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achived URL: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/24sept0...

event website URL: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/24sept0...

start date and time: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM

end date and time: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM

categories:   political   government   international

event description:

video webcast - click on link for individual country to view video -

United Nations General Debate of the 63rd Session, in New York City, featuring the following speakers:

SRI LANKA - H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

UKRAINE - H.E. Mr. Victor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine

PARAGUAY - H.E. Mr. Fernando Lugo Méndez, President of the Republic of Paraguay

GHANA - H.E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana

PORTUGAL - H.E. Mr. Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic

CHILE - H.E. Mrs. Michelle Bachelet Jeria, President of the Republic of Chile

SLOVENIA - H.E. Mr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - H.E. Mr. Leonel Fernández Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic

SENEGAL - H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal

MEXICO - H.E. Mr. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of the United Mexican States

AFGHANISTAN - H.E. Mr. Hâmid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

BURKINA FASO - H.E. Mr. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso

ISRAEL - H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel

CHINA - H.E. Mr. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

CUBA - H.E. Mr. José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of the Council of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba

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