General debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
General Debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly | ||||
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Venue(s) | General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters | |||
Cities | New York City, United States | |||
Participants | United Nations Member States | |||
President | Ali Abdussalam Treki | |||
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The General Debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the first debate of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 23–29 September 2009. Leaders from a number of member states addressed the General Assembly.
Organisation
The speaking order of the General Debate is different from the speaking order of other General Assembly debates. For the General Debate, the Secretary-General speaks first delivering their "Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, " they are then followed by: the President of the General Assembly who opens the General Debate, the delegate from Brazil and the Delegate from the United States of America. After this, the order is first given to Member States, then Observer States and supranational bodies. For all other Member States, the speaking order is based on their level of representation at the General Debate, order preference and other criteria such as geographic balance.[1][2]
According to the rules in place for the General Debate, statements should be made in one of the United Nations' official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and are translated by United Nations translators. Additionally, speakers are usually limited to a 15-minute time limit in order to comply with the schedule set up by the General Committee. Member States are also advised to provide 350 paper copies of their statements in order for them to be distributed to other Member States, as well as to translation services.[1]
The theme for the 64th Session was chosen by President Ali Abdussalam Treki as: "Effective responses to global crises: strengthening multilateralism and dialogue among civilizations for international peace, security and development."[3]
Speaking schedule
23 September
Morning session [4][5]
United Nations – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization)
United Nations – President of the 64th session of the General Assembly Ali Abdussalam Treki (Opening)
Brazil – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
United States – President Barack Obama
Libya – Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi
Uganda – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Qatar – Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Turkmenistan – President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Chile – President Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Uruguay – President Tabaré Vázquez
Algeria – President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Republic of Korea – President Lee Myung-bak
France – President Nicolas Sarkozy
Sweden – Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
Italy – President of the Council of Ministers Silvio Berlusconi
UK – Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Afternoon session [4][6]
Argentina – President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Tajikistan – President Emomali Rahmon
China – President Hu Jintao
Monaco – Prince Albert II
Colombia – President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Russian Federation – President Dmitry Medvedev
South Africa – President Jacob Zuma
Czech Republic – President Václav Klaus
El Salvador – President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
Equatorial Guinea – President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Dominican Republic – President Leonel Fernández Reyna
Iran (Islamic Republic of) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – President Evo Morales Ayma
Ukraine – President Victor Yushchenko
Poland – President Lech Kaczyński
Australia – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
24 September
Morning session [4][7]
Comoros – President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
Ghana – President John Evans Atta Mills
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Rwanda – President Paul Kagame
Lithuania – President Dalia Grybauskaite
Cyprus – President Demetris Christofias
Sao Tome and Principe – President Fradique Bandeira melo de Menezes
Sierra Leone – President Ernest Bai Koroma
Panama – President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
Switzerland – President Hans-Rudolf Merz
Spain – Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Japan – Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Turkey – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Afternoon session [4][8]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) – President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
Slovenia – President Danilo Türk
Guyana – President Bharrat Jagdeo
Costa Rica – President Óscar Arias Sánchez
United Republic of Tanzania – President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Latvia – President Valdis Zatlers
Malawi – President Bingu Wa Mutharika
Iraq – President Jalal Talabani
Gambia (Republic of The) – President Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh
Paraguay – President Fernando Lugo Méndez
Maldives – President Mohamed Nasheed
Guatemala – President Álvaro Colom Caballeros
Haiti – President René Préval
Senegal – President Abdoulaye Wade
Finland – President Tarja Halonen
Zambia – President Rupiah Bwezani Banda
Croatia – President Stjepan Mesić
Marshall Islands – President Litokwa Tomeing
Malta – Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Georgia – President Mikheil Saakashvili
25 September
Morning session [4][9]
Zimbabwe – President Robert Mugabe
Nauru – President Marcus Stephen
Palau – President Johnson Toribiong
Estonia – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Côte d’Ivoire – President Laurent Gbagbo
Burkina Faso – President Blaise Compaoré
Lebanon – President Michel Sleiman
Somalia – President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Macedonia – President Gjorge Ivanov
Dominica – President Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool
Kiribati – President Anote Tong
Pakistan – President Asif Ali Zardari
Palestine (State of) – President Mahmoud Abbas
Antigua and Barbuda – Prime Minister Winston Baldwin Spencer
Kuwait – Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al-Sab
Mauritius – Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Afternoon session [4][10]
Serbia – President Boris Tadić
Micronesia (Federated States of) – President Emanuel Mori
Congo – President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Swaziland – Head of State Mswati III
Mongolia – President Elbegdorj Tsakhia
Cameroon – President Paul Biya
Viet Nam – President Nguyen Minh Triet
Suriname – Vice-President Ramdien Sardjoe
Liberia – Vice-President Joseph Boakai
Kenya – Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga
New Zealand – Prime Minister John Key
Montenegro – Prime Minister Milo Đukanović
Central African Republic – Prime Minister Faustin Archange Touadera
Vanuatu – Prime Minister Edward Nipake Natapei
Luxembourg – Deputy Prime Minister Jean Asselborn
Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister Theodore Brent Symonette
Solomon Islands – Deputy Prime Minister Fredrick Fono
Kazakhstan – Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev
Benin – Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Marie Ehouzou
Philippines – Secretary for Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo
Azerbaijan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov
Gabon – Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul Toungui
26 September
Morning session [4][11]
Burundi – Vice-President Gabriel Ntisezerana
Thailand – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Netherlands – Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Kyrgyzstan – Prime Minister Igor Chudinov
Tuvalu – Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia
Trinidad and Tobago – Prime Minister Patrick Manning
Samoa – Prime Minister Tuila'epa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
Bangladesh – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
Lesotho – Prime Minister Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Nepal – Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal
Tonga – Prime Minister Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele
Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith
Egypt – Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Jordan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh
Slovakia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák
Morocco – Minister for Foreign Affairs Taïb Fassi Fihri
Afternoon session [4][12]
Albania – Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Fiji – Prime Minister Josaia Bainimarama
Guinea-Bissau – Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior
Sri Lanka – Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake
Cambodia – Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong
Jamaica – Deputy Prime Minister Kenneth Baugh
Austria – Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger
United Arab Emirates – Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Belgium – Minister for Foreign Affairs Yves Leterme
India – Minister of External Affairs S. M. Krishna
Bulgaria – Minister for Foreign Affairs Rumiana Jeleva
Iceland – Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson
Belarus – Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergei Martynov
Ethiopia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin
Romania – Minister for Foreign Affairs Cristian Diaconescu
Brunei Darussalam – Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed Bolkiah
Liechtenstein – Minister for Foreign Affairs Aurelia Frick
Canada – Minister for Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon
Andorra – Minister for Foreign Affairs Xavier Espot Miró
Rights of Reply
Islamic Republic of Iran
The delegation of Iran used its right of reply to place on record their position on two issues. First, it responded to claims by various delegations, in particular the delegations of the Netherlands, Slovakia, Austria and Canada, in regards to its nuclear program. Iran stated that its nuclear activities have always been for peaceful purposes, and that they have always observed their legal obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It further stated that more attention should be paid to "un-safeguarded and secretive nuclear weapons installations of the Zionist regime."[12]
Secondly, it responded to the United Arab Emirates regarding its territorial integrity and the sovereignty of three islands in the Persian Gulf, namely Bu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb. These islands are claimed by the United Arab Emirates, and in their General Assembly speech called for their return. Iran, however, considers these islands to be an integral part of Iranian territory. It stated that all actions taken on these islands have been in exercise of its sovereign rights.[12][13]
Serbia
The delegation of Serbia used its right of reply to respond to statements made by the Prime Minister of the Albania, Sali Berisha. In his speech before the Assembly, the Prime Minister added his support to the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He also urged Member States to recognize Kosovo and uphold General Assembly Resolution 49/204, which called for an end to human rights violations against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, as well as the establishment of democratic institutions in Kosovo.[14][15]
Serbia responded by denouncing Mr. Berisha's attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other United Nations Member States. Serbia also stated that his remarks were deplorable, especially when the legality of Kosovo's secession was being considered by the International Court of Justice. Finally, Serbia stated that, contrary to Mr. Berisha's statements, inter-ethnic tensions in Kosovo have not been reduced, but rather "frozen in uneasy expectation."[12]
United Arab Emirates
The delegation of the United Arab Emirates used its right of reply to respond to statements made in the right of reply of the Islamic Republic of Iran. HH. Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan re-emphasized that the United Arab Emirates considers Bu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb as integral parts of Emirati territory and called upon Iran to engage in unconditional, serious and direct bilateral negotiations in order reach a final outcome of the dispute. He also suggested that, if no resolution could be found, the case be sent to the International Court of Justice for a legal opinion.[12]
Albania
The delegation of Albania used its right of reply to respond to statements made in the right of reply of Serbia. Albania stated that the Republic of Kosovo was an undeniable reality, and that it would one day finally achieve its independence. While agreeing that the issue was still divisive, the delegation pointed out that the number of countries recognizing Kosovo has only increased. Finally, the delegation stated that it reserves the right to advocate for the independence of Kosovo as a neighboring state that could be possibly affected by any conflicts over the region.[12]
28 September
Morning session [4][16]
San Marino – Minister for Foreign Affairs Antonella Mularoni
Namibia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Marco Hausiku
Peru – Minister for Foreign Affairs José Antonio García Belaúnde
Myanmar – Prime Minister Thein Sein
Mexico – Secretary for Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
Bahrain – Minister for Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Alkhalifa
Cuba – Minister for Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
Tunisia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah
Eritrea – Minister for Foreign Affairs Osman Mohammed Saleh
Syrian Arab Republic – Minister for Foreign Affairs Walid Al-Moualem
Niger – Minister for Foreign Affairs Aichatou Mindaoudou
Sudan – Acting Foreign Minister Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Democratic Republic of the Congo – Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexis Thambwe Mwamba
Oman – Minister for Foreign Affairs Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdullah
Belize – Attorney General Wilfred Elrington
Singapore – Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo
Hungary – Minister for Foreign Affairs Péter Balázs
Bhutan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering
Afternoon session [4][17]
Mauritania – Minister for Foreign Affairs Naha Mint Mouknass
Ireland – Minister of State Peter Power
Yemen – Minister for Foreign Affairs Abubakr Al-Qirbi
Uzbekistan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Norov
Mozambique – Minister for Foreign Affairs Oldemiro Marques Baloi
Armenia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian
Barbados – Minister for Foreign Affairs Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean
Chad – Minister for Foreign Affairs Moussa Faki Mahamat
Guinea – Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cécé Loua
Saint Lucia – Minister of External Affairs Rufus George Bousquet
Ecuador – Minister for Foreign Affairs Fander Falconi
Angola – Minister of External Affairs Assunçaõ Afonso dos Anjos
Timor-Leste – Minister for Foreign Affairs Zacarias Albano Da Costa
Malaysia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Anifah Aman
Afghanistan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ
Nigeria – Minister for Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe
Honduras – Minister for Foreign Affairs Patricia Isabel Rodas Baca
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Pak Kil Yon
Portugal – Secretary for Foreign Affairs João Gomes Cravinho
Germany – Chairman Thomas Matussek
29 September
Morning session [4][18]
Grenada – Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Peter David
Papua New Guinea – Minister of External Affairs Samuel Abal
Nicaragua – Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Santos López
Norway – Minister for Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
Indonesia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirajuda
Djibouti – Permanent Representative Roble Olhaye
Cabo Verde – Chair of the Delegation Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Chair of the Delegation Camillo Gonsalves
Republic of Moldova – Chair of the Delegation Alexandru Cujba
Greece – Chair of the Delegation Anastassis Mitsialis
Denmark – Chair of the Delegation Carsten Staur
Seychelles – Chair of the Delegation Ronald Jean Jumeau
Togo – Chair of the Delegation Kodjo Menan
Mali – Chair of the Delegation Oumar Daou
Botswana – Chair of the Delegation Charles Thembani Ntwaaggae
Holy See – Archbishop Celestino Migliore
United Nations – President of the 64th session of the General Assembly Ali Abdussalam Treki (Closing)
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