prime minister rasmussen, prime minister of the kingdom of denmark, his excellency, maciej nowicki, president of the conference of the parties of its 14th session, or excellency, ms. connie hedegaard, minister for the united nations climate change conference in copenhagen, her excellency, ms. mayor bjerregard, of the city of copenhagen, and dr. rajendra kumar pachauri , chair of the intergovernmental climate change panel appeared distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, this climate change conference will be followed closely by people from all over the world. many, including children, have already raised their voices on the host country's internet platform. to begin the welcoming ceremony, we would like to show you a short film about this. following the showing of this film, we will have a selection at from that danish berle's choir. -- the danish girl's choir. [chattering] [laughing] >> and you still doubt the impact of human influence over this predict a quote catastrophe. >> -- in admitting carbon dioxide are imposing a cost on this generation and the next generation. >> the number o

may i also take this opportunity to very warmly thank minister nowicki for his very strong personal commitmentasure to work with you. thank you so much for all your efforts. [applause] >> for a long time, copenhagen was the name of a distant deadline. next year, next cop, next month. but now, it is now. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the danish capitol. this one has come to c, c for copenhagen, but all c for constructiveness, c for cooperation, and hopefully in the end, c for commitment and consensus. in short, let's get it done. this is the time to deliver. this is the place to commit. and yes, i know there are still many obstacles, but it is up to us, us in this room now, to try to overcome them. and it is doable. i base my confidence on daily contact with ministers from every group and every continent, and i appreciate very much the trust and overwhelming support ministers and governments have granted to me, so the secretariat and to the chairs. and make no mistake, denmark is committed to maximum progress in the two tracks, the convention track and the kyoto protocol, and to ensure succe

may i also take this opportunity to very warmly thank minister nowicki for his very strong personal commitmentwith you. thank you so much for all your efforts. [applause] >> for a long time, copenhagen was the name of a distant deadline. next year, next cop, next month. but now, it is now. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the danish capitol. this one has come to c, c for copenhagen, but all c for constructiveness, c for cooperation, and hopefully in the end, c for commitment and consensus. in short, let's get it done. this is the time to deliver. this is the place to commit. and yes, i know there are still many obstacles, but it is up to us, us in this room now, to try to overcome them. and it is doable. i base my confidence on daily contact with ministers from every group and every continent, and i appreciate very much the trust and overwhelming support ministers and governments have granted to me, so the secretariat and to the chairs. and make no mistake, denmark is committed to maximum progress in the two tracks, the convention track and the kyoto protocol, and to ensure successful and ambi

may i also take this opportunity to very warmly thank minister nowicki for his very strong personal commitment it has always been a very big pleasure to work with you. thank you so much for all your efforts. [applause] >> for a long time, copenhagen was the name of a distant deadline. next year, next cop, next month. but now, it is now. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the danish capitol. this one has come to c, c for copenhagen, but all c for constructiveness, c for cooperation, and hopefully in the end, c for commitment and consensus. in short, let's get it done. this is the time to deliver. this is the place to commit. and yes, i know there are still many obstacles, but it is up to us, us in this room now, to try to overcome them. and it is doable. i base my confidence on daily contact with ministers from every group and every continent, and i appreciate very much the trust and overwhelming support ministers and governments have granted to me, so the secretariat and to the chairs. and make no mistake, denmark is committed to maximum progress in the two tracks, the convention track and the k