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General Debate of the 70th Session
28 September 2015 to 03 October 2015

28 September 2015

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. Mogens Lykketoft
President of the 70th session of the General Assembly

Brazil

H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff
President

United States of America

H.E. Mr. Barack Obama
President

Poland

H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda
President

China

H.E. Mr. XI Jinping
President

Jordan

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

Russian Federation

H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin
President

Republic of Korea

H.E. Ms. Park Geun-hye
President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Hassan Rouhani
President

Qatar

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

France

H.E. Mr. François Hollande
President

Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi
President

Netherlands

H.M. Mr. Willem-Alexander
King

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev
President

Mexico

H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto
President

Portugal

H.E. Mr. Aníbal António Cavaco Silva
President

Denmark

H.E. Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Prime Minister

Ethiopia

H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Uganda

H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President

Chile

H.E. Mrs. Michelle Bachelet Jeria
President

Cuba

H.E. Mr. Raúl Castro Ruz
President

South Africa

H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President

Egypt

H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi
President

Switzerland

H.E. Mrs. Simonetta Sommaruga
President

Zimbabwe

H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

Argentina

H.E. Mrs. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
President

Belarus

H.E. Mr. Alexander Lukashenko
President

Nigeria

H.E. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari
President

Gabon

H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President

Paraguay

H.E. Mr. Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara
President

Kenya

H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta
President

Senegal

H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
President

Mali

H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
President

Ecuador

H.E. Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado
President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
President

Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Dr Abdullah Abdullah
Chief Executive

29 September 2015

Morning Session

Rwanda

H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President

Guyana

H.E. Mr. David Arthur Granger
President

Namibia

H.E. Mr. Hage Geingob
President

Tajikistan

H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon
President

Finland

H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö
President

Mongolia

H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
President

Romania

H.E. Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis
President

Eswatini

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

Sierra Leone

H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma
President

Ukraine

H.E. Mr. Petro Poroshenko
President

Colombia

H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President

Cyprus

H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades
President

Uruguay

H.E. Mr. Tabaré Vázquez
President

Malawi

H.E. Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika
President

European Union

H.E. Mr. Donald TUSK
President of the European Council

Japan

H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister

Kuwait

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

Italy

H.E. Mr. Matteo Renzi
Prime Minister

Afternoon Session

Armenia

H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan
President

United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

H.E. Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros
President

Liberia

H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President

Zambia

H.E. Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu
President

Estonia

H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President

Dominican Republic

H.E. Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez
President

Lithuania

H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaité
President

Seychelles

H.E. Mr. James Alix Michel
President

Czech Republic

H.E. Mr. Miloš Zeman
President

Yemen

H.E. Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour
President

Gambia (Republic of The)

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

Thailand

H.E. Mr. General Prayut Chan-o-Cha
Prime Minister

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister

Tunisia

H.E. Mr. Habib Essid
Head of Government

Tonga

H.E. Mr. Samuela 'Akilisi Pohiva
Prime Minister

Australia

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

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

H.E. Mr. Philip Hammond
Secretary of State

Mauritania

H.E. Mr. Hamadi Ould Meimou
Minister for Foreign Affairs

30 September 2015

Morning Session

Bulgaria

H.E. Mr. Rosen Plevneliev
President

Panama

H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez
President

Sri Lanka

H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena
President

Croatia

H.E. Mrs. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President

Costa Rica

H.E. Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera
President

Ghana

H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama
President

Togo

H.E. Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
President

Benin

H.E. Mr. Lionel Zinsou
Prime Minister

Brunei Darussalam

H.M. Mr. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah
Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan

Palestine (State of)

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President

Turkey

H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu
Prime Minister

Bangladesh

H.E. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister

Sweden

H.E. Mr. Stefan Löfven
Prime Minister

Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister

Norway

H.E. Mrs. Erna Solberg
Prime Minister

Fiji

H.E. Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
Prime Minister

Malta

H.E. Mr. Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister

Belgium

Belgium

H.E. Mr. Charles Michel
Prime Minister

Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Tammam Salam
President of the Council of Ministers

Afternoon Session

Latvia

H.E. Mr. Raimonds Vējonis
President

Serbia

H.E. Mr. Tomislav Nikolić
President

Djibouti

H.E. Mr. Ismaël Omar Guelleh
President

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr. Choummaly Sayasone
President

Nauru

H.E. Mr. Baron Divavesi Waqa
President

Libya

H.E. Mr. Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider
Acting Head of State

Marshall Islands

H.E. Mr. Christopher Loeak
President

Comoros

H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine
President

Equatorial Guinea

H.E. Mr. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
Vice-President

Slovenia

H.E. Mr. Miro Cerar
Prime Minister

Vanuatu

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

Samoa

H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister

Iraq

H.E. Mr. Haider Al Abadi
Prime Minister

Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Valeriu Strelet
Prime Minister

Morocco

H.H. Prince Moulay Rachid
Crown Prince

Monaco

H.E. Mr. Gilles Tonelli
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

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

Spain

H.E. Mr. José Manuel García Margallo
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Central African Republic

H.E. Mr. Samuel Rangba
Minister for Foreign Affairs

01 October 2015

Morning Session

Bosnia and Herzegovina

H.E. Mr. Dragan Čović
Chairman of the Presidency

Haiti

H.E. Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly
President

Madagascar

H.E. Mr. Hery Rajaonarimampianina
President

Micronesia (Federated States of)

H.E. Mr. Peter Christian
President

Montenegro

H.E. Mr. Filip Vujanović
President

Angola

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

Cabo Verde

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

Lesotho

H.E. Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Prime Minister

Georgia

H.E. Mr. Irakli Garibashvili
Prime Minister

Greece

H.E. Mr. Alexis Tsipras
Prime Minister

Israel

H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister

Malaysia

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

Slovakia

H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák
Deputy Prime Minister

Germany

H.E. Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Luxembourg

H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Minister of External Affairs

India

H.E. Mrs. Excellency Sushma Swaraj
Minister of External Affairs

Algeria

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

Austria

H.E. Mr. Sebastian Kurz
Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

Ireland

H.E. Mr. Charles Flanagan
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Chad

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

Afternoon Session

Botswana

H.E. Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi
Vice-President

South Sudan

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

Burundi

H.E. Mr. Joseph Butore
Vice-President

Nicaragua

H.E. Mr. Moisés Omar Halleslevens Acevedo
Vice-President

Antigua and Barbuda

H.E. Mr. Gaston Alphonso Browne
Prime Minister

New Zealand

H.E. Mr. John Key
Prime Minister

Timor-Leste

H.E. Mr. Rui Maria De Araújo
Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

H.E. Mr. Manasseh Sogavare
Prime Minister

Somalia

H.E. Mr. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Prime Minister

Cambodia

H.E. Mr. Namhong Hor
Deputy Prime Minister

Nepal

H.E. Mr. Prakash Man Singh
Deputy Prime Minister

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

H.E. Mr. Ri Su Yong
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Raymond Tshibanda N'tungamulongo
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kyrgyzstan

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

Bahamas

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

Saudi Arabia

H.E. Mr. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Papua New Guinea

H.E. Mr. Rimbink Pato
Minister for Foreign Affairs

02 October 2015

Morning Session

Andorra

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

Republic of North Macedonia

H.E. Mr. Nikola Gruevski
Prime Minister

Barbados

H.E. Mr. Freundel Stuart
Prime Minister

Burkina Faso

H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando
Président de la transition

Mauritius

H.E. Mr. Anerood Jugnauth
Prime Minister

Saint Kitts and Nevis

H.E. Mr. Timothy Harris
Prime Minister

Albania

H.E. Mr. Edi Rama
Prime Minister

Syrian Arab Republic

H.E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem
Deputy Prime Minister

Iceland

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

Bahrain

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

Liechtenstein

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

Belize

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

Grenada

H.E. Mrs. Clarice Modeste-Curwen
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Congo

H.E. Mr. Jean Claude Gakosso
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sao Tome and Principe

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

Sudan

H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Ahman 'Abd al-Aziz Ghandour
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Afternoon Session

United Arab Emirates

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

Indonesia

H.E. Mr. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla
Vice-President

Philippines

H.E. Mr. Albert Del Rosario
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Jamaica

H.E. Mr. Arnold Nicholson
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Myanmar

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

Niger

H.E. Mrs. Aïchatou Boulama Kané
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bhutan

H.E. Mr. Damcho Dorji
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Taukelina Finikaso
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Trinidad and Tobago

H.E. Mr. Denis Moses
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Saint Lucia

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

罗马教廷

Holy See

H.E. Mr. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher
Secretary of relations with States

Viet Nam

H.E. Mrs. Nguyen Phuong Nga
Permanent Representative

Turkmenistan

H.E. Mrs. Aksoltan Ataeva
Permanent Representative

Peru

H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra
Permanent Representative

Honduras

H.E. Mrs. Mary Flores
Permanent Representative

Kiribati

H.E. Mrs. Makurita Baaro
Permanent Representative

Guinea-Bissau

H.E. Mr. João Soares Da Gama
Permanent Representative

03 October 2015

Morning Session

El Salvador

H.E. Mr. Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Oman

H.E. Mr. Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Hungary

H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Eritrea

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

Guinea

H.E. Mr. François Lounceny Fall
Minister of State

Dominica

H.E. Ms. Francine Baron
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Maldives

H.E. Mrs. Dunya Maumoon
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Suriname

H.E. Mrs. Niermala Badrising
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Canada

H.E. Mr. Daniel Jean
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

San Marino

H.E. Mr. Daniele Bodini
Permanent Representative

Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Carlos Raúl Morales
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Palau

H.E. Mr. Caleb Otto
Permanent Representative

Côte d’Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Claude Stanislas Bouah-Kamon
Permanent Representative

President of the General Assembly (closing)

H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft
President of the 70th session of the General Assembly