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
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President of the General Assembly (opening)

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

H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff
President
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United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President
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Serbia

H.E. Mr. Tomislav Nikolić
President
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Benin

H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi
President
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Finland

H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö
President
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Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Demetris Christofias
President
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Qatar

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

H.E. Mr. Rosen Plevneliev
President
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Indonesia

H.E. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President
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Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili
President
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Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez
President
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France

H.E. Mr. François Hollande
President
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Lithuania

H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President
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Honduras

H.E. Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa
President
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Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba
President
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Afternoon Session

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President
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Switzerland

H.E. Mrs. Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
President
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Argentina

H.E. Mrs. Cristina Fernández
President
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Senegal

H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
President
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South Africa

H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President
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Panama

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
President
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Jordan

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

H.E. Mr. János Áder
President
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Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President
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El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
President
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Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange
President
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Gabon

H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President
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Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Ivan Gašparovič
President
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Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President
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Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. Christopher Jorebon Loeak
President
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Nauru

H.E. Mr. Sprent Arumogo Dabwido
President
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Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Václav Klaus
President
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Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Hâmid Karzai
President
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Uganda

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

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

H.E. Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister
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26 September 2012

Morning Session

Yemen

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

H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President
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Zambia

H.E. Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata
President
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Luxembourg

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

H.E. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych
President
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Ghana

H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama
President
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Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President
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Kenya

H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki
President
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Poland

H.E. Mr. Bronisław Komorowski
President
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Egypt

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Morsy
President
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Mexico

H.E. Mr. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
President
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. David Cameron
Prime Minister
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Japan

H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Noda
Prime Minister
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European Union

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

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

H.E. Mr. Mario Monti
Prime Minister
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Australia

H.E. Mrs. Julia Gillard
Prime Minister
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Afternoon Session

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President
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Swaziland

H.E. Mr. Mswati III
King
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Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Otto Fernando Pérez Molina
President
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Madagascar

H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina
President
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Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Nicolae Timofti
President
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Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President
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Malawi

H.E. Mrs. Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda
President
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Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Anote Tong
President
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Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President
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Haiti

H.E. Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly
President
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Latvia

H.E. Mr. Andris Bērziņš
President
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President
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Gambia

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

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

H.E. Mr. Elio Di Rupo
Prime Minister
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Mali

H.E. Mr. Modibo Diarra
Prime Minister
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Romania

H.E. Mr. Titus Corlatean
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Côte d’Ivoire

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

H.E. Mr. Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Central African Republic

H.E. Mr. Antoine Gambi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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27 September 2012

Morning Session

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
President
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Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Moncef Marzouki
President
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Guyana

H.E. Mr. Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar
President
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Myanmar

H.E. Mr. Thein Sein
President
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov
President
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Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President
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Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine
President
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Brunei Darussalam

Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah
Crown Prince
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Jamaica

H.E. Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller
Prime Minister
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Cabo Verde

H.E. Mr. Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca
President
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Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President
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Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Janez Janša
Prime Minister
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Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
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Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
Prime Minister
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Afternoon Session

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori
President
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Maldives

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Waheed
President
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Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Luis Federico Franco Gómez
President
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Albania

H.E. Mr. Bujar Nishani
President
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Libya

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

H.E. Mr. Thérence Sinunguruza
Vice-President
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Seychelles

H.E. Mr. Danny Faure
Vice-President
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Iraq

H.E. Mr. Khudier Alkhuzae
President
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South Sudan

H.E. Mr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon
Vice-President
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Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister
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Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Najib Mikati
Prime Minister
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Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister
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Thailand

H.E. Mrs. Yingluck Shinawatra
Prime Minister
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Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Gordon Darcy Lilo
Prime Minister
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Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Asylbek Jeenbekov
Speaker of Parliament
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Somalia

H.E. Mr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Prime Minister
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Turkmenistan

H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov
Deputy Prime Minister
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Greece

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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28 September 2012

Morning Session

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister
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Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Kenny Davis Anthony
Prime Minister
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Bhutan

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister
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Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister
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Vanuatu

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Alfredo Moreno Charme
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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United Republic of Tanzania

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

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

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

Croatia

H.E. Mr. Zoran Milanovic
Prime Minister
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Guinea-Bissau

Raimundo Pereira

Sao Tome and Principe

H.E. Mr. Patrice Emery Trovoada
Prime Minister
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Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn
Prime Minister
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Morocco

H.E. Mr. Prince Moulay Rachid
Crown Prince
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Ireland

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

H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger
Vice-Chancellor
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Nicaragua

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

H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith
Deputy Prime Minister
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Republic of Korea

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

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

H.E. Mr. Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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United Arab Emirates

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Gilbert Saboya Sunyé
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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29 September 2012

Morning Session

Montenegro

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Ali Ahmed Karti
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Rimbink Pato
Prime Minister
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01 October 2012

Morning Session

Canada

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Syrian Arab Republic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. Elliot Ohin
Minister of State
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Trinidad and Tobago

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

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

Belize

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

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

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

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

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

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti
Secretary of relations with States
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.E. Mr. José Filipe Moraes Cabral
Permanent Representative
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Jorge Valero Briceño
Permanent Representative
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Dominica

H.E. Mr. Vince Henderson
Permanent Representative to the UN
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President of the General Assembly (closing)

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