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General Debate of the 72nd Session 19 September 2017 to 25 September 2017
19 September 2017
Morning Session
Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General
President of the General Assembly (opening)
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák
President of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly
Brazil
H.E. Mr. Michel Temer
President
United States of America
H.E. Mr. Donald J. Trump
President
Guinea
H.E. Mr. Alpha Condé
President
Switzerland
H.E. Mrs. Doris Leuthard
President
Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Andrej Kiska
President
Nigeria
H.E. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari
President
Czech Republic
H.E. Mr. Miloš Zeman
President
Liberia
H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President
France
H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron
President
Colombia
H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
President
Tajikistan
H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon
President
Zambia
H.E. Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu
President
Lithuania
H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaitė
President
Qatar
H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
Amir
Turkey
H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President
Israel
H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
Afternoon Session
Mali
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
President
Monaco
H.H. Prince Albert II
Prince
Poland
H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda
President
Egypt
H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi
President
Uzbekistan
H.E. Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President
Armenia
H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan
President
Costa Rica
H.E. Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera
President
Uganda
H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President
Sri Lanka
H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena
President
Estonia
H.E. Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid
President
Guatemala
H.E. Mr. Jimmy Morales
President
Afghanistan
H.E. Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
President
Gambia (Republic of The)
H.E. Mr. Adama Barrow
President
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma
Constitutional President
Honduras
H.E. Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado
President
Austria
H.E. Mr. Sebastian Kurz
Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
Mauritania
H.E. Mr. Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih
Minister for Foreign Affairs
20 September 2017
Morning Session
Finland
H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö
President
Kyrgyzstan
H.E. Mr. Almazbek Atambaev
President
Azerbaijan
H.E. Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev
President
Guyana
H.E. Mr. David Arthur Granger
President
Bosnia and Herzegovina
H.E. Mr. Dragan Cović
Chairman of the Presidency
Panama
H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez
President
Rwanda
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President
Paraguay
H.E. Mr. Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara
President
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
H.E. Mr. Hassan Rouhani
President
Bulgaria
H.E. Mr. Rumen Radev
President
Côte d’Ivoire
H.E. Mr. Alassane Ouattara
President
Ukraine
H.E. Mr. Petro Poroshenko
President
Palestine (State of)
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President
European Union
H.E. Mr. Donald Tusk
President of the European Council
Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Mark Rutte
Prime Minister
Japan
H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister
Portugal
H.E. Mr. António Luís Santos da Costa
Prime Minister
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Ms. Theresa May
Prime Minister
Italy
H.E. Mr. Paolo Gentiloni
President of the Council of Ministers
Afternoon Session
Ecuador
H.E. Mr. Lenin Moreno Garcés
Constitutional President
Argentina
H.E. Ms. Marta Gabriela Michetti Illia
Vice-President
Congo
H.E. Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso
President
Chile
H.E. Mrs. Michelle Bachelet Jeria
President
Latvia
H.E. Mr. Raimonds Vējonis
President
South Africa
H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
President
Namibia
H.E. Mr. Hage Geingob
President
Montenegro
H.E. Mr. Filip Vujanović
President
Romania
H.E. Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis
President
Malawi
H.E. Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika
President
Madagascar
H.E. Mr. Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana
President
Senegal
H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
President
Eswatini
H.M. Mr. King Mswati III
Head of State
Libya
H.E. Mr. Faiez Mustafa Serraj
President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord
Nauru
H.E. Mr. Baron Divavesi Waqa
President
Myanmar
H.E. Mr. Henry Van Thio
Vice-President
Kuwait
H.H. Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah
Prime Minister
Fiji
H.E. Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
Prime Minister
Morocco
H.E. Mr. Nasser Bourita
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dominican Republic
H.E. Mr. Miguel Vargas Maldonado
Minister for Foreign Affairs
21 September 2017
Morning Session
Serbia
H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Vučić
President
Haiti
H.E. Mr. Jovenel Moise
President
Republic of Korea
H.E. Mr. Moon Jae-in
President
Lebanon
H.E. Mr. General Michel Aoun
President
Cyprus
H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades
President
Burkina Faso
H.E. Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
President
Ghana
H.E. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President
Gabon
H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba
President
Yemen
H.E. Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour
President
Seychelles
H.E. Mr. Danny Faure
President
Botswana
H.E. Mr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi
Vice-President
Croatia
H.E. Mr. Andrej Plenković
Prime Minister
Canada
H.E. Mr. Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister
Samoa
H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister
Slovenia
H.E. Mr. Miro Cerar
Prime Minister
Germany
H.E. Mr. Sigmar Gabriel
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Russian Federation
H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov
Minister for Foreign Affairs
China
H.E. Mr. Wang Yi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mexico
H.E. Mr. Luis Videgaray Caso
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Afternoon Session
El Salvador
H.E. Mr. Salvador Sánchez Cerén
President
Comoros
H.E. Mr. Azali Assoumani
President
Palau
H.E. Mr. Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr.
President
Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President
Sao Tome and Principe
H.E. Mr. Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho
President
Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe
President
Indonesia
H.E. Mr. Jusuf Kalla
Vice-President
Jordan
H.H. Al Hussein bin Abdullah II
Crown Prince
Tuvalu
H.E. Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga
Prime Minister
Georgia
H.E. Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Prime Minister
Antigua and Barbuda
H.E. Mr. Gaston Alphonso Browne
Prime Minister
Pakistan
H.E. Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Prime Minister
Mauritius
H.E. Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
Prime Minister
Bangladesh
H.E. Ms. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister
Vanuatu
H.E. Mr. Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas
Prime Minister
Guinea-Bissau
H.E. Mr. Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Prime Minister
Togo
H.E. Mr. Komi Selom Klassou
Prime Minister
Belarus
H.E. Mr. Vladimir Makei
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Spain
H.E. Mr. Alfonso Dastis Quecedo
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Luxembourg
H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Denmark
H.E. Ms. Ulla Tørnæs
Minister for Development Cooperation
22 September 2017
Morning Session
Cameroon
H.E. Mr. Paul Biya
President
Kiribati
H.E. Mr. Taneti Maamau
President
Central African Republic
H.E. Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera
President
Republic of Moldova
H.E. Mr. Pavel Filip
Prime Minister
Belgium
H.E. Mr. Charles Michel
Prime Minister
Bhutan
H.E. Mr. Dasho Tshering Tobgay
Prime Minister
Albania
H.E. Mr. Edi Rama
Prime Minister
Malta
H.E. Mr. Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister
Cabo Verde
H.E. Mr. José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva
Prime Minister
Viet Nam
H.E. Mr. Phạm Bình Minh
Deputy Prime Minister
Saint Lucia
H.E. Mr. Allen Michael Chastanet
Prime Minister
Cuba
H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Tunisia
H.E. Mr. Khemaies Jhinaoui
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Thailand
H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Australia
H.E. Ms. Julie Bishop
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Hungary
H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Algeria
H.E. Mr. Abdelkader Messahel
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Kenya
H.E. Ms. Amina Chawahir Mohamed
Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Iceland
H.E. Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sweden
H.E. Ms. Margot Wallström
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Afternoon Session
Tonga
H.M. Mr. Tupou VI
King
Solomon Islands
H.E. Mr. Manasseh Damukana Sogavare
Prime Minister
Republic of North Macedonia
H.E. Mr. Zoran Zaev
Prime Minister
Ethiopia
H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn
Prime Minister
Andorra
H.E. Mr. Antoni Martí Petit
Prime Minister
Somalia
H.E. Mr. Hassan Ali Khaire
Prime Minister
Lesotho
H.E. Mr. Motsoahae Thomas Thabane
Prime Minister
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
H.E. Mr. Louis Straker
Deputy Prime Minister
Cambodia
H.E. Mr. Prak Sokhonn
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Belize
H.E. Mr. Wilfred Elrington
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
San Marino
H.E. Mr. Nicola Renzi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Liechtenstein
H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Greece
H.E. Mr. Nikos Kotzias
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Barbados
H.E. Ms. Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
United Arab Emirates
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mongolia
H.E. Mr. Tsend Munkh-Orgil
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Benin
H.E. Mr. Aurélien Agbenonci
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Brunei Darussalam
H.E. Mr. Pehin Dato Seal Setia Lira Jock Seng
Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Malaysia
H.E. Mr. Dato' Sri Anifah Aman
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sierra Leone
H.E. Mr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara
Minister for Foreign Affairs
23 September 2017
Morning Session
Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange
President
South Sudan
H.E. Mr. Taban Deng Gai
First Vice President
Micronesia (Federated States of)
H.E. Mr. Yosiwo George
Vice-President
Nepal
H.E. Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba
Prime Minister
Papua New Guinea
H.E. Mr. Peter Paire O’Neill
Prime Minister
Syrian Arab Republic
H.E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem
Deputy Prime Minister
Dominica
H.E. Mr. Roosevelt Skerrit
Prime Minister
India
H.E. Ms. Sushma Swaraj
Minister of External Affairs
Djibouti
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mr. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Bahamas
H.E. Mr. Darren Allen Henfield
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Philippines
H.E. Mr. Alan Peter S. Cayetano
Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Singapore
H.E. Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Bahrain
H.E. Mr. Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
H.E. Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ireland
H.E. Mr. Simon Coveney
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
H.E. Mr. Ri Yong Ho
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Iraq
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Abdulkarim Al-Jafari
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Afternoon Session
Eritrea
H.E. Mr. Osman Saleh Mohammed
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Suriname
H.E. Ms. Yldiz Pollack-Beighle
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sudan
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelaziz Ghandour
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Marshall Islands
H.E. Mr. John Silk
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Oman
H.E. Mr. Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Trinidad and Tobago
H.E. Mr. Dennis Moses
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Chad
H.E. Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jamaica
H.E. Ms. Kamina Johnson Smith
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Maldives
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Asim
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Burundi
H.E. Mr. Alain Aimé Nyamitwe
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Niger
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Yacoubou
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Grenada
H.E. Mr. Elvin Nimrod
Minister for Foreign Affairs
United Republic of Tanzania
H.E. Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Saint Kitts and Nevis
H.E. Mr. Mark Anthony Brantley
Minister for Foreign Affairs
25 September 2017
Morning Session
Uruguay
H.E. Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Holy See
H.E. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher
Secretary of relations with States
Mozambique
H.E. Mr. Antonio Gumende
Permanent Representative to the UN
Angola
H.E. Mr. Ismael A. Gaspar Martins
Permanent Representative to the UN
New Zealand
H.E. Mr. Craig Hawke
Permanent Representative to the UN
Turkmenistan
H.E. Mrs. Aksoltan Ataeva
Permanent Representative to the UN
Peru
H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra
Permanent Representative to the UN
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
H.E. Mr. Jorge Arreaza Montserrat
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Norway
H.E. Mr. Tore Hattrem
Permanent Representative to the UN
Timor-Leste
H.E. Mrs. Maria Helena Pires
Permanent Representative to the UN
Nicaragua
H.E. Mrs. María Rubiales de Chamorro
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
President of the General Assembly (closing)
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák
President of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly