General Debate
Session 72, 2017
196 statements, median length 1,904 words.
| State | Speaker | Post | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai | President | 1,871 |
| Albania | Mr. Edi Rama | Prime Minister | 2,069 |
| Algeria | Mr. Abdelkader Messahel | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,772 |
| Andorra | Mr. Antoni Martí Petit | Head of Government | 2,588 |
| Angola | Mr. Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins | Chair of the Delegation | 1,781 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Mr. Gaston Alphonso Browne | Prime Minister | 2,344 |
| Argentina | Ms. Gabriela Michetti Illia | Vice-President | 2,269 |
| Armenia | Mr. Serzh Sargsyan | President | 1,673 |
| Australia | Ms. Julie Bishop | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,682 |
| Austria | Mr. Sebastian Kurz | Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs | 1,316 |
| Azerbaijan | Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev | President | 1,863 |
| Bahrain | Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,709 |
| Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | 1,696 |
| Barbados | Ms. Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade | 2,648 |
| Belarus | Mr. Vladimir Makei | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 1,718 |
| Belgium | Mr. Charles Michel | Prime Minister | 1,882 |
| Belize | Mr. Wilfred Elrington | Attorney General and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade | 2,641 |
| Benin | Mr. Aurélien Agbenonci | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 1,178 |
| Bhutan | Mr. Lyonchoen Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister | 1,792 |
| Bolivia | Mr. Evo Morales Ayma | President | 2,217 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mr. Dragan Čović | President | 2,269 |
| Botswana | Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi | Vice-President | 2,520 |
| Brazil | Mr. Michel Temer | President | 2,020 |
| Brunei | Mr. Pehin Lim Jock Seng | Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 1,390 |
| Bulgaria | Mr. Rumen Radev | President | 1,698 |
| Burkina Faso | Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | President | 1,774 |
| Burundi | Mr. Alain Aimé Nyamitwe | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 1,790 |
| Cambodia | Mr. Prak Sokhonn | Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 1,630 |
| Cameroon | Mr. Paul Biya | President | 1,212 |
| Canada | Mr. Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister | 3,272 |
| Cape Verde | Mr. José Ulisses Correia e Silva | Prime Minister and Minister for Reform | 1,758 |
| Central African Republic | Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera | President | 2,624 |
| Chad | Mr. Brahim Hisseine Taha | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,695 |
| Chile | Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria | President | 2,553 |
| Colombia | Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón | President | 1,732 |
| Comoros | Mr. Azali Assoumani | President | 2,061 |
| Costa Rica | Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera | President | 5,010 |
| Croatia | Mr. Andrej Plenković | Prime Minister | 2,136 |
| Cuba | Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,621 |
| Cyprus | Mr. Nicos Anastasiades | President | 2,309 |
| Czech Republic | Mr. Miloš Zeman | President | 636 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange | President | 1,477 |
| Djibouti | Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 1,479 |
| Dominica | Mr. Roosevelt Skerrit | Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Public Service | 1,685 |
| Dominican Republic | Mr. Miguel Vargas Maldonado | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,266 |
| Ecuador | Mr. Lenin Moreno Garcés | President | 1,683 |
| Egypt | Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi | President | 2,733 |
| El Salvador | Mr. Salvador Sánchez Cerén | President | 1,486 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | 1,382 |
| Eritrea | Mr. Osman Mohammed Saleh | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,138 |
| Estonia | Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid | President | 2,034 |
| Eswatini | King Mswati III | King | 1,762 |
| Ethiopia | Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn | Prime Minister | 1,510 |
| European Union | Mr. Donald Tusk | President of the European Council | 1,150 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Mr. Yosiwo George | Vice-President | 1,541 |
| Fiji | Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama | Prime Minister | 2,295 |
| Finland | Mr. Sauli Niinistö | President | 1,286 |
| France | Mr. Emmanuel Macron | President | 4,568 |
| Gabon | Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba | President | 1,817 |
| Georgia | Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili | Prime Minister | 2,111 |
| Germany | Mr. Sigmar Gabriel | Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,612 |
| Ghana | Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo | President | 1,575 |
| Greece | Mr. Nikos Kotzias | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,717 |
| Grenada | Mr. Elvin Nimrod | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Legal Affairs, Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs and Local Government | 1,606 |
| Guatemala | Mr. Jimmy Morales | President | 1,904 |
| Guinea | Mr. Alpha Condé | President | 1,790 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mr. Umaro Sissoco Embaló | Prime Minister | 1,744 |
| Guyana | Mr. David Arthur Granger | President | 1,619 |
| Haiti | Mr. Jovenel Moïse | President | 2,488 |
| Holy See | Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher | Secretary for Relations with States | 3,189 |
| Honduras | Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado | President | 1,603 |
| Hungary | Mr. Péter Szijjártó | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 1,714 |
| Iceland | Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,696 |
| India | Ms. Sushma Swaraj | Minister for External Affairs | 2,549 |
| Indonesia | Mr. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla | Vice-President | 1,471 |
| Iran | Mr. Hassan Rouhani | President | 2,047 |
| Iraq | Mr. Ibrahim Abulkarim Al-Jafari | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,802 |
| Ireland | Mr. Simon Coveney | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit | 3,303 |
| Israel | Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister | 2,444 |
| Italy | Mr. Paolo Gentiloni Silveri | President of the Council of Ministers | 2,349 |
| Ivory Coast | Mr. Alassane Ouattara | President | 1,544 |
| Jamaica | Ms. Kamina Johnson Smith | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade | 2,522 |
| Japan | Mr. Shinzo Abe | Prime Minister | 1,730 |
| Jordan | Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II | Crown Prince | 1,462 |
| Kazakhstan | Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2,824 |
| Kenya | Ms. Amina Chawahir Mohamed | Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade | 2,104 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | Ms. Ulla Tørnæs | Minister for Development Cooperation | 1,705 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | Mr. Mark Rutte | Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs | 2,022 |
| Kiribati | Mr. Taneti Maamau | President, Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration | 2,256 |
| Kuwait | Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah | Prime Minister | 2,274 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Mr. Almazbek Atambaev | President | 2,560 |
| Laos | Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,699 |
| Latvia | Mr. Raimonds Vējonis | President | 1,722 |
| Lebanon | General Michel Aoun | President | 1,998 |
| Lesotho | Mr. Thomas Motsoahae Thabane | Prime Minister | 2,479 |
| Liberia | Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | 1,601 |
| Libya | Mr. Faiez Mustafa Serraj | President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord | 1,614 |
| Liechtenstein | Ms. Aurelia Frick | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Education and Minister for Cultural Affairs | 1,758 |
| Lithuania | Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaitė | President | 537 |
| Luxembourg | Mr. Jean Asselborn | Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Minister of Immigration and Asylum | 2,825 |
| Madagascar | Mr. Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana | President | 1,855 |
| Malawi | Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika | President | 1,355 |
| Malaysia | Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,693 |
| Maldives | Mr. Mohamed Asim | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,184 |
| Mali | Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita | President | 2,612 |
| Malta | Mr. Joseph Muscat | Prime Minister | 1,247 |
| Marshall Islands | Mr. John M. Silk | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,093 |
| Mauritania | Mr. Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 1,491 |
| Mauritius | Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth | Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, External Communications and National Development Unit, Minister for Finance and Economic Development | 2,074 |
| Mexico | Mr. Luis Videgaray Caso | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,293 |
| Moldova | Mr. Pavel Filip | Prime Minister | 1,631 |
| Monaco | Prince Albert II | Prince | 1,719 |
| Mongolia | Mr. Tsend Munkh-Orgil | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,053 |
| Montenegro | Mr. Filip Vujanović | President | 1,338 |
| Morocco | Mr. Nasser Bourita | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 1,741 |
| Mozambique | Mr. António Gumende | Chair of the Delegation | 2,624 |
| Myanmar | Mr. Henry Van Thio | Vice-President | 1,797 |
| Namibia | Mr. Hage Geingob | President | 1,615 |
| Nauru | Mr. Baron Divavesi Waqa | President | 1,890 |
| Nepal | Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba | Prime Minister | 2,201 |
| New Zealand | Mr. Craig John Hawke | Chair of the Delegation | 1,460 |
| Nicaragua | Mrs. María Rubiales de Chamorro | Chair of the Delegation | 1,926 |
| Niger | Mr. Ibrahim Yacoubou | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad | 2,264 |
| Nigeria | Mr. Muhammadu Buhari | President | 1,004 |
| North Korea | not recorded | not recorded | 3,065 |
| North Macedonia | Mr. Zoran Zaev | President of the Government | 1,723 |
| Norway | Mr. Tore Hattrem | Chair of the Delegation | 1,658 |
| Oman | Mr. Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah | Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs | 1,161 |
| Pakistan | Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Prime Minister | 2,315 |
| Palau | Mr. Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr. | President | 1,762 |
| Panama | Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez | President | 2,065 |
| Papua New Guinea | Mr. Peter Paire O’Neill | Prime Minister and Minister for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville | 1,697 |
| Paraguay | Mr. Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara | President | 2,291 |
| People's Republic of China | Mr. Wang Yi | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,410 |
| Peru | Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra | Chair of the Delegation | 859 |
| Philippines | Mr. Alan Peter Cayetano | Secretary for Foreign Affairs | 3,636 |
| Poland | Mr. Andrzej Duda | President | 2,237 |
| Portugal | not recorded | not recorded | 1,938 |
| Qatar | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani | Amir | 2,964 |
| Republic of the Congo | Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso | President | 1,324 |
| Romania | Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis | President | 1,117 |
| Russia | Mr. Sergey Lavrov | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,844 |
| Rwanda | Mr. Paul Kagame | President | 540 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Mr. Mark Anthony Brantley | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Aviation | 2,702 |
| Saint Lucia | Mr. Allen Michael Chastanet | Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service | 2,006 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Sir Louis Straker | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Regional Integration | 2,439 |
| Samoa | Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi | Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2,612 |
| San Marino | Mr. Nicola Renzi | Minister for Foreign and Political Affairs and Justice | 2,369 |
| Saudi Arabia | Mr. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 999 |
| Senegal | Mr. Macky Sall | President | 1,193 |
| Serbia | Mr. Aleksandar Vučić | President | 2,146 |
| Seychelles | Mr. Danny Faure | President | 1,397 |
| Sierra Leone | Mr. Samura M.W. Kamara | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 2,513 |
| Singapore | Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,995 |
| Slovakia | Mr. Andrej Kiska | President | 1,504 |
| Slovenia | Mr. Miro Cerar | Prime Minister | 1,518 |
| Solomon Islands | Mr. Manasseh Sogavare | Prime Minister | 3,134 |
| Somalia | Mr. Hassan Ali Khayre | Prime Minister | 1,807 |
| South Africa | Mr. Jacob Zuma | President | 1,822 |
| South Korea | Mr. Moon Jae-in | President | 2,579 |
| South Sudan | Mr. Taban Deng Gai | First Vice-President | 2,334 |
| Spain | Mr. Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 2,193 |
| Sri Lanka | Mr. Maithripala Sirisena | President | 1,465 |
| State of Palestine | Mr. Mahmoud Abbas | President | 4,191 |
| Sudan | Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Abd al-Aziz Ghandour | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,324 |
| Suriname | Ms. Yldiz Pollack-Beighle | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,826 |
| Sweden | Ms. Margot Wallström | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,291 |
| Switzerland | Ms. Doris Leuthard | President | 1,265 |
| Syria | Mr. Walid Al-Moualem | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | 2,377 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Mr. Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho | President | 2,285 |
| Tajikistan | Mr. Emomali Rahmon | President | 1,869 |
| Tanzania | Mr. Augustine Phillip Mahiga | Minister for Foreign Affairs, East Africa, Regional and International Cooperation | 2,191 |
| Thailand | Mr. Don Pramudwinai | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,519 |
| The Bahamas | Mr. Darren Allen Henfield | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Commonwealth | 2,405 |
| The Gambia | Mr. Adama Barrow | President | 1,696 |
| Timor-Leste | Ms. Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires | Chair of the Delegation | 1,992 |
| Togo | Mr. Selom Komi Klassou | Prime Minister | 2,506 |
| Tonga | King Tupou VI | King | 1,733 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Denis Moses | Minister for Foreign and CARICOM Affairs | 2,116 |
| Tunisia | Mr. Khemais Jhinaoui | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,756 |
| Turkey | Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | President | 2,754 |
| Turkmenistan | Mrs. Aksoltan Ataeva | Chair of the Delegation | 1,343 |
| Tuvalu | Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga | Prime Minister | 2,763 |
| Uganda | Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | President | 910 |
| Ukraine | Mr. Petro Poroshenko | President | 2,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | 2,188 |
| United Kingdom | Mrs. Theresa May | Prime Minister | 3,277 |
| United States | Mr. Donald Trump | President | 4,575 |
| Uruguay | Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,618 |
| Uzbekistan | Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev | President | 1,990 |
| Vanuatu | Mr. Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas | Prime Minister | 2,540 |
| Venezuela | Mr. Jorge Arreaza | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 3,442 |
| Vietnam | Mr. Pham Binh Minh | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,491 |
| Yemen | Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour | President | 1,983 |
| Zambia | Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu | President | 1,536 |
| Zimbabwe | Mr. Robert Mugabe | President | 1,537 |