General Debate
Session 51, 1996
181 statements, median length 2,623 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,212 |
| Albania | Tritan Shehu | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,057 |
| Algeria | Ahmed Attaf | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,485 |
| Andorra | Marc Forné Molné | President | 3,277 |
| Angola | Venancio de Moura | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,218 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Mr. Lewis | UN Representative | 3,136 |
| Argentina | Guido Di Tella | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,898 |
| Armenia | Vahan Papazian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,673 |
| Australia | Alexander Downer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,857 |
| Austria | Wolfgang Schussel | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,519 |
| Azerbaijan | Eldar Kouliev | UN Representative | 1,957 |
| Bahrain | Shaikh Mohamed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,551 |
| Bangladesh | Abdus Samad Azad | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,110 |
| Barbados | Billie Miller | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,435 |
| Belarus | Uladzimir Syanko | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,052 |
| Belgium | Erik Derycke | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,541 |
| Belize | Edward A. Laing | UN Representative | 2,364 |
| Benin | Pierre Osho | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,853 |
| Bhutan | Ugyen Tshering | UN Representative | 2,231 |
| Bolivia | Antonio Aranibar Quiroga | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,904 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alija Izetbegovic | President | 1,925 |
| Botswana | Mompati S. Merafhe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,972 |
| Brazil | Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,913 |
| Brunei | Mohamed Bolkiah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,361 |
| Bulgaria | Georgi Pirinski | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,239 |
| Burkina Faso | Ablassé Ouédraogo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,534 |
| Burundi | Luc Rukingama | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,515 |
| Cambodia | Ung Huot | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,424 |
| Canada | Lloyd Axworthy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,473 |
| Cape Verde | Amilcar Spencer Lopes | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,828 |
| Central African Republic | Henry Koba | UN Representative | 2,432 |
| Chad | Saleh Kebzabo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,694 |
| Chile | José Miguel Insulza | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,204 |
| Colombia | Ernesto Samper Pizano | President | 2,154 |
| Comoros | Omar Said Ahmed | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,457 |
| Costa Rica | Naranjo Villalobos | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,813 |
| Croatia | Mate Granic | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,325 |
| Cuba | Roberto Robaina González | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,591 |
| Cyprus | Glafcos Clerides | President | 2,347 |
| Czech Republic | Josef Zieleniec | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,246 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Jean-Marie Kititwa | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,286 |
| Djibouti | Roble Olhaye | UN Representative | 3,077 |
| Dominica | Simon Paul Richards | UN Representative | 1,575 |
| Dominican Republic | Leonel Fernández Reyna | President | 2,182 |
| Ecuador | Luis Valencia Rodríguez | UN Representative | 2,432 |
| Egypt | Amre Moussa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,700 |
| El Salvador | González Giner | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,724 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,275 |
| Eritrea | Amdemicael Kahsai | UN Representative | 1,750 |
| Estonia | Trivimi Velliste | UN Representative | 1,298 |
| Eswatini | Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini | Prime Minister | 2,196 |
| Ethiopia | Seyoum Mesfin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,012 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Asterio R. Takesy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,243 |
| Fiji | Poseci Bune | UN Representative | 4,818 |
| Finland | Tarja Kaarina Halonen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,142 |
| France | Hervé de Charette | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,511 |
| Gabon | Casimir Oye Mba | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,274 |
| Georgia | Irakli Menagarishvili | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,745 |
| Germany | Klaus Kinkel | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,601 |
| Ghana | Mohamed Ibn Chambas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,754 |
| Greece | Theodoros Pangalos | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,813 |
| Grenada | Raphael Fletcher | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,129 |
| Guatemala | Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen | President | 3,001 |
| Guinea | Lamine Kamara | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,218 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Fernando Delfim da Silva | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,786 |
| Guyana | Clement Rohee | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,573 |
| Haiti | Fritz Longchamp | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,131 |
| Honduras | Delmer Urbizo Panting | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,372 |
| Hungary | László Kovács | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,879 |
| Iceland | Halldór Ásgrímsson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,454 |
| India | Inder Kumar Gujral | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,149 |
| Indonesia | Ali Alatas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,257 |
| Iran | Ali-Akbar Velayati | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,223 |
| Iraq | Mohammed Said Al-Sahaf | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,942 |
| Ireland | Dick Spring | Deputy Prime Minister | 5,102 |
| Israel | David Levy | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,983 |
| Italy | Lamberto Dini | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,393 |
| Ivory Coast | Amara Essy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,787 |
| Jamaica | Seymour Mullings | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,065 |
| Japan | Ryutaro Hashimoto | Prime Minister | 3,475 |
| Jordan | Khaled Madadha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,368 |
| Kazakhstan | Kassymjomart Tokaev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,229 |
| Kenya | Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,484 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Niels Helveg Petersen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,074 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | H.A.F.M.O. van Mierlo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,713 |
| Kuwait | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Roza I. Otunbayeva | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,816 |
| Laos | Somsavat Lengsavad | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,896 |
| Latvia | Andris Škele | Prime Minister | 1,567 |
| Lebanon | Fares Bouez | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,770 |
| Lesotho | Perch Metsing Mangoaela | UN Representative | 3,148 |
| Liberia | Ruth Perry | Head of Government | 2,325 |
| Libya | Omar Mustafa Muntasser | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,649 |
| Liechtenstein | Andrea Willi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,552 |
| Lithuania | Povilas Gylys | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,945 |
| Luxembourg | Jacques Poos | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,733 |
| Madagascar | Evariste Marson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,997 |
| Malawi | George Nga Mtafu | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,538 |
| Malaysia | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister | 3,588 |
| Maldives | Fathulla Jameel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,721 |
| Mali | Dioncounda Traore | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,973 |
| Malta | Joseph Cassar | UN Representative | 3,001 |
| Marshall Islands | Philip Muller | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,692 |
| Mauritania | Lemrabott Sidi Mahmoud Ould | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,520 |
| Mauritius | Navinchandra Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | 3,185 |
| Mexico | José Angel Gurria Treviño | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,774 |
| Moldova | Mihai Popov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,913 |
| Monaco | Prince Albert | Head of State | 2,271 |
| Mongolia | Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan | Prime Minister | 1,736 |
| Morocco | Abdellatif Filali | Prime Minister | 3,330 |
| Mozambique | Leonardo Santos Simão | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,841 |
| Myanmar | Ohn Gyaw | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,445 |
| Namibia | Theo-Ben Gurirab | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,614 |
| Nepal | Prakash Chandra Lohani | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,074 |
| New Zealand | Robin Gray | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,247 |
| Nicaragua | Ernesto Leal | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,133 |
| Niger | André Salifou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,258 |
| Nigeria | Chief Tom Ikimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,396 |
| North Korea | Choi Su Hon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,017 |
| North Macedonia | Kiro Gligorov | President | 1,221 |
| Norway | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Prime Minister | 1,691 |
| Oman | Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,842 |
| Pakistan | Benazir Bhutto | Prime Minister | 2,563 |
| Palau | David Orrukem | UN Representative | 779 |
| Panama | Jorge Illueca | UN Representative | 3,868 |
| Papua New Guinea | Julius Chan | Prime Minister | 2,982 |
| Paraguay | Melgarejo Lanzoni | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,525 |
| People's Republic of China | Qian Qichen | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,827 |
| Peru | Francisco Tudela Van Breughel Douglas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,485 |
| Philippines | Domingo Siazon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,953 |
| Poland | Aleksander Kwasniewski | President | 2,766 |
| Portugal | Jaime Gama | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,937 |
| Qatar | Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al-Thani | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,326 |
| Republic of the Congo | Destin-Arsène Tsaty- Boungou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,292 |
| Romania | Teodor Viorel Melescanu | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,571 |
| Russia | Yevgeny Primakov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,670 |
| Rwanda | Gideon Kayinamura | UN Representative | 1,634 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Denzil L. Douglas | Prime Minister | 2,557 |
| Saint Lucia | Vaughan Lewis | Prime Minister | 2,157 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Alpian R. O. Allen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,323 |
| Samoa | Tofilau Eti Alesana | Prime Minister | 1,690 |
| San Marino | Gabriele Gatti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,237 |
| Saudi Arabia | Abdul-Rahman Mansouri | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,231 |
| Senegal | Moustapha Niasse | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,025 |
| Seychelles | Danielle de St. Jorre | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,415 |
| Sierra Leone | Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | President | 2,819 |
| Singapore | S. Jayakumar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,457 |
| Slovakia | Pavol Hamžík | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,400 |
| Slovenia | Janez Drnovšek | Prime Minister | 1,337 |
| Solomon Islands | Danny Philip | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,094 |
| South Africa | Alfred B. Nzo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,371 |
| South Korea | Ro-Myung Gong | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,155 |
| Spain | Abel Matutes | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,814 |
| Sri Lanka | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,550 |
| Sudan | Ali Osman Mohamed Taha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,796 |
| Suriname | Jules Albert Wijdenbosch | President | 1,793 |
| Sweden | Göran Persson | Prime Minister | 1,675 |
| Syria | Farouk Al-Shara’ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,012 |
| Tajikistan | Talbak Nazarov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,822 |
| Tanzania | Benjamin William Mkapa | President | 3,714 |
| Thailand | Amnuay Viravan | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,528 |
| The Bahamas | Janet G. Bostwick | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,725 |
| The Gambia | Ebrima Ceesay | Deputy Prime Minister | 4,051 |
| Togo | Koffi Panou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,052 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Basdeo Panday | Prime Minister | 2,623 |
| Tunisia | Habib Ben Yahia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,787 |
| Turkey | Tansu Çiller | Deputy Prime Minister | 4,003 |
| Turkmenistan | Boris Shihmuradov | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,154 |
| Uganda | Eriya Kategaya | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,303 |
| Ukraine | Hennadi Udovenko | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,802 |
| United Arab Emirates | Rashid Abdullah Al-Noaimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,523 |
| United Kingdom | Malcolm Rifkind | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,472 |
| United States | William Jefferson Clinton | President | 2,693 |
| Uruguay | Álvaro Ramos | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,574 |
| Uzbekistan | Abdulaziz Kamilov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,101 |
| Vanuatu | Jean Ravou-Akii | UN Representative | 1,342 |
| Venezuela | Miguel Angel Burelli Rivas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,433 |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Manh Cam | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,657 |
| Yemen | Abdulkarim Al-Eryany | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,124 |
| Zambia | Peter Kasanda | UN Representative | 2,822 |
| Zimbabwe | Stanislaus Mudenge | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,316 |