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PROGRAMME

9:00 am - 11:00 am
Opening Plenary Session (General Assembly Hall)

Ceremonial opening:
Mr. Djimon Hounsou , Actor, Two-time Academy Award nominee (Video: RealPlayer, YouTube)
Students from a diverse group of countries (Video: RealPlayer, YouTube)

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. BAN Ki-moon , Secretary-General of the United Nations (Video: RealPlayer, YouTube)
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri , Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Barack Obama , President of the United States of America (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed , President of the Republic of Maldives (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Hu Jintao , President of the Peoples Republic of China (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Yukio Hatoyam a , Prime Minister of Japan (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame , President of Rwanda (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt , Prime Minister of Sweden (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez , President of Costa Rica (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy , President of France (Video: RealPlayer)
Professor Wangari Muta Maathai , Founder, Green Belt Movement, Kenya (Civil Society) (Video: RealPlayer)
Ms. Yugratna Srivastava , Asia-Pacific UNEP/TUNZA Junior-Board representative, India, age 13 (Youth) (Video: RealPlayer)

11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Four Interactive Roundtables (to be held in parallel)

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Press conference on Leadership Forum (Conference Room 4)

12:20 pm - 1:00 pm
Mid-day Press Update (Room S-226)
Mr. Janos Pasztor, Director, Secretary-General''s Climate Change Support Team

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Leadership Forum Luncheon

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Four Interactive Roundtables (to be held in parallel)

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Closing Plenary Session (General Assembly Hall) (Video: RealPlayer)
H.E. Mr. Tillman Joseph Thomas , Prime Minister of Grenada
H.E. Mr. Ahmad Babiker Nahar , Minister of Environment and Urban Development of Sudan
H.E. Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen , Prime Minister of Denmark
H.E. Mr. BAN Ki-moon , Secretary-General of the United Nations (Video: RealPlayer)

6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Closing Press Conference (Conference Room 4)
H.E. Mr. BAN Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark