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In his opening address to the Copenhagen Conference, Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, put a face to the devastating affects of climate change by sharing the story of a young boy called Nyi Lay who lost his parents during Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Nyi Lay was reunited with his grandmother and sisters thanks to Save the Children.

Yvo de Boer put children's voices at the forefront of the conference and ended his remarks with a passionate plea to delegates,

“Deliver. Reach for success. Ensure that millions of children across the world don’t suffer the same fate as Nyi Lay.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBltSO4OL9I&feature=channel 

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