COP opening session

Opening of the session by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth session

• Organizational matters

- Election of the President

Statement by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session

Statement on behalf of the host country

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Statements by the representatives of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations

Statements by the representatives of regional and interest groups

Statement by a representative of non-governmental organizations

- Adoption of the agenda
(ICCD/COP(15)/1)

- Election of officers other than the President:
Election of Vice-Presidents

- Accreditation of intergovernmental organizations, civil society organizations and representatives from the private sector, and admission of observers
(ICCD/COP(15)/14)

- Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies