Civil Society speaker selected for opening session pf 22 April Paris Agreement signing ceremony at UNHQ

Signing Ceremony of the
Paris Climate Change Agreement
at United Nations Headquarters in New York
22 April 2016   
Civil Society speaker selected for the opening session

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited all world leaders to a signing ceremony on 22 April for the historic climate agreement that was reached in Paris in December last year. The signing event will take place at UN Headquarters in New York on the first day the agreement will be open for signature, which coincides with the UN observance of International Mother Earth Day. At the request of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, UN-NGLS facilitated an open, transparent and participatory process for civil society to apply for a speaking role in the opening session of the signing ceremony.
For this key speaking role, the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General has now selected:
Ms. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim 
Association des Femmes Peules Autochtones du Tchad (AFPAT)
Chad
Ms. Ibrahim's bio is available here.
More information about the process is available here.
For information about the Paris Agreement signing ceremony, please visit: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climatechange/

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