Civil Society Representative Addresses Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (of Chad), representing civil society, addresses the opening segment of the signature ceremony.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:05:08
• Production Date: 22 April 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Subject Topical: AGREEMENTS; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE CHANGE
• MAMS Id: 1608815
• Parent Id: 1608388
• Alternate Title: COP21_CIVILSOCIETY

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.