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General Debate of the 68th Session
24 September 2013 to 04 October 2013

24 September 2013

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. John W. Ashe
President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff
President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Abdullah Gül
President

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President

Chile

H.E. Mr. Sebastián Piñera Echeñique
President

Bulgaria

H.E. Mr. Rossen Plevneliev
President

Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Armando Emílio Guebuza
President

France

H.E. Mr. François Hollande

Jordan

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

Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Ivan Gašparovič
President

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President

Qatar

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

Monaco

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II

South Africa

H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych
President

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa
President

Afternoon Session

Costa Rica

H.E. Mrs. Laura Chinchilla Miranda
President

Austria

H.E. Mr. Heinz Fischer
President

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara
President

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Andris Bērziņš
President

Liberia

H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President

Bosnia and Herzegovina

H.E. Mr. Zeljko Komšić
President

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Michel Sleiman
President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Hassan Rouhani
President

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President

Switzerland

H.E. Mr. Ueli Maurer
President

Uruguay

H.E. Mr. José Mujica
President

Uganda

H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President

Argentina

H.E. Mrs. Cristina Fernández
President

Malawi

H.E. Mrs. Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda
President

Zambia

H.E. Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata
President

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt
Prime Minister

25 September 2013

Morning Session

Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President

Panama

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
President

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Alassane Ouattara
President

Peru

H.E. Mr. Ollanta Humala Tasso
President

Timor-Leste

H.E. Mr. Taur Matan Ruak
President

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
President

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange
President

Madagascar

H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina
President

Burkina Faso

H.E. Mr. Blaise Compaoré
President

Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn
Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister

Fiji

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

European Union

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

Kuwait

H.H. Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah
Prime Minister

Italy

H.E. Mr. Enrico Letta
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Serbia

H.E. Mr. Tomislav Nikolić
President

Chad

H.E. Mr. Idriss Deby Itno
President

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Kiribati

H.E. Mr. Anote Tong
President

Poland

H.E. Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski
President

Eswatini

His Majesty King Mswati III
Head of State

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili
President

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori
President

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
President

Palau

H.E. Mr. Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr.
President

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Libya

H.E. Mr. Ali Zeidan
Prime Minister

Trinidad and Tobago

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

Spain

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

Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Oqil Oqilov
Prime Minister

Cameroon

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

Norway

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

26 September 2013

Morning Session

Guyana

H.E. Mr. Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar
President

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba
President

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades
President

Ghana

H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama
President

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Borut Pahor
President

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
President

Lithuania

H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Baron Divavesi Waqa
President

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Otto Fernando Pérez Molina
President

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

Malta

H.E. Mr. Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister

Japan

H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Croatia

H.E. Mr. Ivo Josipović
President

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. Christopher Loeak
President

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
President

Central African Republic

H.E. Mr. Nicolas Tiangaye
Prime Minister

Guinea-Bissau

H.E. Mr. Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Interim President)
President of the Transitional Government

South Sudan

H.E. Mr. James Wani Igga
Vice-President

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Iurie Leancă
Prime Minister

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Motsoahae Thomas Thabane
Prime Minister

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Elio Di Rupo
Prime Minister

Haiti

H.E. Mr. Laurent Salvador Lamothe
Prime Minister

New Zealand

H.E. Mr. John Key
Prime Minister

Cuba

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

Algeria

H.E. Mr. Ramtane Lamamra
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Samura Kamara
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Laurent Kavakure
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mexico

H.E. Mr. José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Benin

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

27 September 2013

Morning Session

Gambia (Republic of The)

H.E. Mr. Yahya Jammeh
President

Tonga

H.M. Mr. King Tupou VI
King

Mali

H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
President

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Khudheir Mussa Al-khuzaie
Vice-President

Angola

H.E. Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente
Vice-President

Honduras

H.E. Mrs. María Antonieta de Bográn
Vice-President

Seychelles

H.E. Mr. Danny Faure
Vice-President

Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. Nicholas Clegg, Deputy
Prime Minister

Russian Federation

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

Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Yun Byung-se
Minister for Foreign Affairs

China

H.E. Mr. Wang Yi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Uzbekistan

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

Australia

H.E. Mrs. Julie Bishop
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Netherlands

H.E. Mr. Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Congo

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

Afternoon Session

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Nikola Gruevski
Prime Minister

San Marino

H.E. Mr. Pasquale Valentini
Prime Minister

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Milo Dukanović
Prime Minister

Viet Nam

H.E. Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung
Prime Minister

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Jiří Rusnok
Prime Minister

Luxembourg

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

Greece

H.E. Mr. Evangelos Venizelos
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Niger

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Bazoum, Deputy
Prime Minister

Sudan

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

Indonesia

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

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr. Erlan A. Idrissov
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afghanistan

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

Finland

H.E. Mr. Erkki Tuomioja
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Elías J. Jaua Milano
Minister for Foreign Affairs

28 September 2013

Morning Session

Jamaica

H.E. Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller
Prime Minister

Mauritius

H.E. Mr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Prime Minister

Vanuatu

H.E. Mr. Moana Carcasses Kalosil
Prime Minister

Albania

H.E. Mr. Edi Rama
Prime Minister

Andorra

H.E. Mr. Antoni Martí Petit
Head of Government

Malaysia

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

Nepal

H.E. Mr. Khil Raj Regmi
Chairman of the Council of Ministers

India

H.E. Mr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister

Cabo Verde

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

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Leo Dion
Deputy Prime Minister

Germany

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

Romania

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

Belarus

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

Portugal

H.E. Mr. Rui Machete
Minister of State

Egypt

H.E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kyrgyzstan

H.E. Mr. Erlan Abdyldayev
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

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

Afternoon Session

Bahamas

H.E. Mr. Perry Gladstone Christie
Prime Minister

Brunei Darussalam

His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah
Crown Prince

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith
Vice Prime Minister

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Eamon Gilmore
Deputy Prime Minister

Thailand

H.E. Mr. Surapong Tovichakchaikul
Deputy Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Manasseh Maelanga
Deputy Prime Minister

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Vete Sakaio
Deputy Prime Minister

Armenia

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

Mauritania

H.E. Mr. Ahmed Teguedi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

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

Yemen

H.E. Mr. Abubaker al-Qirbi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Singapore

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

United Arab Emirates

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

30 September 2013

Morning Session

Canada

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

Turkmenistan

H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov
Deputy Prime Minister

Bahrain

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

Syrian Arab Republic

H.E. Mr. Walid Almoualem
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Oman

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

Iceland

H.E. Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belize

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

Morocco

H.E. Mr. Saad-Eddine El Othmani
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Eritrea

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

Nicaragua

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

Saint Lucia

H.E. Mr. Alva Romanus Baptiste
Minister of External Affairs

Afternoon Session

Hungary

H.E. Mr. János Martonyi
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Guinea

H.E. Mr. François Lounceny Fall
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Philippines

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

Barbados

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

Myanmar

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

Bhutan

H.E. Mr. Lyonpo Rinzin Dorje
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Suriname

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

Grenada

H.E. Mr. Nickolas Steele
Minister for Foreign Affairs

01 October 2013

Morning Session

Maldives

H.E. Mrs. Mariyam Shakeela
Acting Foreign Minister

Botswana

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

罗马教廷

Holy See

H.E. Mr. 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

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Jose Manuel Trullols
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Kosal Sea
Permanent Representative to the UN

Dominica

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

Togo

H.E. Mr. Kodjo Menan
Permanent Representative to the UN

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Xavier Lasso Mendoza
Permanent Representative to the UN

Sao Tome and Principe

H.E. Mr. Carlos Filomeno Agostinho Das Neves
Permanent Representative to the UN

Denmark

H.E. Mr. Ib Petersen
Permanent Representative to the UN

Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mr. John W. Ashe
President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly