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General Debate of the 65th Session
23 September 2010 to 29 September 2010

23 September 2010

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. Joseph Deiss
President of the 65th Session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mr. Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Switzerland

H.E. Ms. Doris Leuthart
President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President

Malawi

H.E. Mr. Bingu Wa Mutharika
President

Costa Rica

H.E. Ms. Laura Chinchilla Miranda
President

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa
President

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Abdullah Gül
President

Qatar

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

Kenya

H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki
President

Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon
President

Peru

H.E. Mr. Alan García Pérez
President

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych
President

China

H.E. Mr. Wen Jiabao
Prime Minister

Canada

H.E. Mr. Stephen Harper
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili
President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President

Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Ivan Gašparovič
President

Jordan

H.M. Mr. Abdullah II
King

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. JOSEPH KABILA KABANGE
President

Azerbaijan

H.E. Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev
President

Panama

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
President

Cameroon

H.E. Mr. Mr. Paul Biya
President

Chile

H.E. Mr. SEBASTIÁN PIÑERA
President

Albania

H.E. Mr. Bamir Topi
President

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Leonel Fernández Reyna
President

Lithuania

H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Niger

H.E. Mr. Lieutenant-General Salou Djibo
President

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma
President

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Steven Vanackere
Deputy Prime Minister

Benin

H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie Ehouzou

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Jalal Talabani
President

24 September 2010

Morning Session

Hungary

H.E. Mr. Pál Schmitt
President

Argentina

H.E. Ms. Cristina Fernández
President

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. Nicholas Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. General Michel Sleiman
President

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade
President

Finland

H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen
President

Palau

H.E. Mr. Johnson Toribiong
President

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Demetris Christofias
President

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President

Kuwait

H.H. Sheikh Naser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Prime Minister

Japan

H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan
Prime Minister

Luxembourg

H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Deputy Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Liberia

H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

Haiti

H.E. Mr. René Garcia Préval
President

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba
President

Guyana

H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo
President

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Sambi
President

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
President

Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President

Philippines

H.E. Mr. Benigno Aquino III
President

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Filip Vujanović
President

Uganda

H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Choummaly Sayasone
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Marcus Stephen
President

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Valdis Zatlers
President

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov
President

Togo

H.E. Mr. Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo
Prime Minister

Romania

H.E. Mr. Emil Boc
Prime Minister

Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Stephenson King
Prime Minister

New Zealand

H.E. Mr. Murray McCully
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Congo

H.E. Mr. Basile Kouebe
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Honduras

H.E. Mr. Mario Canahuati
Secretary of State

Iceland

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

25 September 2010

Morning Session

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. Mr. Jurelang Zedkaia
President

Dominica

H.E. Mr. Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool
President

Eswatini

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

Serbia

H.E. Mr. Boris Tadić
President

Suriname

H.E. Mr. Desiré Delano Bouterse
President

Guinea-Bissau

H.E. Mr. Malam Bacai Sanhá
President

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
President

Bosnia and Herzegovina

H.E. Mr. Haris Silajdžić
President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Borut Pahor
Prime Minister

Portugal

H.E. Mr. José Socrates
Prime Minister

Netherlands

H.E. Mr. Jan Peter Balkenende
Prime Minister

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

Mauritania

H.E. Mr. Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Prime Minister

Germany

H.E. Mr. Guido Westerwelle
Vice-Chancellor

Egypt

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

Australia

H.E. Mr. Kevin Rudd
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr. Kanat Saudabayev
Secretary of State

Afternoon Session

Timor-Leste

H.E. Mr. José Ramos-Horta
President

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Václav Klaus
President

Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Anote Tong
President

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Gervais Rufyikiri
Vice-President

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Alik L. Alik
Vice-President

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Italy

H.E. Mr. Franco Frattini
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Spain

H.E. Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Austria

H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger
Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

South Africa

H.E. Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Armenia

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

Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Shin Kak-Soo
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

27 September 2010

Morning Session

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Lenín Moreno Garcés
Vice-President

Botswana

H.E. Mr. Mompati Merafhe
Vice-President

Maldives

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Waheed
Vice-President

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Mizengo Pinda
Prime Minister

Sudan

H.E. Mr. Ali Osman Mohamed Taha
Vice-President

Jamaica

H.E. Mr. Orette Bruce Golding
Prime Minister

Malaysia

H.E. Mr. Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak
Prime Minister

Fiji

H.E. Mr. Commodore Josaia Bainimarama
Prime Minister

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Prime Minister

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

San Marino

H.E. Ms. Antonella Mularoni
Prime Minister

Morocco

H.E. Mr. Abbas El Fassi
Prime Minister

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Sam Condor
Deputy Prime Minister

France

H.E. Mr. Bernard Kouchner
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Algeria

H.E. Mr. Mourad Medelci
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Ruslan Kazakbaev
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bahrain

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

Cuba

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

Seychelles

H.E. Mr. Jean-Paul Adam
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afternoon Session

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Sir Michael Somare
Prime Minister

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Batbold Sukhbaatar
Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister

Andorra

H.E. Mr. Jaume Bartumeu Cassany
Head of Government

Vanuatu

H.E. Mr. Edward Natapei
Prime Minister

Grenada

H.E. Mr. Tillman Thomas
Prime Minister

Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Ms. Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Prime Minister

Croatia

H.E. Ms. Jadranka Kosor
Prime Minister

Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Zalmai Rassoul
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Nicaragua

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

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Peter Shanel Agovaka
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Micheál Martin
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Gambia (Republic of The)

H.E. Mr. Mamadou Tangara
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sao Tome and Principe

H.E. Mr. Manuel Salvador dos Ramos
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Central African Republic

H.E. Mr. General Antoine Gambi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mozambique

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

Zambia

H.E. Mr. Kalombo Mwansa
Minister of State

Brunei Darussalam

H.H. Prince Mohamed Bolkiah
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Nepal

H.E. Mr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal
Minister of State

28 September 2010

Morning Session

Malta

H.E. Mr. Tonio Borg
Deputy Prime Minister

Yemen

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

Israel

H.E. Mr. Avigdor Liberman
Deputy Prime Minister

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Hor Namhong
Deputy Prime Minister

Bahamas

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

Myanmar

H.E. Mr. U Nyan Win
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Singapore

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

Syrian Arab Republic

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

Ghana

H.E. Mr. Muhammad Mumuni
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Pakistan

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

Greece

H.E. Mr. Dimitris Droutsas
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mauritius

H.E. Mr. Arvin Boolell
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bulgaria

H.E. Mr. Nickolay Mladenov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Eritrea

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

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Pastor Micha Ondo Bile
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afternoon Session

Libya

H.E. Mr. Musa Abdussalam Kousa,

Oman

H.E. Mr. Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al-Busaidi
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick
Minister of External Affairs

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Kamel Morjane
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Indonesia

H.E. Mr. R.M. Marty Natalegawa
Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Arab Emirates

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

Chad

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

Barbados

H.E. Mr. Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Mali

H.E. Mr. Moctar Ouane
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belarus

H.E. Mr. Sergei Aleinik
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Angola

H.E. Mr. George Rebelo Chicoti
Secretary of State

Mexico

H.E. Mr. Claude Heller
Permanent Representative

Denmark

H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur
Permanent Representative

Burkina Faso

H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando
Permanent Representative

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Afelee Pita
Chairman

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Marten Grunditz
Chairman

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Gert Rosenthal
Chairman

Cabo Verde

H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima
Permanent Representative

29 September 2010

Morning Session

Belize

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

India

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

Uruguay

H.E. Mr. Luis Leonardo Almagro
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. JEAN-MARIE KACOU GERVAIS
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ethiopia

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

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Héctor Lacognata
Minister of External Affairs

Thailand

H.E. Mr. Kasit Piromya
Minister for Foreign Affairs

罗马教廷

Holy See

H.E. Mr. Archbishop Dominique Mamberti
Secretary of relations with States

Guinea

H.E. Mr. Bakary Fofana
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bhutan

H.E. Mr. Daw Penjo
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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

Russian Federation

H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin
Permanent Representative to the UN

Afternoon Session

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Alexandru Cujba
Chairman

Monaco

H.E. Mrs. Isabelle Picco
Permanent Representative

Tonga

H.E. Mr. Sonatane Taumoepeau-Tupou
Chairman

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Camillo Gonsalves
Chairman

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Jorge Valero Briceño
Chairman

Norway

H.E. Mrs. Tine Mørch Smith
Permanent Representative

Poland

H.E. Mr. Witold Sobkow
Chairman

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss
President of the General Assembly