LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY"S MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, 6-8 SEPTEMBER

Press Release
GA/9744

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, 6-8 SEPTEMBER

(Information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Following are the names of participants scheduled (as of 5 p.m., Monday, 4 September) to attend the General Assembly’s Millennium Summit. The list remains subject to late changes and modifications:

Heads of State

Afghanistan H.E. Mr. Burhanuddin Rabbani Albania S.E. M. Rexhep Meidani Algeria S.E. M. Abdelaziz Bouteflika Argentina S.E. Sr. Fernando de la Rúa Armenia H.E. Mr. Robert S. Kocharian Austria H.E. Dr. Thomas Klestil Azerbaijan H.E. Mr. Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev Bahamas H.E. Sir Orville Turnquest, GCMG, QC Belarus H.E. Mr. Alyaksandr Lukashenka Benin S.E. M. Mathieu Kérékou Bolivia S.E. Sr. Hugo Banzer Suárez Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Mr. Alija Izetbegovic Botswana H.E. Mr. Festus G. Mogae, MP Brunei Darussalam H.M. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah Bulgaria H.E. Mr. Petar Stoyanov Cameroon S.E. M. Paul Biya Cape Verde S.E. M. Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro Chile S.E. Sr. Ricardo Lagos Escobar China H.E. Mr. Jiang Zemin Colombia S.E. Sr. Andrés Pastrana Arango Comoros S.E. le Colonel Azali Assoumani Congo S.E. M. Denis Sassou Nguesso Costa Rica S.E. Sr. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría Croatia H.E. Mr. Stjepan Mesic Cuba S.E. Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz Cyprus H.E. Mr. Glafcos Clerides Czech Rep. H.E. Mr. Václav Havel Democratic People’s Rep. of Korea H.E. Mr. Kim Yong Nam Djibouti S.E. M. Ismail Omar Guelleh Dominican Rep. S.E. Sr. Hipólito Mejía Domínguez Ecuador S.E. Sr. Gustavo Noboa Bejarano El Salvador S.E. Sr. Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez

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Equatorial Guinea S.E. Sr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Eritrea H.E. Mr. Isaias Afwerki Finland H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen France S.E. M. Jacques Chirac Gabon S.E. El Hadj Omar Bongo Gambia H.E. Colonel (Rtd) Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh Georgia H.E. Mr. Eduard A. Shevardnadze Ghana H.E. Flt-Lt (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings Guatemala S.E. Sr. Alfonso Portillo Cabrera Guinea Bissau S.E. M. Kumba Yalá Guyana H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo Haiti S.E. M. René Préval Honduras S.E. Sr. Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé Hungary H.E. Mr. Ferenc Mádl Indonesia H.E. Mr. K. H. Abdurrahman Wahid Iran H.E. Mr. Seyed Mohammad Khatami Jordan H.M. King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein Kazakhstan H.E. Mr. Nursultan A. Nazarbaev Kenya H.E. The Hon. Daniel Toroitich arap Moi CGH, MP Kiribati H.E. Mr. Teburoro Tito Latvia H.E. Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga Lithuania H.E. Mr. Valdas Adamkus Madagascar S.E. M. Didier Ratsiraka Malawi H.E. Dr. Bakili Muluzi Maldives H.E. Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Mali S.E. M. Alpha Oumar Konaré Marshall Islands H.E. Mr. Kessai Note Mauritania S.E. M. Maaouya Ould Sid' Ahmed Taya Mexico S.E. Sr. Ernesto Zedillo Micronesia H.E. Mr. Leo A. Falcam Mongolia H.E. Mr. Natsagiyn Bagabandi Mozambique H.E. Mr. Joaquim Alberto Chissano Namibia H.E. Mr. Sam Nujoma Nauru H.E. The Hon. Bernard Dowiyogo Nicaragua S.E. Dr. Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo Nigeria H.E. Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo Norway H.M. King Harald V Peru S.E. Sr. Alberto Fujimori Fujimori Philippines H.E. Mr. Joseph E. Estrada Poland H.E. Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski Qatar H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Rep. of Korea H.E. Mr. Kim Dae-jung Rep. of Moldova H.E. Mr. Petru Lucinschi Romania S.E. M. Emil Constantinescu Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Vladimir V. Putin Rwanda S.E. M. Paul Kagame Saint Vincent and the Grenadines H.E. Mr. Charles Antrobus (Governor-General) San Marino H.E. Mrs. Maria Domenica Michelotti and H.E. Mr. Gian Marco Marcucci Sao Tome and Principe S.E. M. Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada Senegal S.E. M. Abdoulaye Wade Sierra Leone H.E. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Slovenia H.E. Mr. Milan Kucan Somalia H.E. Dr. Abdikassim Salad Hassan South Africa H.E. Mr. Thabo Mbeki Sudan H.E. Lieutenant General Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir Swaziland H.M. King Mswati III Tajikistan H.E. Mr. Emomali Rakhmonov The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia H.E. Mr. Boris Trajkovski Togo S.E. Le Général Gnassingbé Eyadéma Tunisia S.E. M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Turkey H.E. Mr. Ahmet Necdet Sezer Uganda H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Ukraine H.E. Mr. Leonid D. Kuchma United States H.E. Mr. William J. Clinton Uruguay S.E. Sr. Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Islam A. Karimov Venezuela S.E. Sr. Hugo Chávez Frías Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Tran Duc Luong Yemen H.E. Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh Zambia H.E. Mr. Frederick J.T. Chiluba Zimbabwe H.E. Mr. Robert G. Mugabe

Crown Princes

Monaco S.A.S. le Prince Albert du Monaco Morocco H.R.H. Prince Moulay Rachid Saudi Arabia H.R.H. Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud

Vice-Presidents

Brazil H.E. Mr. Marco Antonio de Oliveira Maciel Panama H.E. Mr. Arturo Vallarino, 1st Vice-President Paraguay H.E. Sr. Julio César Franco Suriname H.E. Mr. Jules Rattankoemar Ajodhia United Arab Emirates H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Mohammad Al-Sharqi

Heads of Government

Andorra S.E. M. Marc Forné Molné Antigua and Barbuda H.E. The Rt. Hon. Lester B. Bird Australia H.E. The Hon. John Howard, MP Bangladesh H.E. Sheikh Hasina Belgium S.E. M. Guy Verhofstadt Belize H.E. The Hon. Said Musa Bhutan H.E. Mr. Sangay Ngedup Cambodia S.E. M. Samdech Hun Sen Canada H.E. The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien Chad S.E. M. Nagoum Yamassoum Denmark H.E. Mr. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Dominica H.E. The Hon. Roosevelt Douglas Estonia H.E. Mr. Mart Siimann Ethiopia H.E. Mr. Meles Zenawi Germany H.E. Mr. Gerhard Schroeder Greece H.E. Mr. Costas Simitis Grenada H.E. The Hon. Dr. Keith C. Mitchell Guinea S.E. M. Lamine Sidimé Iceland H.E. Mr. David Oddsson India H.E. Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee Ireland H.E. Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D. Israel H.E. Mr. Ehud Barak Italy S.E. M. Giuliano Amato Jamaica H.E. The Rt. Hon. Percival James Patterson, PC, QC, MP Japan H.E. Mr. Yoshiro Mori Lesotho H.E. The Rt. Hon. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili Liechtenstein H.E. Dr. Mario Frick Malta H.E. The Hon. Dr. Edward Fenech Adami Nepal H.E. The Rt. Hon. Girija Prasad Koirala Netherlands H.E. Mr. Wim Kok New Zealand H.E. The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark Pakistan H.E. General Pervez Musharraf Papua New Guinea H.E. The Hon. Sir Mekere Morauta, Kt. MP Portugal H.E. Mr. Antonio Guterres Saint Lucia H.E. Dr. The Hon. Kenny D. Anthony Saint Kitts and Nevis H.E. The Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas Singapore H.E. Mr. Goh Chok Tong Slovakia H.E. Mr. MikulᚠDzurinda Spain S.E. Sr. Don José María Aznar Sweden H.E. Mr. Göran Persson Tonga H.R.H. Prince ‘Ulukalala Lavaka Ata Trinidad and Tobago H.E. The Hon. Basdeo Panday Tuvalu H.E. Mr. Ionatana Ionatana [pending admission to the UN] United Kingdom H.E. The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, M.P. Vanuatu H.E. The Hon. Barak T. Sope Maautamate

Highest Ranking Officials

Holy See His Eminence Angelo Cardinal Sodano, Prime Minister Switzerland H.E. Mr. Adolf Ogi, President of the Swiss Confederation Palestine H.E. Mr. Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority

Deputy Prime Ministers

Barbados H.E. The Hon. Billie Miller, MP (DPM/FM) Iraq H.E. Mr. Tariq Aziz Lao People’s Democratic Rep. S.E. M. Somsavat Lengsavad (DPM/FM) Luxembourg S.E. Mme Lydie Polfer (DPM/FM)

Ministers

Angola S.E. M. João Bernardo de Miranda (FM) Bahrain S.E. Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa (FM) Burundi S.E. M. Sévérin Ntahomvukiye Central African Rep. S.E. M. Marcel Metefara Côte d’Ivoire S.E. M. Charles Providence Gomis (FM)

Democratic Republic of the Congo S.E. M. Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi Egypt H.E. Mr. Amre Moussa (FM) Kuwait H.E. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (FM) Kyrgyzstan H.E. Mr. Muratbek C. Imanaliev (FM) Liberia H.E. Mr. Monie R. Captan (FM) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya H.E. Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalghem (FM) Malaysia H.E. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar (FM) Myanmar H.E. Mr. Win Aung (FM) Niger S.E. M. Sabo Nassirou (FM) Oman H.R.H. Sayyed Faisul Bin Ali Bin Faisul Al-Said (Minister for National Heritage and Culture) Sri Lanka H.E. The Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar, M.P. (FM) Syrian Arab Rep. H.E. Mr. Farouk Al-Shara' (FM) Thailand H.E. Mr. Surin Pitsuwan (FM) Turkmenistan H.E. Mr. Batyr Berdyev (FM) United Rep. of Tanzania H.E. The Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (FM)

Chairpersons of Delegations

Burkina Faso H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando (PR) Lebanon S.E. M. Sélim Tadmoury (PR) Mauritius H.E. Mr. Anund P. Neewoor (PR) Palau H.E. Mr. Hersey Kyota (Ambassador to USA) Samoa H.E. Tuiloma Neroni Slade (PR) Seychelles H.E. Mr. Claude Morel (PR) Solomon Islands Mr. Jeremiah Manele (Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)

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