General Debate
Session 52, 1997
176 statements, median length 2,655 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Abdullah Abdullah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,529 |
| Albania | Fatos Nano | Prime Minister | 2,814 |
| Algeria | Ahmed Attaf | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,086 |
| Andorra | Marc Forné Molné | President | 2,796 |
| Angola | Venancio de Moura | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,911 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Patrick Albert Lewis | UN Representative | 2,933 |
| Argentina | Guido di Tella | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,912 |
| Armenia | Alexander Arzoumanian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,741 |
| Australia | Alexander Downer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,887 |
| Austria | Wolfgang Schüssel | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,298 |
| Azerbaijan | Eldar Kouliev | UN Representative | 2,899 |
| Bahrain | Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,759 |
| Bangladesh | Abdus Samad Azad | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,668 |
| Barbados | Billie Miller | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,723 |
| Belarus | Ivan Antonovich | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,822 |
| Belgium | Erik Derycke | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,370 |
| Belize | Dean Barrow | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,762 |
| Benin | Pierre Osho | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,677 |
| Bhutan | Dawa Tsering | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,553 |
| Bolivia | Hugo Banzer Suárez | President | 2,189 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jadranko Prlic | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,137 |
| Botswana | Mompati S. Merafhe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,700 |
| Brazil | Luiz Felipe Lampreia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,565 |
| Brunei | Mohamed Bolkiah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,191 |
| Bulgaria | Nadezhda Mihailova | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,342 |
| Burkina Faso | Ablassé Ouedraogo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,106 |
| Burundi | Luc Rukingama | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,478 |
| Canada | Lloyd Axworthy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,757 |
| Cape Verde | Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga | Prime Minister | 2,553 |
| Central African Republic | Mr. Koba | UN Representative | 1,991 |
| Chad | Mahamat Saleh Annadif | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,646 |
| Chile | José Miguel Insulza | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,655 |
| Colombia | Ernesto Samper Pizano | President | 1,626 |
| Comoros | Mtara Maecha | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,682 |
| Costa Rica | José María Figueres Olsen | President | 1,089 |
| Croatia | Mate Granic | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,583 |
| Cuba | Roberto Robaina González | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,438 |
| Cyprus | Glafcos Clerides | President | 2,955 |
| Czech Republic | Josef Zieleniec | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,473 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bizima Karaha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,698 |
| Djibouti | Roble Olhaye | UN Representative | 3,125 |
| Dominica | Edison James | Prime Minister | 1,984 |
| Dominican Republic | Eduardo Latorre | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,847 |
| Ecuador | Fabián Alarcón Rivera | President | 3,274 |
| Egypt | Amre Moussa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,670 |
| El Salvador | Armando Calderón Sol | President | 992 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Don Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,314 |
| Eritrea | Haile Weldensae | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,639 |
| Estonia | Trivimi Velliste | UN Representative | 1,567 |
| Eswatini | King Mswati III | Head of State | 2,918 |
| Ethiopia | Seyoum Mesfin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,534 |
| Fiji | Ligamamada Rabuka | Prime Minister | 4,614 |
| Finland | Tarja Kaarina Halonen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,711 |
| France | Hubert Védrine | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,850 |
| Gabon | Casimir Oye Mba | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,815 |
| Georgia | Irakli Menagarishvili | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,159 |
| Germany | Klaus Kinkel | Deputy Prime Minister | 4,395 |
| Ghana | Kwamena Ahwoi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,786 |
| Greece | Theodoros Pangalos | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,575 |
| Grenada | Raphael Fletcher | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,606 |
| Guatemala | Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen | President | 1,373 |
| Guinea | Lamime Kamara | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,868 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Fernando Delfim da Silva | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,790 |
| Guyana | Clement Rohee | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,203 |
| Haiti | Fritz Longchamp | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,793 |
| Honduras | Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez | President | 1,976 |
| Hungary | László Kovács | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,838 |
| Iceland | Halldór Ásgrímsson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,723 |
| India | Inder Kumar Gujral | Prime Minister | 3,186 |
| Indonesia | Ali Alatas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,213 |
| Iran | Kamal Kharrazi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,492 |
| Iraq | Mohammed Said Al- Sahaf | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,202 |
| Ireland | Ray Burke | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,641 |
| Israel | David Levy | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,917 |
| Italy | Lamberto Dini | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,748 |
| Ivory Coast | Amara Essy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,648 |
| Jamaica | Percival James Patterson | Prime Minister | 2,780 |
| Japan | Keizo Obuchi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,279 |
| Jordan | Fayez Tarawneh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,844 |
| Kazakhstan | Kassymjomart Tokaev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,013 |
| Kenya | Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,208 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Prime Minister | 2,635 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Hans van Mierlo | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,809 |
| Kuwait | Mohammad Abulhasan | UN Representative | 3,316 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Muratbek Imanaliev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,099 |
| Laos | Somsavat Lengsavad | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,893 |
| Latvia | Valdis Birkavs | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,819 |
| Lebanon | Fares Bouez | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,478 |
| Lesotho | Kelebone Maope | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,410 |
| Liberia | Monie Captan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,602 |
| Libya | Abuzed Omar Dorda | UN Representative | 5,988 |
| Liechtenstein | Andrea Willi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,563 |
| Lithuania | Algirdas Saudargas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,909 |
| Luxembourg | Jacques Poos | Deputy Prime Minister | 4,809 |
| Madagascar | Herizo Razafimahaleo | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,646 |
| Malawi | Mapopa Chipeta | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,741 |
| Malaysia | Ahmad Badawi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,370 |
| Maldives | Fathulla Jameel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,858 |
| Mali | Modibo Sidibe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,674 |
| Malta | Alfred Sant | Prime Minister | 3,324 |
| Marshall Islands | Phillip Muller | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,144 |
| Mauritania | Ahmed Ould Minnih | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,396 |
| Mauritius | Rajkeswur Purryag | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,942 |
| Mexico | Angel Gurria | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,607 |
| Moldova | Nicolae Tabacaru | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,222 |
| Monaco | Albert | Head of State | 1,950 |
| Mongolia | Shukheriin Altangerel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,849 |
| Morocco | Abdellatif Filali | Prime Minister | 2,105 |
| Mozambique | Leonardo Santos Simão | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,154 |
| Myanmar | Ohn Gyaw | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,638 |
| Namibia | Martin Andjaba | UN Representative | 3,336 |
| Nepal | Kamal Thapa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,604 |
| New Zealand | Michael John Powles | UN Representative | 2,095 |
| Nicaragua | Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo | President | 1,186 |
| Niger | Ibrahim Assane Mayaki | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,389 |
| Nigeria | Chief Tom Ikimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,325 |
| North Korea | Choe Su Hon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,005 |
| North Macedonia | Kiro Gligorov | President | 1,455 |
| Norway | Bjørn Tore Godal | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,813 |
| Oman | Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,977 |
| Pakistan | Mohammad Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 2,775 |
| Panama | Ricardo Alberto Arias | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,988 |
| Papua New Guinea | Kilroy Genia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,325 |
| Paraguay | Juan Carlos Wasmosy | President | 3,060 |
| People's Republic of China | Qian Qichen | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,349 |
| Peru | Eduardo Ferrero Costa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,780 |
| Philippines | Domingo L. Siazon, Jr. | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,567 |
| Poland | Dariusz Rosati | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,098 |
| Portugal | Jaime Gama | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,040 |
| Qatar | Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al-Thani | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,881 |
| Republic of the Congo | Destin-Arsène Tsaty-Boungou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,337 |
| Romania | Adrian Severin | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,528 |
| Russia | Yevgeny Primakov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,485 |
| Rwanda | Anastase Gasana | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,618 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Denzil Douglas | Prime Minister | 3,049 |
| Saint Lucia | Kenny D. Anthony | Prime Minister | 3,207 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Alpian R. O. Allen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,591 |
| San Marino | Gabriele Gatti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,315 |
| Senegal | Moustapha Niasse | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,538 |
| Seychelles | Jérémie Bonnelame | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 597 |
| Sierra Leone | Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | President | 4,277 |
| Singapore | S. Jayakumar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,047 |
| Slovakia | Zdenka Kramplová | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,481 |
| Slovenia | Milan Kucan | President | 2,576 |
| Solomon Islands | Patteson Oti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,847 |
| South Africa | Alfred Nzo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,836 |
| South Korea | Chong Ha Yoo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,707 |
| Spain | Abel Matutes | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,881 |
| Sri Lanka | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,642 |
| Sudan | Ali Osman Mohamed Taha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,685 |
| Suriname | Errol Glenn Snijders | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,836 |
| Sweden | Lena Hjelm-Wallén | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,182 |
| Syria | Farouk Al-Shara’ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,635 |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmonov | President | 1,724 |
| Tanzania | Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,395 |
| Thailand | Prachuab Chaiyasan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,198 |
| The Bahamas | Janet G. Bostwick | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,033 |
| The Gambia | Omar Yusupha Njie | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,252 |
| Togo | Koffi Panou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,017 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Ralph Maraj | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,521 |
| Tunisia | Abderrahim Zouari | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,129 |
| Turkey | Ismail Cem | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,175 |
| Turkmenistan | Boris Shikhmuradov | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,686 |
| Uganda | Iriya Kategaya | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,981 |
| Ukraine | Leonid D. Kuchma | President | 2,803 |
| United Arab Emirates | Rashid Abdullah Al-Noaimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,640 |
| United Kingdom | Robin Cook | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,916 |
| United States | Bill Clinton | President | 2,959 |
| Uruguay | Alvaro Ramos | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,246 |
| Uzbekistan | Abdulaziz Kamilov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,620 |
| Vanuatu | Serge Vohor Rialuth | Prime Minister | 2,188 |
| Venezuela | Burelli Rivas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,001 |
| Vietnam | Vu Khoan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,195 |
| Yemen | Adbulkarim Al-Eryany | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,558 |
| Zambia | Amusaa K. Mwanamwambwa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,865 |
| Zimbabwe | Robert G. Mugabe | President | 2,339 |