General Debate
Session 54, 1999
181 statements, median length 2,609 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Abdullah Abdullah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,120 |
| Albania | Rexhep Meidani | President | 2,586 |
| Algeria | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | 3,841 |
| Andorra | Marc Forné Molné | Prime Minister | 2,685 |
| Angola | Jaio Bernardo de Miranda | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,054 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Patrick Albert Lewis | UN Representative | 2,832 |
| Argentina | Carlos Saúl Menem | President | 1,504 |
| Armenia | Vartan Oskanian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,065 |
| Australia | Alexander Downer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,672 |
| Austria | Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,221 |
| Azerbaijan | Tofik Zulfugarov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,390 |
| Bahrain | Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,407 |
| Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | 2,052 |
| Barbados | Billie Miller | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,718 |
| Belarus | Ural Latypov | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,245 |
| Belgium | Louis Michel | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,367 |
| Belize | Said Musa | Prime Minister | 2,524 |
| Benin | Kolawolé Idji | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,288 |
| Bhutan | Jigmi Yoser Thinley | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,469 |
| Bolivia | Javier Murillo de la Rocha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,003 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jadranko Prlic | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,207 |
| Botswana | Mompati Merafhe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,780 |
| Brazil | Luiz Felipe Lampreia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,431 |
| Brunei | Prince Mohamed Bolkiah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,254 |
| Bulgaria | Petar Stoyanov | President | 1,780 |
| Burkina Faso | Youssouf Ouedraogo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,388 |
| Burundi | Severin Ntahomvukiye | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,649 |
| Cambodia | Samdech Hun Sen | Prime Minister | 2,682 |
| Cameroon | Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,592 |
| Canada | Lloyd Axworthy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,227 |
| Cape Verde | Carlos Veiga | Prime Minister | 2,854 |
| Chad | Mahamat Saleh Annadif | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,114 |
| Chile | Juan Gabriel Valdés | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,830 |
| Colombia | Andrés Pastrana Arango | President | 2,303 |
| Comoros | Souef Mohamed El-Amine | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,804 |
| Costa Rica | Miguel Ángel Rodr'guez Echeverr'a | President | 2,979 |
| Croatia | Mate Granic | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,200 |
| Cuba | Felipe Pérez Roque | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 5,643 |
| Cyprus | Glafcos Clerides | President | 2,384 |
| Czech Republic | Jan Kavan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,611 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,321 |
| Djibouti | Ismail Omar Guelleh | President | 4,999 |
| Dominica | Norris Charles | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,032 |
| Dominican Republic | Leonel Fernández Reyna | President | 1,857 |
| Ecuador | Benjamin Ortiz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,162 |
| Egypt | Amre Moussa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,136 |
| El Salvador | Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez | President | 1,483 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | 2,428 |
| Eritrea | Haile Weldensae | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,520 |
| Estonia | Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,255 |
| Eswatini | Arthur Khoza | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,871 |
| Ethiopia | Seyoum Mesfin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,582 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Leo A. Falcam | President | 4,120 |
| Fiji | Mahendra Pal Chaudhry | Prime Minister | 2,675 |
| Finland | Tarja Halonen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,900 |
| France | Lionel Jospin | Prime Minister | 3,005 |
| Gabon | Jean Ping | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,434 |
| Georgia | Eduard Shevardnadze | President | 5,503 |
| Germany | Joschka Fischer | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,518 |
| Ghana | James Victor Gbeho | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,224 |
| Greece | George Papandreou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,883 |
| Grenada | Mark Isaac | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,572 |
| Guatemala | Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen | President | 2,700 |
| Guinea | Lansana Conté | President | 2,068 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Malam Bacai Sanha | President | 1,474 |
| Guyana | Bharrat Jagdeo | President | 2,305 |
| Haiti | Fritz Longchamp | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,595 |
| Honduras | Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé | President | 3,196 |
| Hungary | Janos Martonyi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,864 |
| Iceland | Halldór Ásgr'msson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,136 |
| India | Jaswant Singh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,255 |
| Indonesia | Ali Alatas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,493 |
| Iran | Kamal Kharrazi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,454 |
| Iraq | Mohammed Said Al-Sahaf | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,941 |
| Ireland | David Andrews | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,920 |
| Israel | David Levy | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,423 |
| Italy | Lamberto Dini | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,996 |
| Ivory Coast | Amara Essy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,038 |
| Jamaica | Seymour Mullings | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,995 |
| Japan | Masahiko Koumura | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,580 |
| Jordan | Abdul Ilah El-Khatib | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,448 |
| Kazakhstan | Kassymzhomart K. Tokaev | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,128 |
| Kenya | Bonaya Adhi Godana | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,818 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Niels Helveg Petersen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,292 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Jozias van Aartsen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,901 |
| Kuwait | Suleiman Majed al-Shaheen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,341 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Alikbek Djekshenkulov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,954 |
| Laos | Somsavat Lengsavad | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,715 |
| Latvia | Vaira Vike-Freiberga | President | 1,735 |
| Lebanon | Salim El-Hoss | Prime Minister | 3,134 |
| Lesotho | Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili | Prime Minister | 3,162 |
| Liberia | Monie Captan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,251 |
| Libya | Abuzed Omar Dorda | UN Representative | 4,621 |
| Liechtenstein | Andrea Willi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,309 |
| Lithuania | Algirdas Saudargas | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,629 |
| Luxembourg | Lydie Polfer | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,894 |
| Madagascar | Lila Hanitra Ratsifandriamanana | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,173 |
| Malawi | Brown Mpinganjira | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,080 |
| Malaysia | Mahathir Mohamad | Prime Minister | 3,587 |
| Maldives | Fathulla Jameel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,981 |
| Mali | Modibo Sidibe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,525 |
| Malta | Joseph Borg | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,787 |
| Marshall Islands | Hiroshi Yamamura | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,077 |
| Mauritania | Ahmed Ould Sid Ahmed | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,975 |
| Mauritius | Rajkeswur Purryag | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,734 |
| Mexico | Rosario Green | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,387 |
| Moldova | Nicolae Tabacaru | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,276 |
| Monaco | Albert | Head of State | 2,793 |
| Mongolia | Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal | Prime Minister | 2,836 |
| Morocco | Mohamed Benaissa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,504 |
| Mozambique | Joaquim Alberto Chissano | President | 3,577 |
| Myanmar | Win Aung | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,062 |
| Namibia | Sam Nujoma | President | 2,712 |
| Nepal | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai | Prime Minister | 2,248 |
| New Zealand | Donald McKinnon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo | President | 1,844 |
| Niger | Ibrahim Assane Mayaki | Prime Minister | 2,609 |
| Nigeria | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | 2,812 |
| North Korea | Paek Nam Sun | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,796 |
| North Macedonia | Aleksandar Dimitrov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,987 |
| Norway | Kjell Magne Bondevik | Prime Minister | 2,018 |
| Oman | Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,179 |
| Pakistan | Sartaj Aziz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,106 |
| Palau | Tommy Remengesau, Jr. | Vice-President | 1,435 |
| Panama | Mireya Moscoso | President | 2,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | Michael Somare | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,869 |
| Paraguay | Luis Angel González Macchi | President | 2,128 |
| People's Republic of China | Tang Jiaxuan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,137 |
| Peru | Alberto Fujimori | President | 787 |
| Philippines | Domingo Siazon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,659 |
| Poland | Bronislav Geremek | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,554 |
| Portugal | Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio | President | 1,868 |
| Qatar | Sheik Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al-Thani | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,718 |
| Republic of the Congo | Rodolphe Adada | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,080 |
| Romania | Andrei Gabriel Plesu | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,015 |
| Russia | Igor S. Ivanov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,887 |
| Rwanda | Augustin Iyamuremye | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,020 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Denzil Douglas | Prime Minister | 3,736 |
| Saint Lucia | George Odlum | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,310 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Allan Cruickshank | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,976 |
| Samoa | Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi | Prime Minister | 1,753 |
| San Marino | Gabriele Gatti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,383 |
| Saudi Arabia | Nizar Madani | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,063 |
| Senegal | Jacques Baudin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,050 |
| Sierra Leone | Sama Banya | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,572 |
| Singapore | Shunmugam Jayakumar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,851 |
| Slovakia | Mikuláš Dzurinda | Prime Minister | 2,353 |
| Slovenia | Janez Drnovsek | Prime Minister | 1,909 |
| Solomon Islands | Bartholomew Ulufa’alu | Prime Minister | 2,293 |
| South Africa | Thabo Mbeki | President | 2,366 |
| South Korea | Hong Soon-young | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,810 |
| Spain | Abel Matutes | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,454 |
| Sri Lanka | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,701 |
| State of Palestine | Yasser Arafat | President | 2,866 |
| Sudan | Mustafa Osman Ismail | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,922 |
| Suriname | Jules Albert Wijdenbosch | President | 1,617 |
| Sweden | Anna Lindh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,009 |
| Syria | Farouk Al-Shara' | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,824 |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rakhmonov | President | 2,676 |
| Tanzania | Benjamin William Mkapa | President | 3,079 |
| Thailand | Surin Pitsuwan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,801 |
| The Bahamas | Janet Bostwick | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,280 |
| The Gambia | Yahya Jammeh | President | 6,102 |
| Togo | Joseph Kokou Koffigoh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,939 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Ralph Maraj | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,560 |
| Tunisia | Saïd Ben Mustapha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,587 |
| Turkey | Ismail Cem | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,562 |
| Turkmenistan | Boris Shikhmuradov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,589 |
| Uganda | Alfred Mubanda | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,686 |
| Ukraine | Borys Tarasyuk | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,320 |
| United Arab Emirates | Rashid Abdullah Al-Noaimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,468 |
| United Kingdom | Robin Cook | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,764 |
| United States | William J. Clinton | President | 3,250 |
| Uruguay | Didier Opertti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,153 |
| Uzbekistan | Abdulaziz Kamilov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,086 |
| Vanuatu | Clement Leo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,831 |
| Venezuela | Hugo Chavez | President | 2,166 |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Manh Cam | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,169 |
| Yemen | Abdul-Qader Ba-Jammal | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,205 |
| Zambia | Frederick Chiluba | President | 2,788 |
| Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe | President | 1,914 |