General Debate
Session 59, 2004
192 statements, median length 1,929 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Mr. Hamid Karzai | President | 1,096 |
| Albania | Mr. Fatos Nano | Prime Minister | 2,478 |
| Algeria | Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | 919 |
| Andorra | Mr. Marc Forné Molné | Prime Minister | 1,992 |
| Angola | Mr. João Bernardo de MIRANDA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,730 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Winston Baldwin SPENCER | Prime Minister | 2,450 |
| Argentina | Mr. Nestor Kirchner | President | 2,452 |
| Armenia | Mr. Oskanian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,435 |
| Australia | Mr. John DAUTH | UN Representative | 1,877 |
| Austria | Mrs. Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,990 |
| Azerbaijan | Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu ALIYEV | President | 1,494 |
| Bahrain | Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak AL-KHALIFA | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,914 |
| Bangladesh | Mr. M. Morshed Khan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,786 |
| Barbados | Dame Billie MILLER | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,606 |
| Belarus | Mr. Martynov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,965 |
| Belgium | Mr. Karel DE GUCHT | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,146 |
| Belize | Mr. Stuart LESLIE | UN Representative | 1,857 |
| Benin | Mr. Biasou | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,600 |
| Bhutan | Lyonpo Khandu WANGCHUK | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,034 |
| Bolivia | Mr. Carlos D. Mesa Gisber | President | 2,006 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mr. Sulejman Tihić | President | 1,967 |
| Botswana | Mr. Festus Mogae | President | 2,040 |
| Brazil | Mr. Lula Da Silva | President | 1,990 |
| Brunei | Princess Hajah Masna | UN Representative | 1,308 |
| Bulgaria | Mr. Solomon Passy | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,070 |
| Burkina Faso | Mr. Blaise Comparore | President | 1,116 |
| Burundi | Mr. Domitien Ndayizeze | President | 1,908 |
| Cambodia | Mr. HOR Namhong | Deputy Prime Minister | 927 |
| Cameroon | Mr. François-Xavier NGOUBEYOU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,111 |
| Canada | Paul Martin | Prime Minister | 2,074 |
| Cape Verde | Mr. Pedro Verona RODRIGUES PIRES | President | 1,674 |
| Central African Republic | Mr. Charles-Hervé WÉNÉZOUI, | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,679 |
| Chad | Mr. Nagoum YAMASSOUM | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,737 |
| Chile | Mr. Ricardo Lagos Escobar | President | 1,808 |
| Colombia | Mr. Alvaro Uribe Velez | President | 1,750 |
| Comoros | Mr. Souef Mohamed EL-AMINE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,556 |
| Costa Rica | Mr. Abel Pacheco de la Espriella | President | 2,308 |
| Croatia | Mr. Ivo Sanader | Prime Minister | 1,410 |
| Cuba | Mr. Felipe PÉREZ ROQUE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,579 |
| Cyprus | Mr. Tasos Papadopoulos | President | 1,869 |
| Czech Republic | Mr. Svodoba | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,573 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Major General Joseph Kabila | President | 1,022 |
| Djibouti | Mr. Isamil Omar Guelleh | President | 3,192 |
| Dominica | Mr. Roosevelt SKERRIT | Prime Minister | 2,117 |
| Dominican Republic | Mr. Carlos MORALES TRONCOSO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,084 |
| Ecuador | Mr. Patricio ZUQUILANDA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,814 |
| Egypt | Mr. Ahmed ABOUL GHEIT | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,911 |
| El Salvador | Mr. Elías Antonio Saca González | President | 2,141 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mr. Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó | Prime Minister | 2,033 |
| Eritrea | Mr. Ali Said ABDELLA, | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,472 |
| Estonia | Mr. Arnold Rüüte | President | 1,914 |
| Eswatini | Albert Shabangu | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,354 |
| Ethiopia | Mr. Seyoum MESFIN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,982 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Mr. Anefal | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,400 |
| Fiji | Laisenia QARASE | Prime Minister | 2,325 |
| Finland | Mrs. Tarka Halonen | President | 743 |
| France | Mr. Michel Barnier | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,385 |
| Gabon | El Haj Omar Bongo Ondimba | President | 892 |
| Georgia | Mr. Miknell Saakasvill | President | 3,812 |
| Germany | Mr. Joschka Fischer | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,080 |
| Ghana | Alhaji Aliu Mahama | Vice-President | 1,841 |
| Greece | Mr. Petros Molyviatis | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,643 |
| Grenada | Dr. Lamuel STANISLAUS | UN Representative | 929 |
| Guatemala | Mr. Oscar Berger Perdomo | President | 1,624 |
| Guinea | Mr. Mamady CONDÉ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,914 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mr. Enrique Pereira Rosa | President | 1,999 |
| Guyana | Mr. Insanally | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,907 |
| Haiti | Mr. Boniface Alexandre | President | 1,293 |
| Holy See | Archbishop Lajolo | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,843 |
| Honduras | Mr. Ricardo Maduro | President | 1,825 |
| Hungary | Mr. Brodi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,587 |
| Iceland | Mr. Geir HAARDE | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,846 |
| India | Mr. Manmohan Singh | President | 1,963 |
| Indonesia | Mr. Hassan WIRAJUDA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,856 |
| Iran | Mr. Kamal Kharraz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,611 |
| Iraq | Dr. Ayad ALLAWI | Prime Minister | 2,464 |
| Ireland | Mr. Brian Cowen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,766 |
| Israel | Mr. Silvan Shalom | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,780 |
| Italy | Mr. Franco Frattini | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,297 |
| Ivory Coast | Mr. Mamadou BAMBA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,277 |
| Jamaica | Keith Desmond KNIGHT | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,062 |
| Japan | Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, | Prime Minister | 1,601 |
| Jordan | Mr. Marwan MUASHER | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,817 |
| Kazakhstan | Mr. Kassymzhomart TOKAEV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,625 |
| Kenya | Chirau Ali MWAKWERE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,939 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Dr. Per Stig Møller | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,642 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Mr. Bernard Rudolf Bot | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,253 |
| Kiribati | Mr. Anote TONG | President | 2,110 |
| Kuwait | Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,413 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Mr. Askar AKAYEV | President | 1,703 |
| Laos | Mr. Somsavat LENGSAVAD | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,436 |
| Latvia | Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga | President | 1,366 |
| Lebanon | Mr. Issam Fares | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,325 |
| Lesotho | Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili | Prime Minister | 2,088 |
| Liberia | Mr. Charles Gyude Bryant | President | 1,725 |
| Libya | Mr.. Abdurrahman Mohamed SHALGHEM | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 903 |
| Liechtenstein | Mr. Ernst WALCH | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,356 |
| Lithuania | Mr. Valdas Adamkus | President | 1,082 |
| Luxembourg | Mr. Jean ASSELBORN | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,755 |
| Madagascar | Mr. Marc Ravalomanana | President | 1,380 |
| Malawi | Mr. Bingu wa Mutharika | President | 1,847 |
| Malaysia | Dato’ Seri Haji Abdullah Ahmad BADAWI | Prime Minister | 2,329 |
| Maldives | Mr. Fathulla JAMEEL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,680 |
| Mali | Mr. Moctar OUANE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,934 |
| Malta | Lawrence Gonzi | Prime Minister | 2,651 |
| Marshall Islands | Mr. Kessai Note | President | 1,576 |
| Mauritania | Mr. Mohamed Vall OULD BELLAL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,555 |
| Mauritius | Jaya Krishna CUTTAREE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,790 |
| Mexico | Mr. Luis Ernesto DERBEZ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,192 |
| Moldova | Mr. Andrei STRATAN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,787 |
| Monaco | Prince Albert | Head of State | 1,505 |
| Mongolia | Mr. Radnaabazaryn ALTANGEREL | UN Representative | 2,221 |
| Morocco | His Majesty Mohammed VI | Head of State | 1,260 |
| Mozambique | Mr. Joaquim Alberto Chissano | President | 2,035 |
| Myanmar | U Tin Wimn | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,039 |
| Namibia | Mr. Sam Nujoma, | President | 2,874 |
| Nauru | Mr. Vinci Niel CLODUMAR | UN Representative | 2,984 |
| Nepal | Mr. Prakash Sharan MAHAT | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,681 |
| New Zealand | Phil Goff | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,842 |
| Nicaragua | Mr. Enrique Bolaños Geyer | President | 1,433 |
| Niger | Mrs. Aïchatou MINDAOUDOU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,077 |
| Nigeria | Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo | President | 2,241 |
| North Korea | Mr. CHOE Su Hon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,179 |
| North Macedonia | Mr. Branko CRVENKOVSKI | President | 1,769 |
| Norway | Mr. Jan PETERSEN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,836 |
| Oman | Mr Yousef bin Alawi bin ABDULLAH | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,482 |
| Pakistan | General Pervez Musharraf | President | 1,939 |
| Palau | Mrs. Sandra Pierantozzi | Vice-President | 1,349 |
| Panama | Mr. Martín Torrijos | President | 1,371 |
| Papua New Guinea | Sir Rabbie NAMALIU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,113 |
| Paraguay | Mr. Nicanor Duarte Frutos | President | 1,338 |
| People's Republic of China | Mr. LI Zhaoxing | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,041 |
| Peru | Mr. Alejandro Toledo Manrique | President | 983 |
| Philippines | Mr. Alberto ROMULO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,230 |
| Poland | Mr. Wlodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,606 |
| Portugal | Mr. Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes | Prime Minister | 2,071 |
| Qatar | Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Head of State | 2,163 |
| Republic of the Congo | Mr. Rodolphe Adada | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,613 |
| Romania | Mr. Ion Iliescu | President | 1,538 |
| Russia | Mr. Sergey Lavrov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,356 |
| Rwanda | Mr. Bernard Makuza | Prime Minister | 1,743 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Timothy HARRIS | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,670 |
| Saint Lucia | Julian Robert HUNTE, OBE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,394 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Ralph GONSALVES | Prime Minister | 1,943 |
| Samoa | Tuila’epa Sailele MALIELEGAOI | Prime Minister | 1,658 |
| San Marino | Mr. Fabio BERARDI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,588 |
| Saudi Arabia | Prince Saud AL-FAISAL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,589 |
| Senegal | Mr. Abdoulaye Wade | President | 2,074 |
| Seychelles | Mr. Jérémie BONNELAME | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,244 |
| Sierra Leone | Mr. Koroma | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,266 |
| Singapore | Mr. George YEO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,124 |
| Slovakia | Mr. Ivan Gašparovic | President | 2,012 |
| Slovenia | Mr. Janez Drnovšek | President | 1,462 |
| Solomon Islands | Laurie Chan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,501 |
| South Africa | Mr. Thabo Mbeki | President | 2,257 |
| South Korea | Mr. Ban Ki Moon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,216 |
| Spain | Mr. Jose Luis Rodrigues Zapatero | Prime Minister | 2,415 |
| Sri Lanka | The Honourable Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge | President | 2,055 |
| State of Palestine | Mr. Farouk KADDOUMI | UN Representative | 1,721 |
| Sudan | Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,761 |
| Suriname | Mrs. Maria LEVENS | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,554 |
| Sweden | Mr. Garon Persson | Prime Minister | 1,862 |
| Switzerland | Mr. Joseph Deiss | President | 1,362 |
| Syria | Mr. Farouk AL-SHARA’ | Deputy Prime Minister | 3,180 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Mr. Vuk Draškovic | President | 1,700 |
| Tajikistan | Mr. Talbak NAZAROV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,077 |
| Tanzania | Mr. Benjamin William Mkapa | President | 1,958 |
| Thailand | Mr. Surakiart SATHIRATHAI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,055 |
| The Bahamas | Frederick MITCHELL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,248 |
| The Gambia | Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh | President | 1,642 |
| Timor-Leste | Dr. José RAMOS-HORTA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,026 |
| Togo | Mr. Biossey Kokou TOZOUN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,284 |
| Tonga | Sonatane Tu'a TAUMOEPEAU-TUPOU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,521 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Patrick Manning | Prime Minister | 2,773 |
| Tunisia | Mr. Habib BEN YAHIA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,753 |
| Turkey | Mr. Abdullah Gül | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,015 |
| Turkmenistan | Mr. Rashid MEREDOV | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,276 |
| Tuvalu | Maatia TOAFA | Prime Minister | 1,997 |
| Uganda | Tom BUTIME | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,929 |
| Ukraine | Mr. Kostyantyn GRYSHCHENKO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,621 |
| United Arab Emirates | Mr. Rashid Abdullah Al-Noaimi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,757 |
| United Kingdom | Jack Straw | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,131 |
| United States | Mr. George W Bush | President | 3,074 |
| Uruguay | Mr. Jorge Batlle Ibáñez | President | 1,505 |
| Uzbekistan | Mr. Sodiq SAFAEV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,138 |
| Vanuatu | Barak Sope MAAUTAMATE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,182 |
| Venezuela | Mr. Jesús Arnaldo PÉREZ | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,688 |
| Vietnam | Mr. Le Cong Phung | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,995 |
| Yemen | Mr. Abubakr AL-QIRBI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,187 |
| Yugoslavia | Mr. Vuk Draškovic | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 849 |
| Zambia | Mr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa | President | 1,531 |
| Zimbabwe | Mr. Robert Mugabe | President | 1,687 |