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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

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

The former Yugoslav Republic of 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

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