COP 1st meeting

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

Organizational matters [item 1]

(a)  Election of the President 

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

Welcome remarks by the Mayor of Riyadh

Opening remarks by the United Nations Deputy Secretary General (video)

Welcome remarks by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Statement by the Prime Minister of Mongolia, official host of the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties

Statement by the Prime Minister of Niger

Keynote speaker, Mr. Johan Rockström (Special Report on Land)

Presentation of the Riyadh Global Drought Resilience partnership (MEWA) (video)

Statement by the Islamic Development Bank President on behalf of the Arab Coordination Group 

Announcement by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth session on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Statements by the representatives of regional and interest groups

Statement by a representative of civil society organizations