THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

10 September 2020

Excellency, Further to my letters dated 4 and 28 August 2020 pertaining to the selection of co-Chairs for the Leaders’ Dialogues for the Summit on Biodiversity, I hereby inform that I have received one nomination from the Western European and Others Group – Sweden. As per resolution A/RES/74/269 paragraph 5(c), I will select the remaining co-Chairs from the list of inscribed speakers in the Leaders Dialogues. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/269 paragraph 4(a), the opening segment of the Summit on Biodiversity will include an eminent champion of biodiversity and a youth leader, one of whom should be a representative of indigenous peoples and local communities, both to be selected, in consultation with Member States, by the President of the General Assembly. In this regard, I have the honour to inform you that Ms. Archana Soreng, an indigenous youth from recently appointed to the Secretary-General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, and HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, of the Conservation Trust, have been selected to address the General Assembly on this occasion. Please find attached herewith the preliminary list of speakers for the plenary segment, and the two Leaders’ Dialogues. As per established practice, if any delegation wishes to adjust the level of participation, the new speaker will feature at the end of the list of speakers at the adjusted level of participation. Also included in the attachment, is the waitlist of those delegations which have inscribed but due to time limitations are not guaranteed a speaking slot on 30 September 2020.

All Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations New York

Technical requirements for the submission of pre-recorded statements are included in my letter of 25 August 2020 on Audio Video Guidelines and in the Information Note (A/INF/75/4). It is kindly requested that all pre-recorded statements be submitted four days prior to the event (i.e. by Saturday, 26 September 2020) to ensure that they can be processed in time for the event. I also reiterate that as per resolution A/RES/74/269, statements are limited to 3 minutes per delegation, or 5 minutes for those speaking on behalf of a group of States. Any pre-recorded statements which are longer than the allocated time may risk being cut short to ensure the maximum participation of speakers. Please accept, , the assurances of my highest consideration.

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

SUMMIT ON BIODIVERSITY (30 SEPTEMBER) PLENARY SEGMENT

TATEMENTS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES FOR GROUPS AND 3 MINUTES IN NATIONAL CAPACITY

THE LIST HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THAT BASIS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE INSCRIBED ARE ABLE TO SPEAK.

PROVISIONAL LIST OF SPEAKERS

STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF A GROUP OF STATES

1. His Excellency MOHAMED (ON BEHALF OF THE President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana GROUP OF 77 AND )

2. MALAWI His Excellency LAZARUS MCCARTHY CHAKWERA (ON BEHALF OF THE President of the Republic of Malawi LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES)

3. Her Excellency President of the European Commission

STATEMENTS BY PARTICIPATING STATES

4. FRANCE His Excellency President of the French Republic

5. SLOVAKIA Her Excellency ZUZANA ČAPUTOVA President of the Slovak Republic

6. His Excellency JÁNOS ÁDER

7. TURKEY His Excellency RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN President of the Republic of Turkey

8. POLAND His Excellency President of the Republic of Poland

9. COLOMBIA His Excellency IVÁN DUQUE MARQUEZ President of the Republic of Colombia

10. PERU His Excellency MARTIN VIZCARRA

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President of the Republic of Peru

11. Her Excellency SIMONETTA SOMMARUGA President of the Swiss Confederation

12. HONDURAS His Excellency JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO President of the Republic of Honduras

13. His ABDULLAH IL BIN AL HUSSEIN King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

14. His ALOIS VON UND ZU LIECHTENSTEIN

Hereditary Prince and Acting of the Principality of Liechtenstein

15. His Excellency Federal President of the Republic of Austria

16. His Excellency BARHAM SALIH President of the Republic of Iraq

17. ISRAEL His Excellency REUVEN RIVLIN President of the State of Israel

18. His Excellency GOTABAYA President of the Democratic Socialist

Republic of Sri Lanka

19. His Serene Highness ALBERT II Sovereign Prince of Monaco

20. KENYA His Excellency President of the Republic of Kenya

21. His Excellency ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH President of the Republic of Djibouti

22. NICARAGUA His Excellency JOSÉ SAAVEDRA

President of the Republic of Nicaragua

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23. BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC His Excellency NICOLÁS MADURO MOROS OF VENEZUELA President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

24. SLOVENIA His Excellency President of the Republic of Slovenia

25. His Excellency MATAMELA President of the Republic of South Africa

26. His Excellency President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

27. His Excellency President of the Republic of Kiribati

28. His Excellency EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA

President of the Republic of Zimbabwe

29. GAMBIA His Excellency President of the Republic of

30. His Excellency IDRISS DÉBY ITNO President of the Republic of Chad

31. DEMOCRATIC His Excellency FÉLIX ANTOINE TSHILOMBO REPUBLIC OF THE TSHISEKEDI CONGO President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

32. His Excellency President of the Union of the Comoros

33. BOLIVIA Her Excellency JEANINE ÁÑEZ CHAVEZ

(PLURINATIONAL President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia STATE OF)

34. MARSHALL ISLANDS His Excellency DAVID KABUA President of the Republic of the Marshall

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Islands

35. His Excellency JOÃO MANUEL GONÇALVES LOURENÇO President of the Republic of Angola

36. MADAGASCAR His Excellency ANDRY NIRINA RAJOELINA President of the Republic of Madagascar

WAITLIST

37. AFGHANISTAN His Excellency MOHAMMAD President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

38. EQUATORIAL His Excellency TEODORO OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

39. PHILIPPINES His Excellency President of the Republic of the Philippines

40. His Excellency President of the Republic of Sierra Leone

41. ARGENTINA His Excellency ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ President of the Argentine Republic

42. NAURU His Excellency LIONEL ROUWEN AINGIMEA President of the Republic of Nauru

43. SEYCHELLES His Excellency DANNY FAURE President of the Republic of Seychelles

44. His Excellency President of the Lebanese Republic

45. ITALY His Excellency GIUSEPPE CONTE

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President of the Council of Minister of the Republic of Italy

46. NETHERLANDS His Excellency Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

47. SAINT LUCIA His Excellency ALLEN MICHAEL CHASTANET Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

48. BHUTAN His Excellency Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan

49. OF His Excellency GREAT BRITAIN AND Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain NORTHERN IRELAND and Northern Ireland

50. His Excellency MOHAMMAD SHTAYEH Prime Minister of the State of Palestine

51. CROATIA His Excellency ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia

52. Her Excellency Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

53. His Excellency Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius

54. PAKISTAN His Excellency Imran Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

55. His Excellency Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta

56. DENMARK Her Excellency METTE FREDRIKSEN Prime Minister of Denmark

57. TONGA His Excellency POHIVA TU’I’ONETOA Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga

58. His Excellency SABRI BOUKADOUM

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Minister of Foreign Affairs

59. MYANMAR His Excellency OHN WINN Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

60. URUGUAY His Excellency ADRIÁN PENA Minister of Environment

61. JAPAN His Excellency SHINJIRO KOIZUMI Minister of Environment

62. RUSSIAN FEDERATION His Excellency DMITRY KOBYLKIN Minister of Natural Resources

63. ANTIGUA AND His Excellency E.P. CHET GREEN BARBUDA Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Immigration

64. UNITED ARAB His Excellency ABDULLAH BIN MOHAMMED AL EMIRATES NUAIMI Minister of Climate Change and Environment

65. REPUBLIC OF His Excellency OLEG TULEA MOLDOVA Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

66. HOLY SEE His Excellency PAUL RICHARD GALLAGHER Secretary for Relations with States

67. INDONESIA Her Excellency SITI NURBAYA BAKAR Minister of Environment and Forestry

68. His Excellency NASSER BOURITA Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates

69. His Excellency ERNESTO ARÁUJO Minister of Foreign Affairs

70. CYPRUS His Excellency COSTAS KADIS

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Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment

71. KAZAKHSTAN His Excellency MAGZUM MIRZAGALIYEV Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources

72. His Excellency OTHMAN JERANDI Minister of Foreign Affairs

73. GUINEA His Excellency MAMADI TOURE Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Living Abroad

74. NIGER His Excellency ALMOUSTAPHA GARBA Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

75. MONGOLIA Her Excellency SARANGEREL DAVAAJANTSAN Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism

76. BARBADOS His Excellency ADRIAN FORDE Minister of the Environment and National Beautification

77. His Highness FAISAL BIN FARHAN AL-SAUD Minister of Foreign Affairs

78. Her Excellency MARIEM BEKAYE Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

79. VIET NAM His Excellency TRAN HONG HA Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

80. CAMEROON His Excellency LEJEUNE MBELLA Minister of External Relations

81. ANDORRA Her Excellency SILVIA CALVO ARMENGOL Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability

82. ERITREA His Excellency OSMAN SALEH MOHAMMED

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Minister of Foreign Affairs

83. LAO PEOPLE'S His Excellency SOMMAD PHOLSENA DEMOCRATIC Minister of Natural Resources and Environment REPUBLIC

84. PANAMA His Excellency MILCIADES CONCEPCIÓN Minister of Environment

85. ICELAND His Excellency GUDMUNDUR INGI GUDBRANDSSON Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources

86. His Excellency RASHID MEKKI HASSAN Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Environment and Natural Resources

87. IRAN (ISLAMIC His Excellency BEHZAD GHAREYAZIE REPUBLIC OF) Deputy Minister and Focal Point on Bio-Safety

88. TIMOR-LESTE His Excellency DEMETRIO DE AMARAL DE CARVALHO Secretary of State for Environment

89. TAJIKISTAN Mr. BAHODUR SHERALIZODA Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government

90. Ms. FATEMA ABDULLA FARES ALDHAEN Director of Organizations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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SUMMIT ON BIODIVERSITY (30 SEPTEMBER) LEADERS DIALOGUE 1 (3 PM – 4:15 PM)

STATEMENTS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES FOR GROUPS AND 3 MINUTES IN NATIONAL CAPACITY

THE LIST HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THAT BASIS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE INSCRIBED ARE ABLE TO SPEAK.

PROVISIONAL LIST OF SPEAKERS STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF GROUPS 1. BELIZE His Excellency WILFRED ELRINGTON Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (ON BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES)

STATEMENTS BY PARTICIPATING STATES 2. KYRGYZSTAN His Excellency SOORONBAI ZHEENBEKOV President of the Kyrgyz Republic

3. His Excellency President of Republic of Mozambique

4. His Excellency ALEJANDRO GIAMMATTEI President of the Republic of Guatemala

5. ZAMBIA His Excellency EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU

President of the Republic of Zambia

6. His Excellency President of the Republic of Rwanda 7. COSTA RICA His Excellency President of the Republic of Costa Rica

8. GEORGIA Her Excellency SALOME ZOURABICHVILI

9. ESTONIA Her Excellency President of the Republic of Estonia 10. His Excellency MOKGWEETSI ERIC KEABETSWE MASISI President of the Republic of Botswana

11. His Excellency President of the Republic of Namibia

12. His Excellency PATRICE TALON

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President of the Republic of Benin

13. TOGO His Excellency FAURE ESSOZIMNA GNASSINGBE President of the Togolese Republic

14. CHILE His Excellency SEBASTIAN PINERA President of the Republic of Chile

15. His Excellency YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI President of the Republic of Uganda

16. SAMOA His Excellency TUILAEPA SAILELE MALIELEGAOI Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa

17. INDIA His Excellency Prime Minister of the Republic of India

WAITLIST 18. His Excellency PRAYUT CHAN-O-CHA Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand

19. His Excellency Prime Minister of Tuvalu

20. His Excellency Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

21. CANADA His Excellency JONATHAN WILKINSON Minister of Environment and Climate Change

22. Her Excellency ELBA ROSA PÉREZ MONTOYA Minister of Science, Technology and Environment

23. GREECE His Excellency KONSTANTINOS HATZIDAKIS Minister of Environment and Energy

24. SOLOMON ISLANDS His Excellency JEREMIAH MANELE Minister of Foreign Affair and External Trade

25. ROMANIA His Excellency COSTEL ALEXE Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests

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26. EL SALVADOR His Excellency FERNANDO LÓPEZ LARREYNAGA Minister of Environment and Natural Resources

27. CONGO Her Excellency ARLETTE SOUDAN NONAULT Minister for Tourism and Environment

28. FINLAND His Excellency PEKKA HAAVISTO Minister for Foreign Affairs

29. AZERBAIJAN His Excellency MUKHTAR BABAYEV Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources

30. BELGIUM Her Excellency MARIE-CHRISTINE MARGHEM Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

31. PARAGUAY His Excellency CÉSAR ARIEL OVIEDO VERDÚN Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

32. His Excellency JOÃO PEDRO MATOS FERNANDES Minister of Environment and Climate Action

33. UKRAINE Her Excellency IRYNA STAVCHUK Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources for the European Integration

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SUMMIT ON BIODIVERSITY (30 SEPTEMBER) LEADERS DIALOGUE 2 (4:15 PM – 5:30 PM)

STATEMENTS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES FOR GROUPS AND 3 MINUTES IN NATIONAL CAPACITY

THE LIST HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THAT BASIS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE INSCRIBED ARE ABLE TO SPEAK.

PROVISIONAL LIST OF SPEAKERS

STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF GROUPS

1. FIJI His Excellency JOSAIA VOREQE BAINIMARAMA (ON BEHALF OF THE Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES)

STATEMENTS BY PARTICIPATING STATES

2. ECUADOR His Excellency LENIN MORENO GARCES President of the Republic of Ecuador

3. His Excellency President of the Republic of Latvia

4. His Excellency President of the Republic of Maldives

5. His Excellency FAIEZ MUSTAFA SERRAJ President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord of Libya

6. His Excellency ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR President of the United Mexican States

7. AUSTRALIA His Excellency Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia

8. LUXEMBOURG His Excellency Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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9. NORWAY Her Excellency ERNA SOLBERG Prime Minister of Norway

10. ETHIOPIA His Excellency ABIY ALI Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

11. Most Honourable Prime Minister of Jamaica

12. Her Excellency Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

13. IRELAND His Excellency MICHEAL MARTIN of Ireland

14. CZECH REPUBLIC His Excellency ANDREJ BABIS Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

15. NEPAL His Excellency K. P. SHARMA OLI Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

16. SAINT VINCENT AND His Excellency THE GRENADINES Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

17. His Excellency PEDRO SANCHEZ

WAITLIST

18. TRINIDAD AND His Excellency TOBAGO Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

19. BAHAMAS HUBERT ALEXANDER MINNIS Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

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20. His Excellency AMADU BA Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad

21. MALAYSIA His Excellency DATO SHAMSUL ANUAR HJ NASARAH Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

22. PALAU His Excellency F. UMIICH SENGEBAU Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism

23. CABO VERDE His Excellency GILBERTO SILVA Minister of Agriculture and Environment

24. SURINAME His Excellency SILVANO TJONG-AHIN Minister of Spatial Planning and Environment

25. His Excellency KWABENA FRIMPONG-BOATENG Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation

26. CAMBODIA Her Excellency SOMALY CHANG Under-Secretary of State

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