |
| Mr Vladimir Bozkho | Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs | Kazakhstan | Read | Watch |
| Mr Mitiku Kassa | State Minister of Agriculture | Ethiopia | Read | Watch |
| Mr Desmond Sawyne | Minister of State for International Development | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Read | Watch |
| Mr Miloš Bizjak | State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence | Slovenia | Read | Watch |
| Mr Samuel Roque Silva | Vice-Minister of State Administration and Public Service | Mozambique | Read | Watch |
| Mr René Oscar Cabrera Coca | Vice-Minister of Public Defence of the Plurinational State | Bolivia | Read | Watch |
| Mr Hans Brattskar | Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs | Norway | Read | Watch |
| Mr Luis Aguilera | Vice-Minister for Home Affairs | Spain | Read | Watch |
| Mr Raed Arafat | Secretary of State, Minister of Interior | Romania | Read | Watch |
| Mr Thomas Silberhorn | State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development | Germany | Read | Watch |
| Mr Tahar Melizi | Vice-Minister, Head of the Natural Delegation of Major Risks | Algeria | Read | Watch |
| Dr György Bakondi | Director General, National Directorate General for Disaster Management | Hungary | Read | Watch |
| Mr Peleg Lewi | Chief of Mission | Israel | Read | Watch |
| Mr Mohammad Issa | Representative | State of Palestine | Read | Watch |
| Ms Zoraima Cuello | Vice-Minister | Dominican Republic | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Anesa Kundurovic | Ambassador, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Japan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Read | Watch |
| Mr Thomas Staal | Acting Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development | United States of America | Read | Watch |
| Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya | Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States | United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States | Read | Watch |
| Mr Rashid Khalikov | Director | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters | Read | Watch |
16 March | 15h - 18h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Dan Kersch | Minister for Home Affairs | Luxembourg | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Laurentina Mallam | Minister of Environment | Nigeria | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Samuel Manetoali | Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology | Solomon Islands | Read | Watch |
| Mr Ivan Andrey Brenes Reyes | Presidente, Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias | Costa Rica | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Elard Escala | Embajador del Perú en Japón | Peru | Read | Watch |
| Mr Nabil El-Jisr | President of the Council for Development and Reconstruction | Lebanon | Read | Watch |
| Mr Alejandro Maldonado Lutomirsky | Secretario Ejecutivo de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED) | Guatemala | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Aunese Makoi Simati | Permanent Representative/Ambassador of Tuvalu to the United Nations | Tuvalu | Read | Watch |
| Mr Michael Staudinger | Director of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics | Austria (on behalf of the Human Security Network) | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Loukas Karatsolis | Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Japan | Greece | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Lilianne Ploumen | Minister of International Trade and Development Cooperation | Netherlands | Read | Watch |
| Mr Gabriel Ive | President of White Helmets Commission | Argentina | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Joseph Chennoth | Archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio | Holy See | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Samir Arrour | Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Japan | Morocco | Read | Watch |
| Mr Anthony Lecren | Ministre du développement | New Caledonia (Associate Member) | Read | Watch |
| Mr Steven Corliss | Director of the Division of Programme Support and Management | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Read | Watch |
| Mr Richard Dictus | Executive Coordinator | United Nations Volunteers | Read | Watch |
| Mr Dominique Burgeon | Director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations | Read | Watch |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | Read | Watch | ||
| His Excellency Shamil Aleskerov | Secretary-General | Economic Cooperation Organization | Read | Watch |
| Ms Aissata Kane | Observateur Permanent Adjoint de la Délégation de l'OCI à Genève | Organization of Islamic Cooperation | Read | Watch |
| Mr Montien Boontan | Vice President / President International Affairs | Disability Stakeholder Group | Read | Watch |
| Prof David Johnston | Chair of the Scientific Committee | Scientific and Technological Community Major Group | Read | Watch |
| Mr David Boys | Deputy General Secretary | Workers and Trade Unions Major Group | Read | Watch |
17 March | 10h - 13h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Jayeshwar Raj Dayal | Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development, Disaster and Beach Management | Mauritius | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Henri Djombo | Minister of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development | Congo | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Paousman Jarju | Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wild life | Gambia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Wilbur Heine | Minister in Assistance to the President | Marshall Islands | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Kadiatou N'diaye | Minister in charge of Environment, Water and Forest | Guinea | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Hilary Obaloker Onek | Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees | Uganda | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Ratu Inoke Kubuabola | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Fiji | Read | Watch |
| Mr Teimuraz Murgulia | First Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection | Georgia | Read | Watch |
| Mr Guillermo Gonzalez | Ministro Asesor del Presidente de la Republica de Nicaragua para Gestion de Riesgos | Nicaragua | Read | Watch |
| Mr César Agbossaga | Point Focal National de Réduction des Risques de Catastrophe | Benin | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Brendan Howlin | Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform | Ireland | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Andrijana Cvetkovikj | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Japan | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Gabriel J. K. Dusava | Ambassador, Embassy of Papua New Guinea in Tokyo | Papua New Guinea | Read | Watch |
| Ms Esra Buttanri | Senior Environmental Affairs Adviser | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Read | Watch |
| Mr Donato Kiniger-Passigli | Coordinator, Fragile States and Disaster Response Group (on behalf of ILO Director General) | International Labour Organization | Read | Watch |
| Ms Blerta Aliko | Chief Humanitarian and Gender Unit | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women | Read | Watch |
| Mr Francesc Pla | Deputy Executive Secretary, European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement | Council of Europe | Read | Watch |
| Mr Dominique Kuitsouc | Chef de l’Unité en charge de la Gestion des Risques de Catastrophes et Adaptation au Changement Climatique | Economic Community of Central African States | Read | Watch |
| Prof Michel Veuthey | Deputy Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Order of Malta | Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Read | Watch |
| Secretariat of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme | Watch | |||
| Mr Christophe Martin | Deputy Director of Operations | International Committee of the Red Cross | Read | Watch |
| Mr Hocine Souidi | Representative of the Secretary General | League of Arab States | Read | Watch |
| Mr Alexandre Mejia | Senior Manager, Decentralised Cooperation. Head, CIFAL Global Network | United Nations Institute for Training and Research | Read | Watch |
| Dr Richard John Brennan | Director, Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response | World Health Organization | Read | Watch |
| Hon Jesca Osuna Eriyo | Deputy Secretary General, Productive and Social Sectors | East African Community | Read | Watch |
17 March | 15h - 18h
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Excellency Nicole Angeline Zan Yélémou | Minister of Social Action and National Solidarity | Burkina Faso | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Eugène Serufuli | Minister for Rural Development | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Guy Maixent Mamiaka | Vice-Minister of Interior | Gabon | Read | Watch |
| Jordan | Watch | |||
| Ms Lori MacDonald | Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Programs Branch | Canada | Read | Watch |
| Mr Christophe de Bassompierre | First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Belgium | Belgium | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Ahmed A. Own | Ambassador, Libya Embassy in Tokyo | Libya | Read | Watch |
| Mr Hertz Obas | Directeur Général du Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales | Haiti | Read | Watch |
| Mr Pekka Puustinen | Director General of the Department for Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland | Finland | Read | Watch |
| Dr Mohammad Daim Kakar | Director General, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority | Afghanistan | Read | Watch |
| Mr Carlos Iván Márquez Pérez | Director General de la Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres | Colombia | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Milton Henriquez | Minister of Government | Panama | Read | Watch |
| Mr Ahmed A. Sannoh | Chief of Staff at the Office of National Security | Sierra Leone | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Richard Ramoeletsi | Ambassador, Embassy of Lesotho in Tokyo | Lesotho | Read | Watch |
| Hon Tutai Tura | Associate Minister for Foreign Affairs | Cook Islands | Read | Watch |
| Mr Frederik Petersen | Adviser to the Under-Secretary for Global Development and Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Denmark | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Eduardo Bouzout | Ambassador, Embassy of Uruguay in Japan | Uruguay | Read | Watch |
| Her Excellency Marion Williams | Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Barbados | Barbados | Read | Watch |
| Mr Troy Torrington | First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Guyana to the United Nations | Guyana | Read | Watch |
| His Excellency Francis M. Matsutaro | Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Palau in Japan | Palau | Read | Watch |
| Mr Antony Spalton | Risk Reduction and Resilience Specialist | United Nations Children's Fund | Read | Watch |
| Mr Kazuhiko Takeuchi | Assistant-Secretary-General | United Nations University | Read | Watch |
| Dr Adnan Al-Tamimi | Chairman of the GCC Emergency Management Center | Gulf Cooperation Council | Read | Watch |
| Mr Christian Friis Bach | United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | Read | Watch |
| Mr Taito Nakalevu | Representative | Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Read | Watch |
| Mr Michel Jarraud | Secretary-General | World Meteorological Organization | Read | Watch |
| Dr Cosmas Zavazava | Chief, Projects and Knowledge Management Department | International Telecommunication Union | Read | Watch |
| International Hydrographic Organization | Read | Watch | ||
| His Excellency Mahboub M. Maalim | Executive Secretary | Intergovernmental Authority on Development | Read | Watch |
| Mr Abdirahim Abdi | Former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly | Inter-Parliamentary Union | Read | Watch |
| Mr Francesco Gaetani | Scientific Officer for the Societal Benefit Area of Disasters Risk Reduction | Group on Earth Observations | Read | Watch |
| Mr Roy Barboza Sequeira | Secretario Ejecutivo | Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central | Read | Watch |
| Ms Cristelle Pratt | Deputy Secretary-General | Pacific Islands Forum | Read | Watch |
| Ms Inger Andersen | Director-General | International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources | Watch | |
| Ms Maria A. Perez | International Coordinator | NGO Major Group | Read | Watch |
| Ms Illiza Sa'Aduddin Djamal | Mayor | Local Authorities Major Group | Read | Watch |
| Ms Sandra Wu | Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer | Business and Industry Major Group | Read | Watch |
| Mr Christopher Schürmann | Representative | Children and Youth Major Group | Read | Watch |
| Ms Luisa Volpe | Policy Officer | Farmers Major Group | Read | Watch |
| Ms Galina Angarova | Programme Officer | Indigenous Peoples Major Group | Read | Watch |
Written Statements
| Statement By | Title | Statement | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.E. Mohammad Yasmin Umar | Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office, as representative of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Darussalam | Read |
| Mr Saltanat Tashmatova | Director of International Relations | International Civil Defence Organisation(ICDO) | Read |
The list of speakers for the general exchange of views will be established on a first-come first-served basis, with the customary protocol that ensures that Heads of States or Government speak first, followed by other heads of delegation. It is proposed that a time limit of five minutes be established for each statement. All delegations prior to delivery of the statement are kindly requested to email a copy of their statement to wcdrr2015@un.org, indicating in the subject line, “Statement and Name of Country or Organization”. Where possible, statements should be provided one day in advance of delivery or at least 3 hours before delivery of statement.
In addition to the representatives of States participating in the Conference and the representative of the European Union, representatives of the following organizations may, time permitting and without setting a precedent, make a statement under agenda item 9 (Statements by inter-governmental and other organizations) and item 10 (Statements by non-governmental organizations) of the provisional agenda in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure of the Conference (A/CONF.224/3):
(a) intergovernmental organizations and other entities that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate in the capacity of observer in the sessions and work of all international conferences convened under its auspices;
(b) specialized agencies and related organizations;
(c) other intergovernmental organizations;
(d) interested United Nations organs; and (e) associate members of regional commissions.
The representatives of the non-governmental organizations and other major groups may also be added to the list of speakers. Representatives of these organizations and entities may contact the Secretariat (Ms. Maria Pamela Portillo (email portillo@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-5139) to be inscribed in the list of speakers.
