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Millennium Summit  Press Release No: UNIS/GA/1675/Rev.1
Release Date:  7 September 2000
  List of Participants at General Assembly’s Millennium Summit, 6-8 September

 (Information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
 
 

NEW YORK, 5 September (UN Headquarters) -- 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 Republic:  H.E. Mr. Václav HavelDemocratic People’s
Republic of Korea: H.E. Mr. Kim Yong Nam
Djibouti: S.E. M. Ismail Omar Guelleh
Dominican Republic: S.E. Sr. Hipólito Mejía Domínguez
Ecuador: S.E. Sr. Gustavo Noboa Bejarano
El Salvador: S.E. Sr. Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez
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
Republic of Korea: H.E. Mr. Kim Dae-jung
Republic 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 Republic 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
Luxembourg: H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker
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
Saint Vincent and Grenadines: H.E. The Rt. Hon. Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, KCMG
Singapore: H.E. Mr. Goh Chok Tong
Slovakia: H.E. Mr. Mikuláš Dzurinda
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 Republic: 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)
Benin: S.E. M. Kolawolé A. Idji (FM)
Burundi:  S.E. M. Sévérin Ntahomvukiye
Central African Republic: 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 Republic:  H.E. Mr. Farouk Al-Shara' (FM)
Thailand:  H.E. Mr. Surin Pitsuwan (FM)
Turkmenistan:  H.E. Mr. Batyr Berdyev (FM)
United Republic of  Tanzania:  H.E. The Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (FM)

Chairpersons of Delegations

Burkina Faso: H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando (PR)
Fiji: H.E. Mr. Amraiya Naidu (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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*       Reissued to reflect further information.

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