Past General Assembly Debates | General Assembly of the United Nations

General Debate of the 67th Session
25 September 2012 to 01 October 2012

25 September 2012

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. Vuk Jeremić
President of the 68th Session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff
President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President

Serbia

H.E. Mr. Tomislav Nikolić
President

Benin

H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi
President

Finland

H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö
President

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Demetris Christofias
President

Qatar

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

Bulgaria

H.E. Mr. Rosen Plevneliev
President

Indonesia

H.E. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili
President

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez
President

France

H.E. Mr. François Hollande
President

Lithuania

H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President

Honduras

H.E. Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa
President

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba
President

Afternoon Session

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Switzerland

H.E. Mrs. Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
President

Argentina

H.E. Mrs. Cristina Fernández
President

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
President

South Africa

H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President

Panama

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
President

Jordan

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

Hungary

H.E. Mr. János Áder
President

Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
President

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange
President

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President

Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Ivan Gašparovič
President

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. Christopher Jorebon Loeak
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Sprent Arumogo Dabwido
President

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Václav Klaus
President

Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Hâmid Karzai
President

Uganda

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

Spain

H.E. Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, Government of Kingdom of Spain
Prime Minister

Timor-Leste

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

26 September 2012

Morning Session

Yemen

H.E. Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liberia

H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President

Zambia

H.E. Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata
President

Luxembourg

H.E. Mr. Henri of Luxembourg
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych
President

Ghana

H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama
President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President

Kenya

H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki
President

Poland

H.E. Mr. Bronisław Komorowski
President

Egypt

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Morsy
President

Mexico

H.E. Mr. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
President

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. David Cameron
Prime Minister

Japan

H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Noda
Prime Minister

European Union

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

Kuwait

H.E. Mr. Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah
Prime Minister

Italy

H.E. Mr. Mario Monti
Prime Minister

Australia

H.E. Mrs. Julia Gillard
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President

Eswatini

H.E. Mr. Mswati III
King

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Otto Fernando Pérez Molina
President

Madagascar

H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina
President

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Nicolae Timofti
President

Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President

Malawi

H.E. Mrs. Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda
President

Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Anote Tong
President

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

Haiti

H.E. Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly
President

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Andris Bērziņš
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Gambia (Republic of The)

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

Niger

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

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Elio Di Rupo
Prime Minister

Mali

H.E. Mr. Modibo Diarra
Prime Minister

Romania

H.E. Mr. Titus Corlatean
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Daniel Kablan Duncan
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Cameroon

H.E. Mr. Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Central African Republic

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

27 September 2012

Morning Session

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
President

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Moncef Marzouki
President

Guyana

H.E. Mr. Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar
President

Myanmar

H.E. Mr. Thein Sein
President

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov
President

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine
President

Brunei Darussalam

Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah
Crown Prince

Jamaica

H.E. Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller
Prime Minister

Cabo Verde

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

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Janez Janša
Prime Minister

Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori
President

Maldives

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Waheed
President

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Luis Federico Franco Gómez
President

Albania

H.E. Mr. Bujar Nishani
President

Libya

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf
Chairman

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Thérence Sinunguruza
Vice-President

Seychelles

H.E. Mr. Danny Faure
Vice-President

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Khudier Alkhuzae
President

South Sudan

H.E. Mr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon
Vice-President

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Najib Mikati
Prime Minister

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Thailand

H.E. Mrs. Yingluck Shinawatra
Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Gordon Darcy Lilo
Prime Minister

Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Asylbek Jeenbekov
Speaker of Parliament

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Prime Minister

Turkmenistan

H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov
Deputy Prime Minister

Greece

H.E. Mr. Dimitris L. Avramopoulos
Minister for Foreign Affairs

China

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

Norway

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

Bahrain

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

Guinea

H.E. Mr. Edouard Niankoye Lama
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Peru

H.E. Mr. Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso
Minister for Foreign Affairs

28 September 2012

Morning Session

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister

Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Kenny Davis Anthony
Prime Minister

Bhutan

H.E. Mr. Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley
Prime Minister

Tonga

H.E. Mr. Lord Tu’ivakano
Prime Minister

San Marino

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

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister

Vanuatu

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

Germany

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

Nepal

H.E. Mr. Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Deputy Prime Minister

Malta

H.E. Mr. Tonio Borg
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Netherlands

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

Chile

H.E. Mr. Alfredo Moreno Charme
Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Bernard Kamillius Membe
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Burkina Faso

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

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afternoon Session

Croatia

H.E. Mr. Zoran Milanovic
Prime Minister

Guinea-Bissau

Raimundo Pereira

Sao Tome and Principe

H.E. Mr. Patrice Emery Trovoada
Prime Minister

Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn
Prime Minister

Morocco

H.E. Mr. Prince Moulay Rachid
Crown Prince

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Eamon Gilmore, Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister

Austria

H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger
Vice-Chancellor

Nicaragua

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

Russian Federation

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

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith
Deputy Prime Minister

Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. KIM Sung-Hwan
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Saudi Arabia

H.H. Prince Saud Al-Faisal
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Arab Emirates

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

Monaco

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

Uzbekistan

H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

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

Fiji

H.E. Mr. Ratu Inoke Kubuabola
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Andorra

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

29 September 2012

Morning Session

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Nebojša Kaludjerović
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Iceland

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

Kazakhstan

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

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Hor Namhong
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tajikistan

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

Algeria

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

Mozambique

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

Malaysia

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

New Zealand

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

Bahamas

H.E. Mr. Frederick A. Mitchell
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

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

Uruguay

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

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Apisai Ielemia
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Singapore

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

Chad

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

Mauritania

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

Sudan

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

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Rimbink Pato
Prime Minister

01 October 2012

Morning Session

Canada

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

Armenia

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

Oman

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

Cuba

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

India

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

Djibouti

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Syrian Arab Republic

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

Barbados

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

Eritrea

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

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Gamini Lakshman Peiris
Minister of External Affairs

Congo

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

Mauritius

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

Costa Rica

H.E. Mr. Enrique Castillo
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Togo

H.E. Mr. Elliot Ohin
Minister of State

Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Mr. Winston Dookeran
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Angola

H.E. Mr. Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins
Permanent Representative to the UN

Afternoon Session

Belize

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

Belarus

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

Botswana

H.E. Mr. Phandu T. C. Skelemani
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Suriname

H.E. Mr. Winston G. Lackin
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Joseph Bandabla Dauda
Minister for Foreign Affairs

罗马教廷

Holy See

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti
Secretary of relations with States

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Marco Albuja
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Viet Nam

H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Vinh
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs

Grenada

H.E. Mrs. Dessima Williams
Permanent Representative to the UN

Palau

H.E. Mr. Stuart Beck
Permanent Representative to the UN

Denmark

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

Philippines

H.E. Mr. Albert F. Del Rosario
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Portugal

H.E. Mr. José Filipe Moraes Cabral
Permanent Representative

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Jorge Valero Briceño
Permanent Representative

Dominica

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

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremić
President of the 68th Session of the General Assembly