General Debate
Session 71, 2016
194 statements, median length 1,931 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Mr. Sarwar Danesh | Vice-President | 2,904 |
| Albania | Mr. Bujar Nishani | President | 2,021 |
| Algeria | Mr. Ramtane Lamamra | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 1,477 |
| Andorra | Mr. Antoni Martí Petit | Head of Government | 2,791 |
| Angola | Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente | Vice-President | 1,467 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Mr. Gaston Alphonso Browne | Prime Minister | 2,274 |
| Argentina | Mr. Mauricio Macri | President | 1,672 |
| Armenia | Mr. Edward Nalbandian | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,524 |
| Australia | Mr. Malcolm Turnbull | Prime Minister | 2,313 |
| Austria | Mr. Sebastian Kurz | Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs | 1,235 |
| Azerbaijan | Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,487 |
| Bahrain | Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,967 |
| Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | 1,844 |
| Barbados | Ms. Maxime Pamela Ometa McClean | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade | 1,358 |
| Belarus | Mr. Valentin Rybakov | Chair of the delegation | 1,719 |
| Belgium | Mr. Charles Michel | Prime Minister | 1,815 |
| Belize | Mr. Wilfred Elrington | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,529 |
| Benin | Mr. Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon | President | 463 |
| Bhutan | Mr. Lyonpo Damcho Dorji | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,034 |
| Bolivia | Mr. Evo Morales Ayma | President | 1,641 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mr. Bakir Izetbegović | Chairman of the Presidency | 2,432 |
| Botswana | Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi | Vice-President | 1,807 |
| Brazil | Mr. Michel Temer | President | 2,261 |
| Bulgaria | Mr. Rosen Plevneliev | President | 2,153 |
| Burkina Faso | Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | President of Faso and President of the Council of Ministers of Burkina Faso | 1,881 |
| Burundi | Mr. Alain Aimé Nyamitwe | Minister for External Relations and International Cooperation | 2,586 |
| Cambodia | Mr. Prak Sokhonn | Senior Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 1,997 |
| Cameroon | Mr. Paul Biya | President | 917 |
| Canada | Mr. Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister | 1,470 |
| Cape Verde | Mr. Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Communities and Defence | 1,728 |
| Central African Republic | Mr. Faustin Archange Touadéra | President | 2,270 |
| Chad | Mr. Idriss Deby Itno | President | 2,063 |
| Chile | Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria | President | 1,300 |
| Colombia | Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón | President | 1,488 |
| Comoros | Mr. Azali Assoumani | President | 1,849 |
| Costa Rica | Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera | President | 3,133 |
| Croatia | Ms. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | President | 2,511 |
| Cuba | Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,584 |
| Cyprus | Mr. Nicos Anastasiades | President | 2,026 |
| Czech Republic | Mr. Miloš Zeman | President | 895 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mr. Raymond Tshibanda N’tungamulongo | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 2,294 |
| Dominica | Ms. Francine Baron | Minister for Foreign Affairs and CARICOM Affairs | 2,592 |
| Dominican Republic | Mr. Medina Sánchez | President | 2,024 |
| Ecuador | Mr. Guillaume Long | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility | 2,238 |
| Egypt | Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi | President | 2,822 |
| El Salvador | Mr. Salvador Sánchez Cerén | President | 1,679 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mr. Agapito Mba Mokuy | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 1,686 |
| Eritrea | Mr. Osman Mohammed Saleh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,062 |
| Estonia | Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves | President | 1,755 |
| Eswatini | Mr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini | Prime Minister | 2,273 |
| Ethiopia | Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn | Prime Minister | 1,389 |
| European Union | Mr. Donald Tusk | President of the European Council | 1,071 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Mr. Peter M. Christian | President and Head of Government | 2,537 |
| Fiji | Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama | Prime Minister | 2,236 |
| Finland | Mr. Sauli Niinistö | President | 1,197 |
| France | Mr. François Hollande | President | 2,235 |
| Gabon | Mr. Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet | Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Regional Integration | 2,149 |
| Georgia | Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili | Prime Minister | 2,337 |
| Germany | Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,075 |
| Ghana | Mr. John Dramani Mahama | President | 3,506 |
| Greece | Mr. Alexis Tsipras | Prime Minister | 1,606 |
| Grenada | Mr. Elvin Nimrod | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Legal Affairs, Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs and Local Government | 2,598 |
| Guatemala | Mr. Jimmy Morales | President | 1,877 |
| Guinea | Mr. Alpha Condé | President | 1,753 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mr. José Mário Vaz | President | 1,592 |
| Guyana | Mr. David Arthur Granger | President | 1,998 |
| Haiti | Mr. Jocelerme Privert | Acting President | 2,386 |
| Holy See | Cardinal Parolin | Secretary of State | 1,732 |
| Honduras | Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado | President | 2,009 |
| Hungary | Mr. Péter Szijjártó | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,516 |
| Iceland | Ms. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,622 |
| India | Ms. Sushma Swaraj | Minister for External Affairs | 2,123 |
| Indonesia | Mr. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla | Vice-President | 1,431 |
| Iran | Mr. Hassan Rouhani | President | 1,525 |
| Iraq | Mr. Haider Al Abadi | Prime Minister | 1,747 |
| Ireland | Mr. Charles Flanagan | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2,508 |
| Israel | Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister | 4,003 |
| Italy | Mr. Matteo Renzi | President of the Council of Ministers | 1,719 |
| Ivory Coast | Mr. Alassane Ouattara | President | 1,293 |
| Jamaica | Mr. Andrew Holness | Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Economic Growth and Job Creation | 2,287 |
| Japan | Mr. Shinzo Abe | Prime Minister | 2,024 |
| Jordan | King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein | King | 1,592 |
| Kazakhstan | Mr. Erlan Idrissov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,466 |
| Kenya | Mr. William Ruto | Vice-President | 2,530 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Mr. Ib Petersen | Chair of the delegation | 1,931 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Mr. Albert Koenders | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,878 |
| Kiribati | Mr. Taneti Maamau | President, Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration | 2,647 |
| Kuwait | Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah | Prime Minister | 1,967 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Mr. Erlan Abdyldayev | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,611 |
| Laos | Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith | Prime Minister | 1,492 |
| Latvia | Mr. Raimonds Vējonis | President | 1,528 |
| Lebanon | Mr. Tammam Salam | President of the Council of Ministers | 1,661 |
| Lesotho | Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili | Prime Minister | 1,946 |
| Liberia | Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | 1,285 |
| Libya | Mr. Faiez Mustafa Serraj | President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord | 1,696 |
| Liechtenstein | Ms. Aurelia Frick | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Education and Minister for Cultural Affairs | 1,330 |
| Lithuania | Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė | President | 739 |
| Luxembourg | Mr. Xavier Bettel | Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister for Communication and Media, and Minister for Worship | 3,041 |
| Madagascar | Mr. Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana | President | 1,747 |
| Malawi | Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika | President | 1,677 |
| Malaysia | Mr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs | 1,742 |
| Maldives | Mr. Mohamed Asim | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,938 |
| Mali | Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita | President | 2,003 |
| Malta | Mr. Joseph Muscat | Prime Minister | 1,849 |
| Marshall Islands | Ms. Hilda C. Heine | President | 1,864 |
| Mauritania | Mr. Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 1,706 |
| Mauritius | Mr. Anerood Jugnauth | Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Home Affairs, Minister of Rodrigues and National Development Unit | 2,405 |
| Mexico | Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto | President | 1,572 |
| Moldova | Mr. Pavel Filip | Prime Minister | 2,586 |
| Monaco | Mr. Serge Telle | Head of Government | 1,838 |
| Mongolia | Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj | President | 2,506 |
| Montenegro | Mr. Milo Dukanović | Prime Minister | 2,290 |
| Morocco | Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 2,971 |
| Mozambique | Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi | President | 1,075 |
| Myanmar | Ms. Aung San Sun Kyi | State Counsellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,626 |
| Namibia | Mr. Hage Geingob | President | 1,720 |
| Nauru | Mr. Baron Divavesi Waqa | President | 1,750 |
| Nepal | Mr. Prakash Sharan Mahat | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,756 |
| New Zealand | Mr. John Key | Prime Minister | 2,073 |
| Nicaragua | Mr. Moisés Omar Halleslevens Acevedo | Vice-President | 1,414 |
| Niger | Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou | President | 2,159 |
| Nigeria | Mr. Muhammadu Buhari | President | 1,948 |
| North Korea | Mr. Ri Yong Ho | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,252 |
| North Macedonia | Mr. Gjorge Ivanov | President | 2,979 |
| Norway | Ms. Erna Solberg | Prime Minister | 1,610 |
| Oman | Mr. Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah | Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs | 964 |
| Pakistan | Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 1,956 |
| Palau | Mr. Caleb Otto | Head of the delegation | 2,130 |
| Panama | Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez | President | 2,318 |
| Papua New Guinea | Sir Puka Temu | Special Envoy of the Prime Minister and Minister for Public Service | 2,633 |
| Paraguay | Mr. Eladio Ramón Loizaga Lezcano | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,723 |
| People's Republic of China | Mr. Li Keqiang | Premier of the State Council | 2,306 |
| Peru | Mr. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard | President | 975 |
| Philippines | Mr. Perfecto Rivas Yasay Jr | Secretary for Foreign Affairs | 2,156 |
| Poland | Mr. Andrzej Duda | President | 2,265 |
| Portugal | not recorded | not recorded | 1,678 |
| Qatar | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani | Amir | 2,466 |
| Republic of the Congo | Mr. Jеаn-Claude Gakosso | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Nationals Abroad | 1,122 |
| Romania | Mr. Dacian Cioloș | Prime Minister | 1,318 |
| Russia | Mr. Sergey Lavrov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,491 |
| Rwanda | Mr. Paul Kagame | President | 682 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Mr. Timothy Harris | Prime Minister | 1,649 |
| Saint Lucia | Mr. Allen Michael Chastanet | Prime Minister | 1,412 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Mr. Ralph Gonsalves | Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, the Public Service, National Security, Legal Affairs and Grenadines Affairs | 2,107 |
| Samoa | Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi | Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2,516 |
| San Marino | Mr. Pasquale Valentini | Minister for Foreign and Political Affairs | 1,342 |
| Saudi Arabia | Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud | Crown Prince | 1,233 |
| Senegal | Mr. Macky Sall | President | 1,473 |
| Serbia | Mr. Aleksandar Vučić | Prime Minister | 1,662 |
| Seychelles | Ms. Marie-Louise Potter | Chair of the delegation | 1,221 |
| Sierra Leone | Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma | President | 1,948 |
| Singapore | Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,656 |
| Slovakia | Mr. Andrej Kiska | President | 1,576 |
| Slovenia | Mr. Borut Pahor | President | 1,051 |
| Solomon Islands | Mr. Manasseh Sogavare | Prime Minister | 2,541 |
| Somalia | Mr. Abdusalam Hadliyeh Omer | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion | 2,489 |
| South Africa | not recorded | not recorded | 1,536 |
| South Korea | Mr. Yun Byung-se | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,745 |
| South Sudan | Mr. Taban Deng Gai | Vice-President | 1,735 |
| Spain | King Don Felipe VI | King | 2,318 |
| Sri Lanka | Mr. Maithripala Sirisena | President | 976 |
| State of Palestine | Mr. Mahmoud Abbas | President | 2,716 |
| Sudan | Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Abd al-Aziz Ghandour | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,577 |
| Suriname | Ms. Niermala Badrising | Minister for Foreign and CARICOM Affairs | 1,386 |
| Sweden | Ms. Margot Wallström | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,652 |
| Switzerland | Mr. Johann Schneider-Ammann | President | 1,518 |
| Syria | Mr. Walid Al-Moualem | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | 2,036 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Mr. Patrice Emery Trovoada | Prime Minister | 1,266 |
| Tajikistan | Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,551 |
| Tanzania | Mr. Augustine Philip Mahiga | Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,826 |
| Thailand | Mr. Prayut Chan-o-cha | Prime Minister | 1,630 |
| The Bahamas | Mr. Frederick Mitchell | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration | 2,255 |
| The Gambia | Ms. Isatou Njie Saidy | Vice-President and Minister for Women’s Affairs | 2,395 |
| Timor-Leste | Mr. Rui Maria de Araújo | Prime Minister | 2,303 |
| Togo | Mr. Kokou Kpayedo | Chair of the delegation | 2,290 |
| Tonga | Mr. Samiuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva | Prime Minister | 2,215 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Denis Moses | Minister for Foreign Affairs, East Africa, Regional and International Cooperation | 3,701 |
| Tunisia | Mr. Béji Caïd Essebsi | President | 1,358 |
| Turkey | Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | President | 3,216 |
| Turkmenistan | Mr. Rashid Meredov | Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,981 |
| Tuvalu | Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga | Prime Minister and Minister for Public Utilities | 2,579 |
| Uganda | Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | President | 979 |
| Ukraine | Mr. Petro Poroshenko | President | 3,674 |
| United Arab Emirates | Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 2,079 |
| United Kingdom | Mrs. Theresa May | Prime Minister | 2,985 |
| United States | Mr. Barack Obama | President | 5,652 |
| Uruguay | Mr. Tabare Vazquez | President | 1,642 |
| Uzbekistan | Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 915 |
| Vanuatu | Mr. Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas | Prime Minister | 2,345 |
| Venezuela | Ms. Delcy Eloina Rodriguez Gómez | Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,083 |
| Vietnam | Mr. Pham Binh Minh | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,412 |
| Yemen | Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour | President | 2,601 |
| Zambia | Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu | President | 2,006 |
| Zimbabwe | Mr. Robert Mugabe | President | 1,055 |