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General Debate of the 66th Session
21 September 2011 to 27 September 2011

21 September 2011

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. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff
President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President

Qatar

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

Mexico

H.E. Mr. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
President

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev
President

France

H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy
President

Argentina

H.E. Mrs. Cristina Fernández
President

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Michel Sleiman
President

Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Lee Myung-bak
President

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President

Jordan

H.M. Mr. Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein
King

Finland

H.E. Mr. Tarja Halonen
President

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President

Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President

Switzerland

H.E. Mrs. Micheline Calmy-Rey
President

Afternoon Session

Honduras

H.E. Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa
President

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych
President

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Fernando Lugo Méndez
President

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Guyana

H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo
President

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
President

South Africa

H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Adris Bērziņš
President

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Álvaro Colom Caballeros
President

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade
President

Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Armando Emilio Guebuza
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Danilo Türk
President

22 September 2011

Morning Session

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Demetris Christofias
President

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President

Bahrain

H.M. Mr. Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa
King

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Alassane Ouattara
President

Chile

H.E. Mr. Sebastián Piñera Echeñique
President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President

Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Rosa Otunbaeva
President

Kuwait

H.E. Mr. Naser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Prime Minister

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. David Cameron
Prime Minister

European Union

H.E. Mr. Herman Van Rompuy
President of the European Council

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Poland

H.E. Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski
President

Kenya

H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki
President

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili
President

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Leonel Fernández Reyna
President

Peru

H.E. Mr. Ollanta Humala Tasso
President

Lithuania

H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

Suriname

H.E. Mr. Desiré Delano Bouterse
President

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange
President

Palau

H.E. Mr. Johnson Toribiong
President

Chad

H.E. Mr. Idriss Déby Itno
President

Costa Rica

H.E. Ms. Laura Chinchilla Miranda
President

Croatia

H.E. Mr. Ivo Josipović
President

Australia

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

Afghanistan

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

23 September 2011

Morning Session

Ghana

H.E. Mr. John Evans Atta Mills
President

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Jalal Talabani
President

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Václav Klaus
President

Turkmenistan

H.E. Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
President

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
President

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa
President

Djibouti

H.E. Mr. Ismaël Omar Guelleh
President

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba
President

South Sudan

H.E. Mr. Salva Kiir
President

Armenia

H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan
President

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

Japan

H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Noda
Prime Minister

Bhutan

H.H. Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley
King

Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Hungary

H.E. Mr. Pál Schmitt
President

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma
President

Serbia

H.E. Mr. Boris Tadić
President

Guinea

H.E. Mr. Alpha Condé
President

Eritrea

H.E. Mr. Isaias Afwerki
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Marcus Stephen
President

Niger

H.E. Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou
President

Haiti

H.E. Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly
President

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza
President

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori
President

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine
President

Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Anote Tong
President

Madagascar

H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina
President

Fiji

H.E. Mr. Josaia V. Bainimarama
Prime Minister

Mali

H.E. Mrs. Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
Prime Minister

Eswatini

H.E. Mr. Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini
Prime Minister

Timor-Leste

H.E. Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister

Grenada

H.E. Mr. Tillman Thomas
Prime Minister

Greece

H.E. Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bulgaria

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

24 September 2011

Morning Session

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Prime Minister

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Igor Lukšić
Prime Minister

Slovakia

H.E. Mrs. Iveta Radičová
Prime Minister

India

H.E. Mr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister

Guinea-Bissau

H.E. Mr. Carlos Gomes Júnior
Prime Minister

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Willy Telavi
Prime Minister

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister

Nepal

H.E. Mr. Baburam Bhattarai
Prime Minister

Mauritius

H.E. Mr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister

Albania

H.E. Mr. Sali Berisha
Prime Minister

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Nikola Gruevski
Prime Minister

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Barbados

H.E. Mr. Freundel Stuart
Prime Minister

Malta

H.E. Mr. Lawrence Gonzi
Prime Minister

Egypt

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Kemal Ali Amr
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Portugal

H.E. Mr. Pedro Passos Coelho
Prime Minister

Libya

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Jibril
Chairman

Afternoon Session

Cabo Verde

H.E. Mr. José Maria Pereira Neves
Prime Minister

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Peter O’Neill
Prime Minister

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

Vanuatu

H.E. Mr. Meltek Sato Kilman Livtunvanu
Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Danny Philip
Prime Minister

Tonga

H.E. Mr. Lord Tu’Ivakano of Nukunuku
Prime Minister

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Prime Minister

Togo

H.E. Mr. Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo
Prime Minister

Austria

H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger
Vice-Chancellor

Luxembourg

H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Steven Vanackere
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Sam Terrence Condor
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Italy

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

Spain

H.E. Ms. Trinidad Jiménez
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Cameroon

H.E. Mr. Henri Eyebe Ayissi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

26 September 2011

Morning Session

Botswana

H.E. Mr. Mompati S. Merafhe
Vice-President

Maldives

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Waheed
Vice-President

Liberia

H.E. Mr. Joseph N. Boakai
Vice-President

Uruguay

H.E. Mr. Danilo Astori
Vice-President

Gambia (Republic of The)

H.E. Mrs. Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy
Vice-President

Uganda

H.E. Mr. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi
Vice-President

Brunei Darussalam

H.H. Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah
Prime Minister

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Hor Namhong
Deputy Prime Minister

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Eamon Gilmore
Deputy Prime Minister

Jamaica

H.E. Mr. Kenneth Baugh
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bahamas

H.E. Mr. Theodore Brent Symonette
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith
Minister for Foreign Affairs

China

H.E. Mr. Yang Jiechi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Morocco

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

Germany

H.E. Mr. Guido Westerwelle
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Oman

H.E. Mr. Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Syrian Arab Republic

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

Afternoon Session

Uzbekistan

H.E. Mr. Elyor Ganiev
Deputy Prime Minister

Iceland

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

Algeria

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

United Arab Emirates

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

Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Hamrokhon Zarifi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Monaco

H.E. Mr. José Badia
Minister of External Affairs

Cuba

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

Netherlands

H.E. Mr. Uri Rosenthal
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sudan

H.E. Mr. Ali Ahmed Karti
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sao Tome and Principe

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

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Mouldi Kefi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Indonesia

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

Canada

H.E. Mr. John Baird
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

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

Nicaragua

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

Congo

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

Angola

H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Chikoti
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. John M. Silk
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Central African Republic

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

Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Mr. Surujrattan Rambachan
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Andorra

H.E. Mr. Gilbert Saboya Sunyé
Minister for Foreign Affairs

27 September 2011

Morning Session

Mauritania

H.E. Mr. Hamady Ould Hamady
Minister for Foreign Affairs

San Marino

H.E. Mrs. Antonella Mularoni
Prime Minister

Singapore

H.E. Mr. K. Shanmugam
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law

Belarus

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

Yemen

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

Russian Federation

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

Belize

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

Burkina Faso

H.E. Mr. Djibrill Ypènè Bassolé
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Myanmar

H.E. Mr. Wunna Maung Lwin
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Viet Nam

H.E. Mr. Pham Binh Minh
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

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

Malaysia

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

Malawi

H.E. Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Thailand

H.E. Mr. Surapong Tovichakchaikul
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Benin

H.E. Mr. Nassirou Bako Arifari
Minister for Foreign Affairs

罗马教廷

Holy See

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti
Secretary of relations with States

Afternoon Session

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Pakistan

H.E. Mrs. Hina Rabbani Khar
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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

Romania

H.E. Mr. Romulus Doru Costea
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Panama

H.E. Mr. Francisco Alvarez de Soto
Vice-Chancellor

Norway

H.E. Mr. Espen Barth Eide
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Zambia

H.E. Mrs. Lucy Mungoma
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Alexandru Cujba
Permanent Representative to the UN

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Francisco Carrión-Mena
Permanent Representative to the UN

New Zealand

H.E. Mr. Jim McLay
Permanent Representative to the UN

Philippines

H.E. Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan
Permanent Representative to the UN

Dominica

H.E. Mr. Vince Henderson
Permanent Representative to the UN

Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Donatus Keith St. Aimee
Permanent Representative to the UN

Denmark

H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur
Permanent Representative to the UN

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly