General Debate
Session 56, 2001
189 statements, median length 1,956 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Ravan Farhâdi | UN Representative | 2,073 |
| Albania | Rexhep Meidani | President | 1,819 |
| Algeria | Abdelaziz Belkhadem | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,189 |
| Andorra | Juli Minoves-Triquell | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,439 |
| Angola | João Bernardo de Miranda | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,814 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Patrick Albert Lewis | UN Representative | 1,908 |
| Argentina | Fernando de la Rúa | President | 1,616 |
| Armenia | Vartan Oskanian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,876 |
| Australia | John Dauth | UN Representative | 1,400 |
| Austria | Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,703 |
| Azerbaijan | Vilayat Mukhtar ogly Guliyev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,195 |
| Bahrain | Mubarak Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,136 |
| Bangladesh | Reaz Rahman | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,421 |
| Barbados | Billie Miller | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,335 |
| Belarus | Mikhail M. Khvostov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,632 |
| Belgium | Louis Michel | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,413 |
| Belize | John Briceño | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,505 |
| Benin | Kolawolé A. Idji | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,479 |
| Bhutan | Jigmi Yoser Thinley | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,173 |
| Bolivia | Jorge Quiroga Ramírez | President | 1,473 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zlatko Lagumdzija | Prime Minister | 1,520 |
| Botswana | Mompati S. Merafhe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,791 |
| Brazil | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | President | 2,184 |
| Brunei | Serbini Ali | UN Representative | 675 |
| Bulgaria | Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha | Prime Minister | 980 |
| Burkina Faso | Youssouf Ouédraogo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,557 |
| Burundi | Thérence Sinunguruza | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,676 |
| Cambodia | Hor Namhong | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,658 |
| Cameroon | Martin Belinga-Eboutou | UN Representative | 1,784 |
| Canada | John Manley | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,106 |
| Cape Verde | Manuel Inocêncio Sousa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,404 |
| Central African Republic | Agba Otikpo Mezode | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,694 |
| Chad | Mahamat Saleh Annadif | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,259 |
| Chile | Ricardo Lagos | President | 1,903 |
| Colombia | Andrés Pastrana Arango | President | 2,196 |
| Comoros | not recorded | not recorded | 2,293 |
| Costa Rica | Roberto Rojas López | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,207 |
| Croatia | Stjepan Mesić | President | 1,205 |
| Cuba | Felipe Pérez Roque | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,455 |
| Cyprus | Glafcos Clerides | President | 1,689 |
| Czech Republic | Jan Kavan | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,647 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Joseph Kabila | President | 1,283 |
| Djibouti | Ali Abdi Farah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,688 |
| Dominica | Pierre Charles | Prime Minister | 1,854 |
| Dominican Republic | Hugo Tolentino Dipp | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,924 |
| Ecuador | Heinz Möeller Freile | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,837 |
| Egypt | Ahmed Aboul Gheit | UN Representative | 2,525 |
| El Salvador | María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,116 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Jose Ela Ebang | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,829 |
| Eritrea | Ali Said Abdella | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,064 |
| Estonia | Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,274 |
| Eswatini | not recorded | not recorded | 2,367 |
| Ethiopia | Seyoum Mesfin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,580 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Leo A. Falcam | President | 2,283 |
| Fiji | Amraiya Naidu | UN Representative | 2,103 |
| Finland | Erkki Tuomioja | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,557 |
| France | Hubert Védrine | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,492 |
| Gabon | Jean Ping | UN Representative | 1,410 |
| Georgia | Peter Chkheidze | UN Representative | 1,720 |
| Germany | Joschka Fischer | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,414 |
| Ghana | Alhaji Aliu Mahama | Vice-President | 1,397 |
| Greece | George Papandreou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,428 |
| Grenada | Elvin Nimrod | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,382 |
| Guatemala | Alfonso Portillo Cabrera | President | 1,856 |
| Guinea | Mahawa Bangoura Camara | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,774 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Antonieta Rosa Gomes | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,654 |
| Guyana | Samuel Insanally | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,112 |
| Haiti | Joseph Philippe Antonio | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,850 |
| Honduras | Roberto Flores Bermúdez | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,922 |
| Hungary | János Martonyi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,846 |
| Iceland | Halldór Ásgrímsson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,681 |
| India | Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister | 1,213 |
| Indonesia | Hassan Wirayuda | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,540 |
| Iran | Seyed Mohammad Khatami | President | 1,867 |
| Iraq | Naji Sabri | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,616 |
| Ireland | Brian Cowen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,642 |
| Israel | Mr. Peres | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,689 |
| Italy | Reinaldo Ruggiero | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,506 |
| Ivory Coast | Aboudramane Sangaré | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,037 |
| Jamaica | Percival James Patterson | Prime Minister | 2,457 |
| Japan | Kiichi Miyazawa | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,031 |
| Jordan | Abdul Ilah El-Khatib | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,061 |
| Kazakhstan | Madina Jarbussynova | UN Representative | 1,440 |
| Kenya | Daniel Toroitich arap Moi | President | 1,199 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Ellen Margrethe Løj | UN Representative | 1,637 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Jozias van Aartsen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,134 |
| Kuwait | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Prime Minister | 2,473 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Osmonakun Ibraimov | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,418 |
| Laos | Somsavat Lengsavad | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,669 |
| Latvia | Gints Jegermanis | UN Representative | 1,302 |
| Lebanon | Mahmoud Hammoud | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,699 |
| Lesotho | Motsoahae Thomas Thabane | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,827 |
| Liberia | Monie Captan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,503 |
| Libya | Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalghem | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 4,110 |
| Liechtenstein | Ernst Walch | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,427 |
| Lithuania | Gediminas Šerkšnys | UN Representative | 1,952 |
| Luxembourg | Lydie Polfer | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,931 |
| Madagascar | Lila Ratsifandriamanana | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,140 |
| Malawi | Lilian Patel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,485 |
| Malaysia | Hasmy Agam | UN Representative | 3,436 |
| Maldives | Fathulla Jameel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,167 |
| Mali | Modibo Sidibe | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,365 |
| Malta | Joseph Borg | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,361 |
| Marshall Islands | Raynard Gideon | UN Representative | 1,249 |
| Mauritania | Dah Ould Abdi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,096 |
| Mauritius | Anerood Jugnauth | Prime Minister | 1,956 |
| Mexico | Vicente Fox | President | 1,669 |
| Moldova | Nicolae Dudau | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,059 |
| Monaco | Prime Albert | Head of State | 1,837 |
| Mongolia | Nambar Enkhbayar | Prime Minister | 2,407 |
| Morocco | Mohamed Benaissa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,052 |
| Mozambique | Leonardo Santos Simão | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,944 |
| Myanmar | Win Aung | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,933 |
| Namibia | Tuliameni Kalomoh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,420 |
| Nauru | Rene Harris | President | 1,349 |
| Nepal | Ram Sharan Mahat | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,252 |
| New Zealand | Phil Goff | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,786 |
| Nicaragua | Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo | President | 1,378 |
| Niger | Aïchatou Mindaoudou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,575 |
| Nigeria | Alhaji Sule Lamido | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,627 |
| North Korea | Li Hyong Chol | UN Representative | 2,286 |
| North Macedonia | Ilinka Mitreva | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,625 |
| Norway | Jan Petersen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,135 |
| Oman | Fuad Mubarak Al-Hinai | UN Representative | 2,673 |
| Pakistan | Pervez Musharraf | President | 2,410 |
| Palau | Tommy Remengesau, Jr. | President | 1,536 |
| Panama | José Miguel Alemán | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | Peter Donigi | UN Representative | 2,521 |
| Paraguay | González Macchi | President | 1,925 |
| People's Republic of China | Tang Jiaxuan | UN Representative | 1,562 |
| Peru | Alejandro Toledo | President | 1,373 |
| Philippines | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | President | 1,667 |
| Poland | Wladzimierz Cimoszewicz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,764 |
| Portugal | Jaime Gama | UN Representative | 1,690 |
| Qatar | Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Head of State | 1,833 |
| Republic of the Congo | Rodolphe Adada | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,836 |
| Romania | Ion Iliescu | President | 1,892 |
| Russia | Igor Ivanov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,036 |
| Rwanda | Anastase Gasana | UN Representative | 1,683 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Timothy Harris | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,708 |
| Saint Lucia | Earl Huntley | UN Representative | 2,085 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Louis Straker | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,501 |
| Samoa | Tuilaepa Malielegaoi | Prime Minister | 1,895 |
| San Marino | Mr. Gatti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,812 |
| Saudi Arabia | Fawzi Shobokshi | UN Representative | 1,934 |
| Senegal | Cheikh Tidiane Gadio | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,581 |
| Seychelles | Claude Morel | UN Representative | 924 |
| Sierra Leone | Sahr Matturi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,069 |
| Singapore | Kishore Mahbubani | UN Representative | 1,954 |
| Slovakia | Eduard Kukan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,566 |
| Slovenia | Milan Kučan | President | 1,648 |
| Solomon Islands | Manasseh Sogavare | Prime Minister | 1,974 |
| Somalia | Ahmed Abdi Hashi | UN Representative | 1,435 |
| South Africa | Thabo Mbeki | President | 1,815 |
| South Korea | Lee Han-dong | Prime Minister | 2,201 |
| Spain | Josep Pique | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,723 |
| Sri Lanka | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,292 |
| State of Palestine | Yasser Arafat | President | 2,523 |
| Sudan | Mustafa Osman Ismail | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,349 |
| Suriname | Maria E. Levens | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,659 |
| Sweden | Clifford Sibusiso Mamba | UN Representative | 2,094 |
| Syria | Farouk Al-Shara | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,141 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Patrice Trovoada | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,604 |
| Tajikistan | Rashid Alimov | UN Representative | 3,283 |
| Tanzania | Jakaya Kikwete | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,811 |
| Thailand | Pracha Guna-Kasem | UN Representative | 1,376 |
| The Bahamas | Anthony Charles Rolle | UN Representative | 2,512 |
| The Gambia | Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila Jagne | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,171 |
| Togo | Koffi Panou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,865 |
| Tonga | Sonatane Tua Taumoepeau Tupou | UN Representative | 1,397 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mervyn Assam | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,550 |
| Tunisia | Habib Ben Yahia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,003 |
| Turkey | Ismail Cem | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,052 |
| Turkmenistan | Rashid Meredov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,440 |
| Tuvalu | Enele Sopoaga | UN Representative | 2,225 |
| Uganda | Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | President | 2,372 |
| Ukraine | Anatoliy M. Zlenko | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abdul Aziz Bin Nasser Al-Shamsi | UN Representative | 1,982 |
| United Kingdom | Jack Straw | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,552 |
| United States | George W. Bush | President | 2,502 |
| Uruguay | Jorge Batlle Ibáñez | President | 1,279 |
| Uzbekistan | Abdulaziz Kamilov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,440 |
| Vanuatu | Alfred Carlot | UN Representative | 1,661 |
| Venezuela | Hugo Chávez Frías | President | 2,299 |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Thanh Chau | UN Representative | 1,457 |
| Yemen | Abdullah Alsaidi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,264 |
| Yugoslavia | Goran Svilanović | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,421 |
| Zambia | Frederick Chiluba | President | 2,082 |
| Zimbabwe | Stanislaus Mudenge | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,086 |