General Debate
Session 61, 2006
193 statements, median length 1,792 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Mr. Hamid Karzai | President | 1,186 |
| Albania | Mr. Alfred Moisiu | President | 1,570 |
| Algeria | Mr. Mohammed BEDJAOUI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,789 |
| Andorra | Mr. Albert Pintat | President | 1,900 |
| Angola | Dr. João Bernardo de MIRANDA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,631 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Justin L. SIMON | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,726 |
| Argentina | Dr. Nestor Carlos Kirchner | President | 2,312 |
| Armenia | Mr. Vartan OSKANIAN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,495 |
| Australia | The Honorable Alexander DOWNER MP | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,947 |
| Austria | Ms. Ursula PLASSNIK | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,862 |
| Azerbaijan | Mr. Elmar MAMMADYAROV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,999 |
| Bahrain | Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed AL-KHALIFA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,337 |
| Bangladesh | Mr. Morshed KHAN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,839 |
| Barbados | Dame Billie MILLER | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,912 |
| Belarus | Mr. Sergei MARTYNOV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,997 |
| Belgium | Mr. Karel de Gucht | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,880 |
| Belize | Mr. Eamon COURTENAY | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,296 |
| Benin | Dr. Boni Yayi | President | 1,143 |
| Bhutan | Mr. Lyonpo Khandu WANGCHUK | Prime Minister | 1,231 |
| Bolivia | Mr. Evo Morales Aima | President | 2,229 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mr. Adnam Terzic | Head of Government | 2,441 |
| Botswana | Lieutenant General Mompati S. MERAFHE, MP | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,296 |
| Brazil | Mr. Lula Da Silva | President | 1,953 |
| Brunei | Prince Mohamed BOLKIAH | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 913 |
| Bulgaria | Mr. Ivailo KALFIN | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,740 |
| Burkina Faso | Mr. Youssouf OUEDRAOGO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,248 |
| Burundi | Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza | President | 2,132 |
| Cambodia | Mr. Namhong HOR | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,233 |
| Cameroon | Mr. Martin BELINGA EBOUTOU | UN Representative | 1,643 |
| Canada | Stephen Harper | Prime Minister | 1,601 |
| Cape Verde | Mrs. Maria de Fatima LIMA DA VEIGA | UN Representative | 1,760 |
| Central African Republic | Mr. Come ZOUMARA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,653 |
| Chad | Mr. Ahmad ALLAM-MI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,761 |
| Chile | Dr. Michelle Bachelet | President | 1,196 |
| Colombia | Mr. Alavaro Uribe Velez | President | 1,414 |
| Comoros | Mr. Ahmed Abdallah SAMBI | President | 2,174 |
| Costa Rica | Mr. Oscar Arias Sanchez | President | 2,479 |
| Croatia | Dr. Ivo Sanader | Prime Minister | 2,841 |
| Cuba | Mr. Esteban Lazo | Vice President | 1,919 |
| Cyprus | Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos | President | 1,938 |
| Czech Republic | Mr. Alexandr Vondra | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,955 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mr. Joseph KABILA KABANGE | President | 1,130 |
| Dominica | Mr. Charles A. SAVARIN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,035 |
| Dominican Republic | Dr. Leonel Fernandez Reyna | President | 1,029 |
| Ecuador | Dr. Alfredo Palacio | President | 1,689 |
| Egypt | Mr. Ahmed ABOUL GHEIT | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,502 |
| El Salvador | Mr. Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalies | President | 3,128 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | 1,187 |
| Eritrea | Mr. Saleh Said MEKY | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,986 |
| Estonia | Mr. Sven JÜRGENSON | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,373 |
| Eswatini | Mr. Phesheya Mbongeni DLAMINI | UN Representative | 2,033 |
| Ethiopia | Negash Kebret BOTORA | UN Representative | 2,100 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Mr. Redley KILLION | Vice President | 1,402 |
| Fiji | Mr. Kaliopate TAVOLA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,783 |
| Finland | Ms. Tarja Halonen | President | 2,029 |
| France | Mr. Jacques Chirac | President | 1,069 |
| Gabon | Mr. Jean PING | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,722 |
| Georgia | Mr. Mikheil SAAKASHVILI | President | 2,915 |
| Germany | Dr. Franck-Walter STEINMEIER | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,092 |
| Ghana | Mr. John Agyekum Kufor | President | 1,483 |
| Greece | Mrs. Dora BAKOYANNIS | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,795 |
| Grenada | Elvin NIMROD | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,627 |
| Guatemala | Mr. Oscar Berger Pedromo | President | 2,270 |
| Guinea | Mr. Mamady CONDE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,778 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mr. Antonio Isaac MONTEIRO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,291 |
| Guyana | Rudolph INSANALLY | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,727 |
| Haiti | Mr. Léo MÉRORÈS | UN Representative | 2,299 |
| Holy See | Archbishop Giovanni LAJOLO | Head of Government | 1,913 |
| Honduras | Mr. Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales | President | 1,310 |
| Hungary | Ms. Kinga Goncz | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,521 |
| Iceland | Mrs. Valgerdur SVERRISDOTTIR | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,436 |
| India | Mr. Pranab MUKHERJEE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,222 |
| Indonesia | Dr. N. Hassan WIRAJUDA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,973 |
| Iran | Mr. Mhmoud Ahmadi-Nejad | President | 3,244 |
| Iraq | Mr. Jalal TALABANI | President | 3,047 |
| Ireland | Mr. Dermot AHERN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,131 |
| Israel | Ms. Tzipi Livni | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,213 |
| Italy | Mr. Romano Prodi | Prime Minister | 2,266 |
| Ivory Coast | Mr. Youssouf BAKAYOKO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,520 |
| Jamaica | Mr. Anthony HYLTON | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,837 |
| Japan | Mr. Kenzo OSHIMA | UN Representative | 2,285 |
| Jordan | King Abdullah Bin Al Hussein | Head of State | 571 |
| Kazakhstan | Mr. Kassymzhomart TOKAEV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,164 |
| Kenya | Mr.Raphael TUJU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,865 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Dr. Per Stig MOLLER | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,659 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Dr. Bernard R. Bot | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,649 |
| Kiribati | Ms. Teima Onorio | Vice President | 1,394 |
| Kuwait | Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al Salem AL SABAH | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,651 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Mr. Alikbek DJEKSHENKULOV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,747 |
| Laos | Dr. Thongloun SISOULITH | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,072 |
| Latvia | Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga | President | 2,517 |
| Lebanon | General Emile Lahoud | President | 1,960 |
| Lesotho | Pakalitha Bethuel MOSISILI | Prime Minister | 1,923 |
| Liberia | Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | 2,457 |
| Libya | Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed SHALGHAM | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,739 |
| Liechtenstein | Mrs. Rita KIEBER-BECK | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,377 |
| Lithuania | Mr. Valdas ADAMKUS | President | 1,265 |
| Luxembourg | Mr. Jean ASSELBORN | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,448 |
| Madagascar | Mr. Marc Ravalomanana | President | 1,679 |
| Malawi | Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika | President | 1,410 |
| Malaysia | The Honourable Abdullah Ahmad BADAWI | Prime Minister | 1,771 |
| Maldives | Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | President | 1,596 |
| Mali | Mr. Moctar OUANE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,447 |
| Malta | Dr. Michael FRENDO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,613 |
| Marshall Islands | Ruben ZACKHRAS | Vice President | 1,819 |
| Mauritania | Mr. Sidi Mohamed OULD BOUBACAR | Prime Minister | 1,093 |
| Mauritius | Dr. Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM | Prime Minister | 2,359 |
| Mexico | Mr. Vincete Fox | President | 1,580 |
| Moldova | Mr. Andrei STRATAN | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,742 |
| Monaco | Mr. Gilles NOGHES | UN Representative | 1,389 |
| Mongolia | Mr. Miyegombo ENKHBOLD | Prime Minister | 2,039 |
| Montenegro | Mr. Milo Djukanovic | Prime Minister | 989 |
| Morocco | Mr. Mohammed BENAISSA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,111 |
| Mozambique | Mr. Armando Emilio Guebuza | President | 1,696 |
| Myanmar | Mr. U. Nyan WIN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,393 |
| Namibia | Mr. Hifikepunye POHAMBA | President | 1,577 |
| Nauru | Ludwig SCOTTY MP | President | 1,470 |
| Nepal | Mr. K. P. Shama OLI | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,676 |
| New Zealand | Mr. Winston PETERS | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,758 |
| Nicaragua | Mr. Norman José CALDERA CARDENAL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,112 |
| Niger | Mrs. Aïchatou MINDAOUDOU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,338 |
| Nigeria | Chief Olusegun OBASANJO, GCFR | President | 2,100 |
| North Korea | Mr. Choe Su HON | UN Representative | 1,568 |
| North Macedonia | Mr. Branko Crvenkovski | President | 1,207 |
| Norway | Mr. Jen Stoltenberg | Prime Minister | 1,119 |
| Oman | Mr. Yousef Bin Alawi Bin ABDULLAH | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,246 |
| Pakistan | General Musharraf | President | 1,543 |
| Palau | Mr. Elias Camsek CHIN | Vice President | 1,325 |
| Panama | Mr. Martin Torrijos | President | 1,627 |
| Papua New Guinea | Grand Chief Rt. HON. SIR MICHAEL T. SOMARE, GOL, GCMG, CH, CF, KStJ | Prime Minister | 2,301 |
| Paraguay | Mr. Nicanor Duarte Frutos | President | 1,818 |
| People's Republic of China | Mr. Li ZHAOXING | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,990 |
| Peru | Mr. José Antonio GARCÍA BELAÚNDE | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,667 |
| Philippines | Dr. Alberto ROMULO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,464 |
| Poland | Mr. Lech Kaczynski | President | 1,697 |
| Portugal | Mr. Jose Socrates | Prime Minister | 1,588 |
| Qatar | His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa AL-THANI | Head of State | 948 |
| Republic of the Congo | Mr. Sassou Nguesso | President | 1,628 |
| Romania | Mr. Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,777 |
| Russia | Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,520 |
| Rwanda | Paul Kagame | President | 1,627 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Dr. Timothy Harris | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,825 |
| Saint Lucia | Petrus COMPTON | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,781 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Dr. The Honourable Ralph E. GONSALVES | Prime Minister | 1,844 |
| Samoa | Mr. Tuila'epa Sailele MALIELEGAOI | Prime Minister | 1,811 |
| San Marino | Mr. Fiorenzo STOLFI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,346 |
| Saudi Arabia | Prince Saud AL-FAISAL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,651 |
| Senegal | Mr. Abdoulaye Wade | President | 1,899 |
| Serbia | Mr. Boris Tadic | President | 1,428 |
| Seychelles | Mr. Jérémie BONNELAME | UN Representative | 928 |
| Sierra Leone | Mr. Solomon Berewa | Vice President | 1,141 |
| Singapore | Mr. George YEO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,991 |
| Slovakia | Mr. Robert FICO | Prime Minister | 1,772 |
| Slovenia | Dr. Dimitrij RUPEL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,735 |
| Solomon Islands | Mr. Manesseh SOGAVARE | Prime Minister | 2,378 |
| Somalia | Mr. Ismael Mohamoud HURREH | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,859 |
| South Africa | Mr. Thabo Mbeki | President | 2,048 |
| South Korea | Mr. Ban Ki-Moon | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,023 |
| Spain | Mr. Miguel Angel MORATINOS | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,754 |
| Sri Lanka | Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa | President | 1,953 |
| State of Palestine | Mr. Mahmoud ABBAS | President | 1,539 |
| Sudan | Mr. Omer Hassan Al-Bashir | President | 3,155 |
| Suriname | Mr. Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan | President | 1,032 |
| Sweden | Mr. Anders LIDEN | UN Representative | 1,385 |
| Switzerland | Mr. Moritz Leuenberger | President | 1,792 |
| Syria | Mr. Walid AL-MOUALEM | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,895 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo DE MENEZES | President | 1,983 |
| Tajikistan | Mr. Talbak NAZAROV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,999 |
| Tanzania | Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | President | 1,711 |
| Thailand | Khunying Laxanachantorn LAOHAPHAN | UN Representative | 1,960 |
| The Bahamas | Mr. Frederick MITCHELL | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,205 |
| The Gambia | Mr. Lamin Kabba BAJO | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,947 |
| Timor-Leste | Mr.osé Luis GUTERRES | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,753 |
| Togo | Mr. Zarifou AYEVA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,178 |
| Tonga | Mr.Mr. Mahe 'Uli'Uli TUPOUNIUA | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,296 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Philip SEALY | UN Representative | 2,943 |
| Tunisia | Mr. Abdelwaheb ABDALLAH | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,614 |
| Turkey | Mr. Abdullah GUL | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,093 |
| Turkmenistan | Mrs. Aksoltan ATAEVA | UN Representative | 1,680 |
| Tuvalu | Mr. Enele Sosene SOPOAGA | UN Representative | 1,896 |
| Uganda | Mr. Sam Kutesa MP | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,588 |
| Ukraine | Mr. Borys Tarasyuk | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed AL NAHYAN | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,707 |
| United Kingdom | Mrs. Margaret Beckett | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,943 |
| United States | Mr. George W. Bush | President | 2,753 |
| Uruguay | Mrs. Belela HERERRA | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,681 |
| Uzbekistan | Mr. Vladimir NOROV | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 881 |
| Vanuatu | Sato KILMAN | Deputy Prime Minister | 2,047 |
| Venezuela | Mr. Hugo Chvez Frias | President | 2,568 |
| Vietnam | Mr. LE Cong PHUNG | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,453 |
| Yemen | Dr. Abubaker Abdalla AL-QIRBI | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,679 |
| Zambia | Dr. Kalombo MWANSA | UN Representative | 1,809 |
| Zimbabwe | Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe | President | 2,371 |