UN Hosts Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Getrude Clement, 16-year-old radio reporter from Tanzania and youth representative and climate advocate with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), addresses the opening segment of the signing ceremony.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:03:51
• Production Date: 22 April 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: AGREEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE
• Geographic Subject: UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
• MAMS Id: 1608668
• Parent Id: 1608388
• Alternate Title: COP21_GCOPENING

Description

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change on 22 April at the United Nations. More than 165 Member States were expected to attend the signing ceremony, including an estimated 60 Heads of States and Heads of Governments. This would set a record for countries signing an international agreement on a single day.