The general debate of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly speaking schedule in the General Assembly Chamber in September, 2011 were as follows:
In addition to commenting on issues of individual national and wider international relevance, the speakers commented on the theme: "The role of mediation in the settlement of disputes by peaceful means." The theme is traditionally chosen by the President of the General Assembly, who proposes a theme of global relevant to the member states; in turn, the member states then approve of the matter and comment on it during the General Debate.
Morning schedule
– Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly – President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
Brazil – President Dilma Rousseff
United States – President Barack Obama
Qatar – Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Mexico – President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Kazakhstan – President Nursultan Nazarbayev
France – President Nicolas Sarkozy
Argentina – President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Lebanon – President Michel Sleiman
Republic of Korea – President Lee Myung-bak
Equatorial Guinea – President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Jordan – King King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein
Finland – President Tarja Halonen
Colombia – President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Nigeria – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
Estonia – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Switzerland – President Micheline Calmy-Rey
Afternoon session
Honduras – President Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Ukraine – President Viktor Yanukovych
Paraguay – President Fernando Lugo Méndez
Rwanda – President Paul Kagame
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Guyana – President Bharrat Jagdeo
Mongolia – President Elbegdorj Tsakhia
South Africa – President Jacob Zuma
Latvia – President Andris Bērziņš
Guatemala – President Álvaro Colom Caballeros
Senegal – President Abdoulaye Wade
Mozambique – President Armando Emilio Guebuza
Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai (scheduled)
Bolivia – President Evo Morales Ayma
Slovenia – President Danilo Türk
Chad – President Idriss Déby Itno (scheduled)
Morning schedule
Cyprus – President Demetris Christofias
Tanzania – President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Côte d'Ivoire – President Alassane Ouattara
Chile – President Sebastián Piñera Echeñique
Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Kyrgyzstan – President Roza Otunbaeva
Kuwait – Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron
European Union – President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy
Turkey – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Afternoon session
Poland = President Bronislaw Komorowski
Kenya – President Mwai Kibaki
Georgia – President Mikheil Saakashvili
Dominican Republic – President Leonel Fernández Reyna
Peru – President Ollanta Humala Tasso
Lithuania – President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Zimbabwe – President Robert Mugabe
Suriname – President Desiré Delano Bouterse
Gabon – President Ali Bongo Ondimba
Democratic Republic of Congo – President Joseph Kabila Kabange
Palau – President Johnson Toribiong
Costa Rica – President Laura Chinchilla Miranda (scheduled)
Croatia – President Ivo Josipović (scheduled)
Chad – President Idriss Déby Itno
Croatia – President Ivo Josipović
Costa Rica – President Laura Chinchilla Miranda
Report on the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Durban Review Conference – Prime Minister of Swaziland Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Special thanks to the permanent representatives of Monaco and Cameroon.
Australia – Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd
Afghanistan – Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul
Morning schedule
Ghana – President John Evans Atta Mills
Iraq – President Jalal Talabani
Czech Republic – President Václav Klaus
Turkmenistan – President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
El Salvador – President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
Sri Lanka – President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Djibouti – President Ismaël Omar Guelleh
Namibia – President Hifikepunye Pohamba
South Sudan – President Salva Kiir
Armenia – President Serzh Sargsyan
Palestine – Acting President Mahmoud Abbas
Japan – Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
Bhutan – Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigmi Yoser Thinley
Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Sweden – Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
Afternoon schedule
Hungary – President Pál Schmitt
Sierra Leone – President Ernest Bai Koroma
Serbia – President Boris Tadić
Guinea – President Alpha Condé
Eritrea – President Isaias Afwerki
Nauru – President Marcus Stephen
Niger – President Mahamadou Issoufou
Haiti – President Michel Joseph Martelly
Burundi – President Pierre Nkurunziza
Micronesia – President Emanuel Mori
Comoros – President Ikililou Dhoinine
Kiribati – President Anote Tong
Madagascar – President Andry Nirina Rajoelina
Portugal – Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (scheduled)
Fiji – Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama
Mali – Prime Minister Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
Swaziland – Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Grenada – Prime Minister Tillman Thomas
East Timor – President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Greece – Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis
Bulgaria – Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov
Morning schedule
Lesotho – Prime Minister Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Montenegro – Prime Minister Igor Lukšić
Slovakia – Prime Minister Iveta Radičová
India – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Guinea-Bissau – Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior
Tuvalu – Prime Minister Willy Telavi
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Nepal – Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai
Mauritius – Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Antigua and Barbuda – Winston Baldwin Spencer
Albania – Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Macedonia – Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
Bangladesh – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Barbados – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart
Malta – Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement – Foreign Minister Mohamed Kemal Ali Amer
Portugal – Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
Afternoon schedule
Cape Verde – Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves
Papua New Guinea – Prime Minister Peter O’Neill
Samoa – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Vanuatu – Prime Minister Meltek Sato Kilman Livtunvanu
Solomon Islands – Prime Minister Danny Philip
Tonga – Prime Minister Lord Tu’Ivakano of Nukunuku
Somalia – Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Togo – Prime Minister Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo
Austria – Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger
Luxembourg – Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn
Belgium – Acting Deputy Prime Minister Steven Vanackere
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Deputy Prime Minister Sam Terrence Condor
Italy – Foreign Minister Franco Frattini
Spain – Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez
Cameroon – Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi
Member states have the option to reply to comments on the day (or even to the days prior), but are limited to 10 minutes for the first response and five minutes for the second response.
On the day, Serbia used their Right of Reply in reaction to Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's comments about Kosovo in saying that it has now become an annual ritual on their part and also cited counter claims that Kosovan towns that are ethnically mixed are not stable in communal harmony, contrary to Berisha's claims; Albania duly responded (though the presiding Vice President mistakenly called for Armenia instead, only to realise the delegation was absent and the Albanians asked for clarification). For the second response, Serbia said that it had said all it wanted to and wished not to further the debate; Albania then responded in agreement.
Morning schedule
Syria – Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (scheduled)
Germany – Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle (scheduled)
Oman – Foreign Minister Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla (scheduled)
Morocco – Foreign Minister Taïb Fassi Fihri (scheduled)
People's Republic of China – Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (scheduled)
Laos – Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (scheduled)
Ethiopia – Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (scheduled)
Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette (scheduled)
Jamaica – Deputy Prime Minister Kenneth Baugh (scheduled)
Ireland – Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore (scheduled)
Cambodia – Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (scheduled)
Brunei Darussalam – Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah (scheduled)
Gambia – Vice President Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy (scheduled)
Uganda – Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi (scheduled)
Liberia – Vice President Joseph Boakai (scheduled)
Uruguay – Finance Minister Danilo Astori (scheduled)
Maldives – Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan (scheduled)
Botswana – Vice President Lieutenant General Mompati S. Merafhe
Maldives – Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan
Liberia – Vice President Joseph Boakai
Uruguay – Finance Minister Danilo Astori
Gambia – Vice President Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy
Uganda – Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi
Brunei Darussalam – Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah
Cambodia – Foreign Minister Hor Namhong
Ireland – Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore
Jamaica – Deputy Prime Minister Kenneth Baugh
Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette
Ethiopia – Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
Laos – Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith
People's Republic of China – Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
Morocco – Foreign Minister Taïb Fassi Fihri
Germany – Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle
Oman – Foreign Minister Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla
Syria – Foreign Minister Walid Muallem
Afternoon schedule
Angola – Foreign Minister Georges Rebelo Chikoti (scheduled)
Congo – Foreign Minister Basile Ikouebe (scheduled)
Nicaragua – Foreign Minister Samuel Santos López (scheduled)
Liechtenstein – Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick (scheduled)
Canada – Foreign Minister John Baird (scheduled)
Indonesia – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (scheduled)
Tunisia – Foreign Minister Mouldi Kefi (scheduled)
Sao Tome and Principe – Foreign Minister Manuel Salvador Dos Ramos (scheduled)
Sudan – Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti (scheduled)
Netherlands – Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal (scheduled)
Iceland – Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson (scheduled)
Monaco – Foreign Minister José Badia (scheduled)
Tajikistan – Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi (scheduled)
United Arab Emirates – Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (scheduled)
Algeria – Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci (scheduled)
Cuba – Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (scheduled)
Uzbekistan – Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiyev
Iceland – Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson
Algeria – Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci
United Arab Emirates – Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Tajikistan – Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi
Monaco – Foreign Minister José Badia
Cuba – Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
Netherlands – Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal
Sudan – Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti
Sao Tome and Principe – Foreign Minister Manuel Salvador dos Ramos
Tunisia – Foreign Minister Mouldi Kefi
Indonesia – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa
Canada – Foreign Minister John Baird
Liechtenstein – Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick
Nicaragua – Foreign Minister Samuel Santos López
Congo – Foreign Minister Basile Ikouebe
Angola – Foreign Minister Georges Rebelo Chikoti
Marshall Islands – Foreign Minister John M. Silk
Central African Republic – Foreign Minister Antoine Gambi
Trinidad and Tobago – Foreign Minister Surujrattan Rambachan
Andorra – Foreign Minister Gilbert Saboya Sunyé
Saudi Arabia – Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal (scheduled)
In response to the UAE's claims regarding three disputed islands, the representative of Iran stated that the islands were an eternal part of Iranian territory and under Iran's sovereignty. Regarding the name of the sea between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, the representative of Iran said that the use of any name other than the Persian Gulf was illegitimate and void. Iran cited agreements in 1971 and said that it was willing to work bilaterally with officials of the UAE to ease "misunderstandings."
Egypt responded to Canada's "utterly false allegations," in which Baird said "Copts [were] being assaulted and killed in Egypt." The Egyptian delegate countered this by citing that since the 2011 Egyptian revolution Copts and Muslims in Egypt stood together and that no church had been trespassed on since then. He also accused Canada of hypocrisy in claiming to stand above such notions.
The UAE then responded to Iran's reply, saying that Iran's allegations were "false" and "illegal," which are "annually repeated in this hall." The UAE said that they had documents to the contrary and that there was no other option but to return them to Emirati sovereignty. The delegate also accused Iran of changing the demographics of the islands.
Morning schedule
Mauritania – Foreign Minister Hamady Ould Hamady
San Marino – Foreign Minister Antonella Mularoni
Singapore – Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam
Belarus – Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov
Yemen – Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi
Russia – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Belize – Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington
Burkina Faso – Foreign Minister Djibrill Ypènè Bassolé
Myanmar – Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin
Viet Nam – Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh
Azerbaijan – Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
Malaysia – Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman
Malawi – Foreign Minister Arthur Peter Mutharika
Thailand – Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul
Benin – Foreign Minister Nassirou Bako Arifari
Holy See – Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Dominique Mamberti
Afternoon schedule
Venezuela – Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro Moros
Pakistan – Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar
Zambia – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Lucy Mungoma (scheduled)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea – Deputy Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon
Romania – Deputy Foreign Minister Romulus Doru Costea
Panama – Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Alvarez de Soto
Norway – Deputy Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide
Zambia – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Lucy Mungoma
Republic of Moldova – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Alexandru Cujba
Ecuador – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Francisco Carrión-Mena
New Zealand – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Jim McLay
Dominica – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Vince Henderson (scheduled)
New Zealand – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Jim McLay (scheduled)
Final schedule
Philippines – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Libran N. Cabactulan
Ecuador – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Francisco Carrión-Mena (scheduled)
Dominica – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Vince Henderson
Saint Lucia – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Donatus Keith St. Aimee
Denmark – Permanent Representative to the U.N. Carsten Staur
– 66th Session of the UNGA – President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (closing remarks)
Sri Lanka replied to Canada's comments about an initiative for dialogue between the two parties to its civil war at the UN Human Rights Council. Sri Lanka said that it was "deeply anguished" and accused Canada of "selective application" of principles.
Armenia responded to Azerbaijan's comments about Armenian aggression on their sovereignty saying that Azerbaijan's comments were "propaganda" akin to that of the Cold War. They cited other measures of negotiations such as that of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation representative at the Minsk group that is attempting to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenia said that Azerbaijan is "preaching adherence to international law" while it "single-handedly misinterpreted" statements by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. They then accused Azerbaijan of having first used force against the "peaceful" expressions of Armenians in NKO and that the statement of the removal of Azeris from NKO and Armenia proper was not true "simply because they had never been there." They similarly accused Azerbaijan of fabricating the number of refugees as 1,000,000 because it does not exist on any international reports and that they are instead deluding their public. Armenia finally added that it was intent on resolving the dispute.
Azerbaijan then responded to Armenia's reply in saying that it was another "testament" to Armenia's "disregard of international law." It counter-accused Armenia of carrying out aggression and ethnic cleansing, as well as blaming them for a "racist ideology" yet criticising and lecturing Azerbaijan. It also reiterated claims of Armenia creating a "monoculture" with the alleged expulsions of Azeris from both Armenia proper and NKO and that there has been intensified attacks in the previous month and an "unprecedented" increase in hate rhetoric with Armenia's historical memory that could to destabilise the region. Azerbaijan finally added that its "territorial integrity" had to be respected; and that Armenia's "destructive agenda" would never be obliged, while Armenia must denounce its claims against its neighbours and act in a more civilised manner.
