General Debate
Session 57, 2002
188 statements, median length 1,819 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Hâmid Karzai | President | 1,700 |
| Albania | Ilir Meta | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,544 |
| Algeria | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | 1,785 |
| Andorra | Juli Minoves-Triquell | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,111 |
| Angola | João Bernardo de Miranda | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,246 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Patrick Albert Lewis | UN Representative | 2,078 |
| Argentina | Carlos Ruckauf | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,699 |
| Armenia | Vartan Oskanian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,002 |
| Australia | Alexander Downer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,662 |
| Austria | Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,909 |
| Azerbaijan | Vilayat Guliyev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,543 |
| Bahrain | Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,311 |
| Bangladesh | Morshed Khan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,675 |
| Barbados | Billie Miller | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,046 |
| Belarus | Mikhail Khvostov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,958 |
| Belgium | Louis Michel | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,417 |
| Belize | John Briceno | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,378 |
| Benin | Kolawolé Idji | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,160 |
| Bhutan | Jigmi Yoser Thinley | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 968 |
| Bolivia | Carlos Mesa Gisbert | Vice-President | 1,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zlatko Lagumdzija | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,726 |
| Botswana | Festus Mogae | President | 1,668 |
| Brazil | Mr. Celso LAFER | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,444 |
| Brunei | Prince Mohamed Bolkiah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,163 |
| Bulgaria | Georgi Parvanov | President | 1,097 |
| Burkina Faso | Youssouf Ouédraogo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,541 |
| Burundi | Pierre Buyoya | President | 1,181 |
| Cambodia | Hor Namhong | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,485 |
| Cameroon | Martin Belinga-Eboutou | UN Representative | 1,213 |
| Canada | William Graham | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,977 |
| Cape Verde | José Maria Pereira Neves | Prime Minister | 1,912 |
| Central African Republic | Agba Otikpo Mezode | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,415 |
| Chad | Mahamat Saleh Annadif | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,615 |
| Chile | Maria Soledad Alvear | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,572 |
| Colombia | Alvaro Uribe Velez | President | 1,555 |
| Comoros | Souef Mohamed El-Amine | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,502 |
| Costa Rica | Roberto Tovar Faja | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,700 |
| Croatia | Tonino Picula | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,793 |
| Cuba | Felipe Pérez Roque | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,899 |
| Cyprus | Ioannis Kasoulides | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,576 |
| Czech Republic | Jan Kohout | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,718 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Joseph Kabila | President | 1,537 |
| Djibouti | Ali Abdi Farah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,018 |
| Dominica | Osborne Riviere | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,127 |
| Dominican Republic | Hugo Tolentino Dipp | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,720 |
| Ecuador | Gustavo Noboa Bejarano | President | 1,238 |
| Egypt | Ahmed Maher El Sayed | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,947 |
| El Salvador | Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,917 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | 1,187 |
| Eritrea | Ahmed Tahir Baduri | UN Representative | 1,825 |
| Estonia | Kristiina Ojuland | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,215 |
| Eswatini | Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini | Prime Minister | 1,963 |
| Ethiopia | Seyoum Mesfin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,683 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Leo Falcam | President | 1,690 |
| Fiji | Laisenia Qarase | Prime Minister | 2,607 |
| Finland | Erkki Tuomioja | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,376 |
| France | Galouzeau de Villepin | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,400 |
| Gabon | Jean Ping | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,869 |
| Georgia | Irakli Menagarishvili | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,893 |
| Germany | Joschka Fischer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,249 |
| Ghana | John Agyekum Kufuor | President | 1,792 |
| Greece | George Papandreou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,752 |
| Grenada | Elvin Nimrod | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,850 |
| Guatemala | Alfonso Portillo Cabrera | President | 2,025 |
| Guinea | François Lonsény Fall | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,832 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Filomena Masaarenhas Tipote | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,022 |
| Guyana | Samuel Rudolph Insanally | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,601 |
| Haiti | Joseph Philippe Antonio | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,513 |
| Honduras | Pérez-Cadalso Arias | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,873 |
| Hungary | Laszlo Kovacs | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,548 |
| Iceland | Halldur Asgrmsson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,619 |
| India | Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister | 1,489 |
| Indonesia | Hassan Wirayuda | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,198 |
| Iran | Kamal Kharrazi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,078 |
| Iraq | Naji Sabri | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,242 |
| Ireland | Brian Cowen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,947 |
| Israel | Shimon Peres | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,781 |
| Italy | Silvio Berlusconi | Prime Minister | 1,281 |
| Ivory Coast | Abou Drahamane Sangaré | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,369 |
| Jamaica | Stafford Neil | UN Representative | 2,151 |
| Japan | Junichiro Koizumi | Prime Minister | 1,506 |
| Jordan | Marwan Muasher | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,906 |
| Kazakhstan | Kassymzhomart K. Tokaev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,245 |
| Kenya | Marsden Madoka | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,892 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Prime Minister | 1,737 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Joap de Hoop Scheffer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,561 |
| Kuwait | Sheikh Al-Sabah | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,813 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Askar Akayev | President | 1,846 |
| Laos | Somsavat Lengsavad | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,131 |
| Latvia | Vaira Vike-Freiberga | President | 1,935 |
| Lebanon | Mahmoud Hammoud | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,983 |
| Lesotho | Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili | Prime Minister | 1,477 |
| Liberia | Monie Captan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,368 |
| Liechtenstein | Ernst Walch | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,055 |
| Lithuania | Valdas Adamkus | President | 767 |
| Luxembourg | Lydie Polfer | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,265 |
| Madagascar | Marc Ravalomanana | President | 1,564 |
| Malawi | Lilian Patel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,390 |
| Malaysia | Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,112 |
| Maldives | Fathulla Jameel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,511 |
| Mali | Lassana Traore | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,968 |
| Malta | Joseph Borg | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,213 |
| Marshall Islands | Alfred Capelle | UN Representative | 1,772 |
| Mauritania | Dah Ould Abdi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,127 |
| Mauritius | Anerood Jugnauth | Prime Minister | 1,804 |
| Mexico | Jorge Castaneda Gutman | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,415 |
| Moldova | Ion Botnaru | UN Representative | 1,684 |
| Monaco | Albert | Head of State | 2,360 |
| Mongolia | Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,038 |
| Morocco | Mohamed Benaissa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,419 |
| Mozambique | Leonardo Santos Simão | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,089 |
| Myanmar | Win Aung | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,856 |
| Namibia | Hidipo Hamutenya | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,951 |
| Nauru | Rene R. Harris | President | 1,315 |
| Nepal | Arjon Jung Bahaur Singh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,819 |
| New Zealand | Phil Goff | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,514 |
| Nicaragua | Norman José Caldera Cardenal | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,852 |
| Niger | Aïchatou Mindaoudou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,999 |
| Nigeria | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | 1,633 |
| North Korea | Choe Su Hon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,011 |
| North Macedonia | Slobodan Casule | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,807 |
| Norway | Kjell Magne Bondevik | Prime Minister | 1,483 |
| Oman | Yousef Bin Alawi Bin Abdulla | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,010 |
| Pakistan | Pervez Musharraf | President | 1,469 |
| Palau | Sandra Pierantozzi | Vice-President | 1,770 |
| Panama | Mireya Moscoso | President | 1,140 |
| Papua New Guinea | Rabbie Namaliu | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,410 |
| Paraguay | Luis Angel González Macchi | President | 2,651 |
| People's Republic of China | Tang Jianxuan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,755 |
| Peru | Alejandro Toledo Manrique | President | 1,857 |
| Philippines | Blas Ople | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,559 |
| Poland | Wladzimierz Cimoszewicz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,664 |
| Portugal | Antonio Martins da Cruz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,054 |
| Qatar | Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser | UN Representative | 1,847 |
| Republic of the Congo | Denis Sassou-Nguesso | President | 1,389 |
| Romania | Mircea Geoana | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,023 |
| Russia | Igor S. Ivanov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,136 |
| Rwanda | André Bumaya | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,511 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Timothy Harris | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,596 |
| Saint Lucia | Julian Robert Hunte | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,651 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Louis Straker | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,311 |
| Samoa | Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi | Prime Minister | 1,351 |
| San Marino | Augusto Casali | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,759 |
| Saudi Arabia | Fawzi Bin Abdul Majeed Shobokshi | UN Representative | 2,492 |
| Senegal | Cheikh Tidiane Gadio | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,641 |
| Sierra Leone | Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | President | 2,084 |
| Singapore | S. Jayakumar | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,605 |
| Slovakia | Eduard Kukan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,617 |
| Slovenia | Milan Kučan | President | 1,239 |
| Solomon Islands | Allan Kemakeza | Prime Minister | 2,132 |
| Somalia | Hassan Ibraahim | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,546 |
| South Africa | Thabo Mbeki | President | 1,490 |
| South Korea | Choi Sung-hong | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,485 |
| Spain | Ana Palacio | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,112 |
| Sri Lanka | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Prime Minister | 2,007 |
| State of Palestine | Farouk Kaddoumi | UN Representative | 1,797 |
| Sudan | Mustafa Osman Ismail | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,033 |
| Suriname | Irma Loemban Tobing-Klein | UN Representative | 2,126 |
| Sweden | Anna Lindh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,919 |
| Switzerland | Joseph Deiss | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,472 |
| Syria | Farouk Al-Shara’ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,838 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes | President | 1,580 |
| Tajikistan | Talbak Nazarov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,170 |
| Tanzania | Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,323 |
| Thailand | Surakiart Sathirathai | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,424 |
| The Bahamas | Frederick A. Mitchell | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,036 |
| The Gambia | Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila Jagne | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,864 |
| Togo | Koffi Panou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,887 |
| Tonga | Prince ‘Ulukalala Lavaka Ata | Prime Minister | 1,658 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Philip Sealy | UN Representative | 2,484 |
| Tunisia | Habib Ben Yahia | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,081 |
| Turkey | Sina Gürel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,273 |
| Turkmenistan | Aksoltan Ataeva | UN Representative | 1,651 |
| Tuvalu | Tomasi Puapua | Head of Government | 1,642 |
| Uganda | James Francis Wapakhabulo | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,169 |
| Ukraine | Anatoliy Zlenko | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | Rashid Abdullah Al-Noaimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,955 |
| United Kingdom | Jack Straw | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,623 |
| United States | Mr. George W. Bush | President | 2,738 |
| Uruguay | Didier Opertti | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,530 |
| Uzbekistan | Abdulaziz Kamilov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,266 |
| Vanuatu | Rialuth Serge Vohor | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,894 |
| Venezuela | Hugo Chávez | President | 2,675 |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Dy Nien | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,341 |
| Yemen | Al-Qirbi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,421 |
| Yugoslavia | Vojislav Koštunica | President | 1,363 |
| Zambia | Levy Patrick Mwanawasa | President | 1,343 |
| Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe | President | 2,090 |