YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. President Serzh Sargsyan participated in the twenty-first UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris on November 30. Heads and Prime Ministers of 150 states and thousands of delegates participated in the global conference. Before proceeding to the agenda the delegates paid respect with a minute of silence to the victims of November 13 Paris terror act.

French President François Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius who presides over the conference, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Prince of the United Kingdom Charles and others highlighted the global importance of the twenty-first UN Conference on Climate Change in their speeches.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the Department of Information and Mass Media of Republic of Armenia President’s Staff, in his speech the President of Armenia first of all thanked the French President François Hollande for the excellent organization of the conference on climate change despite the terrorist acts that shook France and the entire civilized world days before.

Regarding climate change a global challenge, Serzh Sargsyan stated that it threatens all countries equally irrespective of their size and development level. Despite Armenia's share of global emissions is not great and does not exceed 0.02 percentage point, in the words of Serzh Sargsyan, Armenia highlights the necessity to consolidate efforts of all states against climate change and as a developing country, Armenia has assumed commitment to have its contribution in global efforts.

The President of Armenia introduced the principals enshrined in the document “Planned actions determined at the national level” confirmed by the Government which are aimed at reducing emissions.

Concluding the speech, President Serzh Sargsyan stated that the climate change threat, as well as the current global threats recognizes neither national borders, nor international law, nor civilizational norms. To the conviction of the President, in today’s interconnected and globalized world the challenges facing one country are the challenges of every country. Consequently, the solutions must be comprehensive, coherent and coordinated.