Past General Assembly Debates | General Assembly of the United Nations

General Debate of the 73rd Session
25 September 2018 to 01 October 2018

25 September 2018

Morning Session

Secretary-General of the United Nations

H.E. Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General

President of the General Assembly (opening)

H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mr. Michel Temer
President

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Lenin Moreno Garcés
Constitutional President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Donald Trump
President

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Mexico

H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto
President

France

H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron
President

Seychelles

H.E. Mr. Danny Faure
President

Peru

H.E. Mr. Martin Vizcarra Cornejo
President

Jordan

H.H. Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein
King

Qatar

H.H. Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
Amir

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Hassan Rouhani
President

Finland

H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö
President

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari
President

South Africa

H.E. Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
President

Afternoon Session

Malawi

H.E. Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika
President

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Jimmy Morales
President

Egypt

H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
President

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Mario Abdo Benitez
President

Argentina

H.E. Mr. Mauricio Macri
President

Switzerland

H.E. Mr. Alain Berset
President

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena
President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Borut Pahor
President

Zambia

H.E. Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu
President

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange
President

Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Sooronbai Jeenbekov
President

Gambia (Republic of The)

H.E. Mr. Adama Barrow
President

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mrs. Hilda Heine
President

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez
President

Bosnia and Herzegovina

H.E. Mr. Bakir Izetbegović
Chairman of the Presidency

Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi
President

Japan

H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister

Armenia

H.E. Mr. Nikol Pashinyan
Prime Minister

Morocco

H.E. Mr. Saad-Eddine El Othmani
Prime Minister

26 September 2018

Morning Session

Panama

H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez
President

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hage Geingob
President

Ghana

H.E. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President

Estonia

H.E. Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid
President

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Michel Aoun
President

Croatia

H.E. Mrs. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President

Yemen

H.E. Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour
President

Uruguay

H.E. Mr. Tabaré Vázquez
President

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Iván Duque Márquez
President

Tonga

H.M. Mr. Tupou VI
King

Mali

H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
President

Angola

H.E. Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço
President

Cuba

H.E. Mr. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
President of the Council of Ministers

Liberia

H.E. Mr. George Manneh Weah
President

Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Andrej Kiska
President

Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Moon Jae-in
President

Romania

H.E. Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis
President

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mrs. Theresa May
Prime Minister

Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Abdullah Abdullah
Chief Executive

Italy

H.E. Mr. Giuseppe Conte
President of the Council of Ministers

Afternoon Session

Cabo Verde

H.E. Mr. Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca
President

Eswatini

H.M. Mr. Mswati III
Head of State

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Petro Poroshenko
President

Honduras

H.E. Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado
President

Kenya

H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta
President

Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Taneti Maamau
President

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
President

Poland

H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda
President

Portugal

H.E. Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
President

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Salvador Sánchez Cerén
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Baron Divavesi Waqa
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Palau

H.E. Mr. Tommy Esang Remengesau, Jr.
President

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros
President

Central African Republic

H.E. Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera
Head of State

Kuwait

H.H. Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Prime Minister

Luxembourg

H.E. Mr. Xavier Bettel
Prime Minister

Netherlands

H.E. Mr. Mark Rutte
Prime Minister

Norway

H.E. Mrs. Erna Solberg
Prime Minister

27 September 2018

Morning Session

Lithuania

H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President

Botswana

H.E. Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi
President

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades
President

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov
President

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President

Haiti

H.E. Mr. Jovenel Moïse
President

Chile

H.E. Mr. Sebastián Piñera Echeñique
President

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Julius Maada Bio
President

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

European Union

H.E. Mr. Donald Tusk
President of the European Council

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Charles Michel
Prime Minister

Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister

Malta

H.E. Mr. Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mamuka Bakhtadze
Prime Minister

Viet Nam

H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc
Prime Minister

Jamaica

H.E. Mr. Andrew Holness
Prime Minister

New Zealand

H.E. Mrs. Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Peter Christian
President

Guinea-Bissau

H.E. Mr. José Mário Vaz
President

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Azali Assoumani
President

Madagascar

H.E. Mr. Rivo Rakotovao
President ad interim

Indonesia

H.E. Mr. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla
Vice-President

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Daniel Kablan Duncan
Vice-President

Costa Rica

H.E. Mrs. Epsy Campbell Barr
Vice-President

Nepal

H.E. Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli
Prime Minister

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga
Prime Minister

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Spain

H.E. Mr. Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón
President of the Government

Serbia

H.E. Mrs. Ana Brnabić
Prime Minister

Uganda

H.E. Mr. Ruhakana Rugunda
Prime Minister

Bhutan

H.E. Mr. Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk
Acting Head of Government

Mauritania

H.E. Mr. Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

H.E. Mrs. Aurelia Frick
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture

Cameroon

H.E. Mr. Lejeune Mbella Mbella
Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Augustine Phillip Mahiga
Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation

Djibouti

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Workineh Gebeyehu Negewo
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Togo

H.E. Mr. Robert Dussey
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration

28 September 2018

Morning Session

Albania

H.E. Mr. Ilir Meta
President

Guyana

H.E. Mr. Carl Greenidge
Vice-President

South Sudan

H.E. Mr. Taban Deng Gai
First Vice President

Bulgaria

H.E. Mr. Boyko Borissov
Prime Minister

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

China

H.E. Mr. Wang Yi
State Councilor and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Vanuatu

H.E. Mr. Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas
Prime Minister

Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Allen Michael Chastanet
Prime Minister

Malaysia

H.E. Mr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Prime Minister

Andorra

H.E. Mr. Antoni Martí Petit
Head of Government

Fiji

H.E. Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
Prime Minister

Greece

H.E. Mr. Alexis Tsipras
Prime Minister

Mauritius

H.E. Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
Prime Minister

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Duško Marković
Prime Minister

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen
Prime Minister

Russian Federation

H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Germany

H.E. Mr. Heiko Maas
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Khemais Jhinaoui
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Abdulkarim Al-Jafari
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Denmark

H.E. Mrs. Ulla Tørnæs
Minister for Development Cooperation

Afternoon Session

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Timothy Harris
Prime Minister

Bahamas

H.E. Mr. Hubert Alexander Minnis
Prime Minister

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Gaston Alphonso Browne
Prime Minister

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Pavel Filip
Prime Minister

Barbados

H.E. Mrs. Mia Amor Mottley
Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Ricky Nelson Houenipwela
Prime Minister

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
Prime Minister

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Simon Coveney
Deputy Prime Minister

Saudi Arabia

H.E. Mr. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Hungary

H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Monaco

H.E. Mr. Gilles Tonelli
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Australia

H.E. Mrs. Marise Payne
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Myanmar

H.E. Mr. Kyaw Tint Swe
Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor

Iceland

H.E. Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

H.E. Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Chad

H.E. Mr. Mahamat Zene Cherif
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration

Guinea

H.E. Mr. Mamadi Touré
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Libya

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Siala
Minister for Foreign Affairs

29 September 2018

Morning Session

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Rimbink Pato
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Oman

H.E. Mr. Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah
Minister for Foreign Affairs

India

H.E. Mrs. Sushma Swaraj
Minister of External Affairs

Syrian Arab Republic

H.E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem
Deputy Prime Minister

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Ri Yong Ho
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Algeria

H.E. Mr. Abdelkader Messahel
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Suriname

H.E. Mrs. Yldiz Pollack-Beigle
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Singapore

H.E. Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs

San Marino

H.E. Mr. Nicola Renzi
Minister for Foreign and Political Affairs and Justice

Philippines

H.E. Mr. Alan Peter Cayetano
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Austria

H.E. Mrs. Karin Kneissl
Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

Bahrain

H.E. Mr. Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Ezéchiel Nibigira
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Brunei Darussalam

H.E. Mr. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof
Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Mr. Denis Moses
Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Arab Emirates

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Afternoon Session

Turkmenistan

H.E. Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
President

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Jan Hamáček
Deputy Prime Minister

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belize

H.E. Mr. Wilfred Elrington
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Eritrea

H.E. Mr. Osman Saleh Mohammed
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sao Tome and Principe

H.E. Mr. Urbino José Gonçalves Botelho
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Niger

H.E. Mr. Kalla Ankourao
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration

Dominica

H.E. Mrs. Francine Baron
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Congo

H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Gakosso
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Grenada

H.E. Mr. Peter David
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Ahmed Awad Isse
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Burkina Faso

H.E. Mr. Alpha Barry
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

01 October 2018

Morning Session

Belarus

H.E. Mr. Vladimir Makei
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sudan

H.E. Mr. Eldirdiri Mohamed Ahmed
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Nicaragua

H.E. Mr. Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres
Minister for Foreign Affairs

罗马教廷

Holy See

H.E. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher
Secretary of relations with States

Thailand

H.E. Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov
Chair of the Delegation

Uzbekistan

H.E. Mr. Bakhtiyor Ibragimov
Chair of the Delegation

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Michel Xavier Biang
Chair of the Delegation

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Olof Skoog
Chair of the Delegation

Canada

H.E. Mr. Marc-André Blanchard
Chair of the Delegation

Benin

H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Felix Do Rego
Chair of the Delegation

Timor-Leste

H.E. Mrs. Maria Helena Pires
Chair of the Delegation

Maldives

H.E. Mr. Ali Nasser Mohamed
Chair of the Delegation

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mrs. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly