List of delegates to the Millennium Summit
The Millennium Summit was a meeting among several world leaders that took place from September 6–8, 2000 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City in order to discuss the role of the United Nations in the turn of the 21st century. Over 150 heads of state, heads of government, crown princes, vice presidents, deputy prime ministers, and other delegates attended, making this summit the largest gathering of world leaders as of the year 2000.
The Millennium Summit was hosted by the United States and jointly presided over by President of Finland Tarja Halonen and President of Namibia Sam Nujoma.
Delegations[]
Country | Delegate | Title | Notes |
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Afghanistan | Burhanuddin Rabbani | President of Afghanistan | |
Albania | Rexhep Meidani | President of Albania | |
Algeria | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President of Algeria | |
Andorra | Marc Forné Molné | Prime Minister of Andorra | |
Angola | João Bernardo de Miranda | Minister of External Relations | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Lester Bird | Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda | |
Argentina | Fernando de la Rúa | President of Argentina | |
Armenia | Robert Kocharyan | President of Armenia | |
Australia | John Howard | Prime Minister of Australia | |
Austria | Thomas Klestil | Federal President of Austria | |
Azerbaijan | Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev | President of Azerbaijan | |
Bahamas | Orville Turnquest | Prime Minister of the Bahamas | |
Bahrain | Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain | |
Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | President of Bangladesh | |
Barbados | Billie Miller | Deputy prime minister | |
Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | President of Belarus | |
Belgium | Guy Verhofstadt | Prime Minister of Belgium | |
Belize | Said Musa | Prime Minister of Belize | |
Benin | Mathieu Kérékou | President of Benin | |
Bhutan | Sangay Ngedup | Prime Ministers of Bhutan | |
Bolivia | Hugo Banzer | President of Bolivia | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alija Izetbegović | Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Botswana | Festus G. Mogae | President of Botswana | |
Brazil | Marco Maciel | Vice President of Brazil | |
Brunei Darussalam | Hassanal Bolkiah | Sultan of Brunei | |
Bulgaria | Petar Stoyanov | President of Bulgaria | |
Burkina Faso | Michel Kafando | Chairperson of delegation | |
Burundi | Severin Ntahomvukiye | Minister | |
Cambodia | Hun Sen | Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
Cameroon | Paul Biya | President of Cameroon | |
Canada | Jean Chrétien | Prime Minister of Canada | |
Cape Verde | António Mascarenhas Monteiro | President of Cape Verde | |
Central African Republic | Marcel Metefara | Minister | |
Chad | Nagoum Yamassoum | Head of government | |
Chile | Ricardo Lagos Escobar | President of Chile | |
China | Jiang Zemin | President of the People's Republic of China | |
Colombia | Andrés Pastrana Arango | President of Colombia | |
Comoros | Azali Assoumani | Head of state | |
Republic of the Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso | President of the Republic of the Congo | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi | Minister | |
Costa Rica | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría | President of Costa Rica | |
Côte d'Ivoire | Charles Gomis | Minister | |
Croatia | Stjepan Mesić | President of Croatia | |
Cuba | Fidel Castro Ruz | President of Cuba | |
Cyprus | Glafcos Clerides | President of Cyprus | |
Czech Republic | Václav Havel | President of the Czech Republic | |
Denmark | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Head of government | |
Djibouti | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | President of Djibouti | |
Dominica | Roosevelt Douglas | Head of government | |
Dominican Republic | Hipólito Mejía Domínguez | Head of state | |
Ecuador | Gustavo Noboa Bejarano | Head of state | |
Egypt | Amr Moussa | Minister | |
El Salvador | Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez | Head of state | |
Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Head of state | |
Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki | Head of state | |
Estonia | Mart Siimann | Head of government | |
Ethiopia | Meles Zenawi | Head of government | |
Finland | Tarja Halonen | Head of state | Co-Chair of the Summit |
France | Jacques Chirac | President of the French Republic | |
Gabon | El Hadj Omar Bongo | Head of state | |
Gambia | Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh | Head of state | |
Georgia | Eduard A. Shevardnadze | Head of state | |
Germany | Gerhard Schroeder | Chancellor of Germany | |
Ghana | Jerry John Rawlings | Head of state | |
Greece | Costas Simitis | Prime Minister of Greece | |
Grenada | Keith Mitchell | Head of government | |
Guatemala | Alfonso Portillo Cabrera | President of Guatemala | |
Guinea | Lamine Sidimé | Head of government | |
Guinea Bissau | Kumba Yalá | Head of state | |
Guyana | Bharrat Jagdeo | Head of state | |
Haiti | René Préval | Head of state | |
Holy See | Angelo Sodano | Highest-ranking official | |
Honduras | Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé | Head of state | |
Hungary | Ferenc Mádl | Head of state | |
Iceland | Davíð Oddsson | Head of government | |
India | Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister of India | |
Indonesia | K. H. Abdurrahman Wahid | President of Indonesia | |
Iran | Seyed Mohammad Khatami | President of Iran | |
Iraq | Tariq Aziz | Deputy prime minister | |
Ireland | Bertie Ahern | Taoiseach | |
Israel | Ehud Barak | Prime Minister of Israel | |
Italy | Giuliano Amato | Prime Minister of Italy | |
Jamaica | James Patterson | Head of government | |
Japan | Yoshirō Mori | Prime Minister of Japan | |
Jordan | Abdullah II of Jordan | Head of state | |
Kazakhstan | Nursultan Nazarbayev | President of Kazakhstan | |
Kenya | Daniel arap Moi | President of Kenya | |
Kiribati | Teburoro Tito | President of Kiribati | |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Kim Yong Nam | Head of state | Did not attend - see below |
Republic of Korea | Kim Dae-jung | President of the Republic of Korea | |
Kuwait | Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Minister | |
Kyrgyzstan | Muratbek Imanaliyev | Minister | |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | Somsavat Lengsavad | Deputy prime minister | |
Latvia | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | Head of state | |
Lebanon | Sélim Tadmoury | Chairperson of delegation | |
Lesotho | Pakalitha Mosisili | Head of government | |
Liberia | Monie Captan | Minister | |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Abdel Rahman Shalgham | Minister | |
Liechtenstein | Mario Frick | Head of Government | |
Lithuania | Valdas Adamkus | Head of state | |
Luxembourg | Mme. Lydie Polfer | Deputy prime minister | |
Macedonia | Boris Trajkovski | Head of state | |
Madagascar | Didier Ratsiraka | President of Madagascar | |
Malawi | Bakili Muluzi | President of Malawi | |
Malaysia | Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar | Minister | |
Maldives | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | President of the Maldives | |
Mali | Alpha Oumar Konaré | President of Mali | |
Malta | Edward Fenech Adami | Head of government | |
Marshall Islands | Kessai Note | President of the Marshall Islands | |
Mauritania | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | President of Mauritania | |
Mauritius | Anund P. Neewoor | Chairperson of delegation | |
Mexico | Ernesto Zedillo | President of the United Mexican States | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | Leo A. Falcam | President of the Federated States of Micronesia | |
Republic of Moldova | Petru Lucinschi | President of Moldova | |
Monaco | Albert II | Crown Prince of Monaco | |
Mongolia | Natsagiin Bagabandi | Head of state | |
Morocco | Moulay Rachid | ||
Mozambique | Joaquim Alberto Chissano | President of Mozambique | |
Myanmar | Win Aung | Minister | |
Namibia | Sam Nujoma | President of Namibia | Co-Chair of the Summit |
Nauru | Bernard Dowiyogo | President of Nauru | |
Nepal | Girija Prasad Koirala | Head of government | |
Netherlands | Wim Kok | Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
New Zealand | Helen Clark | Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
Nicaragua | Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo | President of Nicaragua | |
Niger | Nassirou Sabo | Minister | |
Nigeria | Olusegun Obasanjo | President of Nigeria | |
Norway | Harald V | King of Norway | |
Oman | Sayyid Faisal Bin Ali Bin Faisal Al-Said | Minister | |
Pakistan | Pervez Musharraf | Chief Executive of Pakistan | |
Palau | Hersey Kyota | Chairperson of delegation | |
Palestinian National Authority | Yasser Arafat | President of the Palestinian National Authority | |
Panama | Arturo Vallarino | Vice President of Panama | |
Papua New Guinea | Mekere Morauta | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea | |
Paraguay | Julio César Franco | Vice President of Paraguay | |
Peru | Alberto Fujimori | President of Peru | |
Philippines | Joseph Estrada | President of the Philippines | |
Poland | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | President of Poland | |
Portugal | António Guterres | Prime Minister of Portugal | |
Qatar | Hamad bin Khalifa | Emir of Qatar | |
Romania | Emil Constantinescu | President of Romania | |
Russian Federation | Vladimir Putin | President of the Russian Federation | |
Rwanda | Paul Kagame | President of Rwanda | |
Saint Lucia | Kenny Anthony | Head of government | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Denzil Douglas | Head of government | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Charles Antrobus | Head of state | |
Samoa | Tuiloma Neroni Slade | Chairperson of delegation | |
San Marino | Maria Domenica Michelotti Gian Marco Marcucci |
Captains Regent of San Marino | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Miguel Trovoada | President of São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud | Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia | |
Senegal | Abdoulaye Wade | President of Senegal | |
Seychelles | Claude Morel | Chairperson of delegation | |
Sierra Leone | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | President of Sierra Leone | |
Singapore | Goh Chok Tong | Prime Minister of Singapore | |
Slovakia | Mikuláš Dzurinda | Prime Minister of Slovakia | |
Slovenia | Milan Kučan | President of Slovenia | |
Solomon Islands | Jeremiah Manele | Chairperson of delegation | |
Somalia | Abdiqasim Salad Hassan | President of Somalia | |
South Africa | Jacob Zuma | Deputy President of South Africa | |
Spain | José María Aznar | President of the Government of Spain | |
Sri Lanka | Lakshman Kadirgamar | Minister | |
Sudan | Omar al-Bashir | President of Sudan | |
Suriname | Jules Ajodhia | Vice President of Suriname | |
Swaziland | Mswati III | King of Swaziland | |
Sweden | Göran Persson | Prime Minister of Sweden | |
Switzerland | Adolf Ogi | Highest-ranking official | |
Syrian Arab Republic | Farouk Al-Shara' | Minister | |
United Republic of Tanzania | Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | Minister | |
Tajikistan | Emomali Rakhmonov | President of Tajikistan | |
Thailand | Surin Pitsuwan | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand | |
Togo | Gnassingbé Eyadéma | President of Togo | |
Tonga | 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata | Head of government | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Basdeo Panday | Head of government | |
Tunisia | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | President of Tunisia | |
Turkey | Ahmet Necdet Sezer | President of Turkey | |
Turkmenistan | Batyr Berdiýew | Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan | |
Tuvalu | Ionatana Ionatana | Prime Minister of Tuvalu | |
Uganda | Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | President of Uganda | |
Ukraine | Leonid Kuchma | President of Ukraine | |
United Arab Emirates | Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Vice President of the United Arab Emirates | |
United Kingdom | Tony Blair | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
United States | Bill Clinton | President of the United States | Host Country of the Summit |
Uruguay | Jorge Batlle Ibáñez | President of Uruguay | |
Uzbekistan | Islam Karimov | President of Uzbekistan | |
Vanuatu | Barak Sopé | Prime Minister of Vanuatu | |
Venezuela | Hugo Chávez | President of Venezuela | |
Vietnam | Trần Đức Lương | President of Vietnam | |
Yemen | Ali Abdullah Saleh | President of Yemen | |
Zambia | Frederick Chiluba | President of Zambia | |
Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe | President of Zimbabwe | |
Kofi Annan | United Nations Secretary-General |
Co-chairs as Finland and Namibia[]
The President of Finland Tarja Halonen and the President of Namibia Sam Nujoma co-chaired the Millennium Summit. This was due to the Presidency over the General Assembly of Theo-Ben Gurirab in the and that of Harri Holkeri in the fifty-fifth session. Therefore, the Heads of state of Finland and Namibia were chosen to preside over the summit.[3]
Delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[]
Kim Yong Nam, Head of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, cancelled his visit to the Millennium Summit after an incident at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany. He and his fellow diplomats were subjected to inspection by American Airlines officials. The diplomats claimed diplomatic immunity, which can free them from any law enforcement while visiting other countries.[4][5]
Delegation of Tuvalu[]
Tuvalu was admitted to the United Nations the day before the Millennium Summit began, on September 5, 2000. This country was accepted as the 189th member of the United Nations, signifying Tuvalu's major development since its independence in 1978.[6]
See also[]
- List of foreign ministers in 2000
- List of state leaders in 2000
- Millennium Summit
- United Nations member states
References[]
- ^ "List of participants at General Assembly's Millennium Summit, 6–8 September". 2000-09-05. Archived from the original on January 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "Millennium Summit Group Photo - List of Participants". Archived from the original on 2000-10-18. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ Nujoma, Sam (2000-09-06). Statement by H.E. Dr. Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia in his capacity as co-chairman of the Millennium Summit on the occasion of the official opening of the Millennium Summit (Speech). United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "SG/SM/7531 - Secretary-General regrets decision by Democratic People's Republic of Korea not to attend Millennium Summit following airport incident" (Press release). United Nations Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan. 2000-09-05. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Garrett (2000-09-06). "North Korea complains of rude treatment, cancels trip to U.N. Millennium Summit". CNN.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-29. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
- ^ "Millennium Assembly elects Harri Holkeri (Finland) President, Admits Tuvalu as 189th United Nations Member State". Science Blog. 2000-09-05. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
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