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General Debate 64th Session
23 September 2009 to 29 September 2009

23 September 2009

Morning Session

Secretary-General of the United Nations

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General

President of the General Assembly (opening)

H.E. Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki
President of the 64th Session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President

Libya

H.E. Mr. Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi
Leader of the Revolution

Uganda

H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President

Qatar

H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Amir

Turkmenistan

H.E. Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
President

Chile

H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria
President

Uruguay

H.E. Mr. Tabaré Vázquez
President

Algeria

H.E. Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President

Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Lee Myung-bak
President

France

H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy
President

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt
Prime Minister

Italy

H.E. Mr. Silvio Berlusconi
President of the Council of Ministers

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. Gordon Brown
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Argentina

H.E. Ms. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
President

Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon
President

China

H.E. Mr. Hu Jintao
President

Monaco

H.H. Albert II
Prince

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Álvaro Uribe Vélez
President

Russian Federation

H.E. Mr. Dmitry Medvedev
President

South Africa

H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Václav Klaus
President

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
President

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Leonel Fernández Reyna
President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Victor Yushchenko
President

Poland

H.E. Mr. Lech Kaczyński
President

Australia

H.E. Mr. Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister

24 September 2009

Morning Session

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
President

Ghana

H.E. Mr. John Evans Atta Mills
President

Bosnia and Herzegovina

H.E. Mr. Željko Komšić
Chairman of the Presidency

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Lithuania

H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite
President

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Demetris Christofias
President

Sao Tome and Principe

H.E. Mr. Fradique Bandeira melo de Menezes
President

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma
President

Panama

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
President

Switzerland

H.E. Mr. Hans-Rudolf Merz
President

Spain

H.E. Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
President

Japan

H.E. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama
Prime Minister

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime Minister

Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Danilo Türk
President

Guyana

H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo
President

Costa Rica

H.E. Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez
President

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Valdis Zatlers
President

Malawi

H.E. Mr. Bingu Wa Mutharika
President

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Jalal Talabani
President

Gambia (Republic of The)

H.E. Mr. Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh
President

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Fernando Lugo Méndez
President

Maldives

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed
President

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Álvaro Colom Caballeros
President

Haiti

H.E. Mr. René Préval
President

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade
President

Finland

H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen
President

Zambia

H.E. Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda
President

Croatia

H.E. Mr. Stjepan Mesić
President

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. Litokwa Tomeing
President

Malta

H.E. Mr. Lawrence Gonzi
Prime Minister

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili
President

25 September 2009

Morning Session

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Marcus Stephen
President

Palau

H.E. Mr. Johnson Toribiong
President

Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Laurent Gbagbo
President

Burkina Faso

H.E. Mr. Blaise Compaoré
President

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. General Michel Sleiman
President

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
President

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov
President

Dominica

H.E. Mr. Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool
President

Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Anote Tong
President

Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister

Kuwait

H.H. Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al-Sab
Prime Minister

Mauritius

H.E. Mr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Serbia

H.E. Mr. Mr. Boris Tadić
President

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Mr. Emanuel Mori
President

Congo

H.E. Mr. Denis Sassou-Nguesso
President

Eswatini

H.M. Mr. King Mswati III
Head of State

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
President

Cameroon

H.E. Mr. Paul Biya
President

Viet Nam

H.E. Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet
President

Suriname

H.E. Mr. Ramdien Sardjoe
Vice-President

Liberia

H.E. Mr. Joseph Boakai
Vice-President

Kenya

H.E. Mr. Raila Amollo Odinga
Prime Minister

New Zealand

H.E. Mr. John Key
Prime Minister

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Milo Đukanović
Prime Minister

Central African Republic

H.E. Ms. Faustin Archange Touadera
Prime Minister

Vanuatu

H.E. Mr. Edward Nipake Natapei
Prime Minister

Luxembourg

H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Deputy Prime Minister

Bahamas

H.E. Mr. Theodore Brent Symonette
Deputy Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Fredrick Fono
Deputy Prime Minister

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr. Kanat Saudabayev
Secretary of State

Benin

H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie Ehouzou
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Philippines

H.E. Mr. Alberto Romulo
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

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

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Paul Toungui
Minister for Foreign Affairs

26 September 2009

Morning Session

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Gabriel Ntisezerana
Vice-President

Thailand

H.E. Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva
Prime Minister

Netherlands

H.E. Mr. Jan Peter Balkenende
Prime Minister

Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Igor Chudinov
Prime Minister

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Apisai Ielemia
Prime Minister

Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Mr. Patrick Manning
Prime Minister

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuila'epa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Prime Minister

Nepal

H.E. Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal
Prime Minister

Tonga

H.E. Mr. Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele
Prime Minister

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith
Deputy Prime Minister

Egypt

H.E. Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Jordan

H.E. Mr. Nasser Judeh
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Morocco

H.E. Mr. Taïb Fassi Fihri
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afternoon Session

Albania

H.E. Mr. Sali Berisha
Prime Minister

Fiji

H.E. Mr. Josaia Bainimarama
Prime Minister

Guinea-Bissau

H.E. Mr. Carlos Gomes Junior
Prime Minister

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake
Prime Minister

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Hor Namhong
Deputy Prime Minister

Jamaica

H.E. Mr. Kenneth Baugh
Deputy Prime Minister

Austria

H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger
Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Arab Emirates

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

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Yves Leterme
Minister for Foreign Affairs

India

H.E. Mr. S. M. Krishna
Minister of External Affairs

Bulgaria

H.E. Ms. Rumiana Jeleva
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Iceland

H.E. Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belarus

H.E. Mr. Sergei Martynov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Seyoum Mesfin
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Romania

H.E. Mr. Cristian Diaconescu
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Brunei Darussalam

H.H. Prince Mohamed Bolkiah
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Canada

H.E. Mr. Lawrence Cannon
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Andorra

H.E. Mr. Xavier Espot Miró
Minister for Foreign Affairs

28 September 2009

Morning Session

San Marino

H.E. Ms. Antonella Mularoni
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Marco Hausiku
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Peru

H.E. Mr. Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Myanmar

H.E. Mr. General Thein Sein
Prime Minister

Mexico

H.E. Ms. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Bahrain

H.E. Mr. Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Alkhalifa
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Cuba

H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Abdelwaheb Abdallah
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Eritrea

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

Syrian Arab Republic

H.E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Niger

H.E. Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sudan

H.E. Mr. Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Acting Foreign Minister

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Alexis Thambwe Mwamba
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Oman

H.E. Mr. Yousef Bin AI-Alawi Bin Abdullah
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belize

H.E. Mr. The Honourable Wilfred Elrington
Attorney General

Singapore

H.E. Mr. George Yeo
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Hungary

H.E. Mr. Péter Balázs
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bhutan

H.E. Mr. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afternoon Session

Mauritania

H.E. Ms. Naha Mint Mouknass
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Peter Power
Minister of State

Yemen

H.E. Mr. Abubakr Al-Qirbi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Uzbekistan

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

Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Oldemiro Marques Baloi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Armenia

H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Barbados

H.E. Ms. Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Chad

H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Guinea

H.E. Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Rufus George Bousquet
Minister of External Affairs

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Fander Falconi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Angola

H.E. Mr. Assunçaõ Afonso dos Anjos
Minister of External Affairs

Timor-Leste

H.E. Mr. Zacarias Albano Da Costa
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Malaysia

H.E. Mr. Datuk Anifah Aman
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Chief Ojo Maduekwe
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Honduras

H.E. Mr. Patricia Isabel Rodas Baca
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Pak Kil Yon
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs

Portugal

H.E. Mr. João Gomes Cravinho
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Germany

H.E. Mr. Thomas Matussek
Chairman

29 September 2009

Morning Session

Grenada

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

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Samuel Abal
Minister of External Affairs

Nicaragua

H.E. Mr. Samuel Santos López
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Norway

H.E. Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Indonesia

H.E. Mr. Hassan Wirajuda
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Djibouti

H.E. Mr. Roble Olhaye
Permanent Representative

Cabo Verde

H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima
Chair of the Delegation

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Camillo Gonsalves
Chair of the Delegation

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Alexandru Cujba
Chair of the Delegation

Greece

H.E. Mr. Anastassis Mitsialis
Chair of the Delegation

Denmark

H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur
Chair of the Delegation

Seychelles

H.E. Mr. Ronald Jean Jumeau
Chair of the Delegation

Togo

H.E. Mr. Kodjo Menan
Chair of the Delegation

Mali

H.E. Mr. Oumar Daou
Chair of the Delegation

Botswana

H.E. Mr. Charles Thembani Ntwaaggae
Chair of the Delegation

罗马教廷

Holy See

H.E. Mr. Archbishop Celestino Migliore

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki
President of the 64th session of the General Assembly