List of delegates to the Millennium Summit

The Millennium Summit was a meeting among several world leaders that took place from September 6 to September 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

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Bahamas
Orville Turnquest
Head of state
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Bahrain
Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Minister
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Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina
Head of government
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Barbados
Billie Miller
Deputy prime minister
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Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko
Head of state
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Belgium
Guy Verhofstadt
Head of government
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Belize
Said Musa
Head of government
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Benin
Mathieu Kérékou
Head of state
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Bhutan
Sangay Ngedup
Head of government
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Bolivia
Hugo Banzer Suárez
Head of state
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alija Izetbegovic
Head of state
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Botswana
Festus G. Mogae
Head of state
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Brazil
Marco Maciel
Vice president
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Brunei Darussalam
Hassanal Bolkiah
Head of state
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Bulgaria
Petar Stoyanov
Head of state
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Burkina Faso
Michel Kafando
Chairperson of delegation
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Burundi
Severin Ntahomvukiye
Minister
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Cambodia
Hun Sen
Head of government
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Cameroon
Paul Biya
Head of state
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Canada
Jean Chrétien
Head of government
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Cape Verde
António Mascarenhas Monteiro
Head of state
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Central African Republic
Marcel Metefara
Minister
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Chad
Nagoum Yamassoum
Head of government
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Chile
Ricardo Lagos Escobar
Head of state
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China
Jiang Zemin
Head of state
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Colombia
Andrés Pastrana Arango
Head of state
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Comoros
Azali Assoumani
Head of state
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Republic of the Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Head of state
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi
Minister
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Costa Rica
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
Head of state
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Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire
Minister
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Croatia
Stjepan Mesic
Head of state
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Cuba
Fidel Castro Ruz
Head of state
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Cyprus
Glafcos Clerides
Head of state
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Czech Republic
Václav Havel
Head of state
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Denmark
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Head of government
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Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Head of state
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Dominica
Roosevelt Douglas
Head of government
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Dominican Republic
Hipólito Mejía Domínguez
Head of state
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Ecuador
Gustavo Noboa Bejarano
Head of state
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Egypt
Amr Moussa
Minister
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El Salvador
Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez
Head of state
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Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Head of state
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Eritrea
Isaias Afwerki
Head of state
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Estonia
Mart Siimann
Head of government
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Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi
Head of government
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Finland
Tarja Halonen
Head of state
Co-Chair of the Summit
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France
Jacques Chirac
Head of state
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Gabon
El Hadj Omar Bongo
Head of state
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Gambia
Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh
Head of state
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Georgia
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Head of state
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Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Head of government
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Ghana
Jerry John Rawlings
Head of state
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Greece
Costas Simitis
Head of government
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Grenada
Keith Mitchell
Head of government
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Guatemala
Alfonso Portillo Cabrera
Head of state
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Guinea
Lamine Sidimé
Head of government
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Guinea Bissau
Kumba Yalá
Head of state
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Guyana
Bharrat Jagdeo
Head of state
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Haiti
René Préval
Head of state
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Holy See
Angelo Cardinal Sodano
Highest ranking official
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Honduras
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé
Head of state
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Hungary
Ferenc Mádl
Head of state
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Iceland
David Oddsson
Head of government
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India
Atal Behari Vajpayee
Head of government
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Indonesia
K. H. Abdurrahman Wahid
Head of state
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Iran
Seyed Mohammad Khatami
Head of government
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Iraq
Tariq Aziz
Deputy prime minister
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Ireland
Bertie Ahern
Head of government
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Israel
Ehud Barak
Head of government
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Italy
Giuliano Amato
Head of government
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Jamaica
James Patterson
Head of government
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Japan
Yoshiro Mori
Head of government
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Jordan
Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein
Head of state
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Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Head of state
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Kenya
Daniel arap Moi
Head of state
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Kiribati
Teburoro Tito
Head of state
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Kim Yong Nam
Head of state
Did not attend - see below
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Republic of Korea
Kim Dae-jung
Head of state
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Kuwait
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Minister
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Kyrgyzstan
Muratbek Imanaliyev
Minister
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
Somsavat Lengsavad
Deputy prime minister
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Latvia
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Head of state
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Lebanon
Sélim Tadmoury
Chairperson of delegation
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Lesotho
Pakalitha Mosisili
Head of government
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Liberia
Monie Captan
Minister
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Abdel Rahman Shalgham
Minister
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Liechtenstein
Mario Frick
Head of Government
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Lithuania
Valdas Adamkus
Head of state
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Luxembourg
Mme. Lydie Polfer
Deputy prime minister
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Macedonia
Boris Trajkovski
Head of state
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Madagascar
Didier Ratsiraka
Head of state
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Malawi
Bakili Muluzi
Head of state
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Malaysia
Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Minister
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Maldives
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Head of state
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Mali
Alpha Oumar Konaré
Head of state
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Malta
Edward Fenech Adami
Head of government
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Marshall Islands
Kessai Note
Head of state
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Mauritania
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Head of state
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Mauritius
Anund P. Neewoor
Chairperson of delegation
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Mexico
Ernesto Zedillo
Head of state
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Micronesia
Leo A. Falcam
Head of state
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Republic of Moldova
Petru Lucinschi
Head of state
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Monaco
Albert II
Crown prince
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Mongolia
Natsagiin Bagabandi
Head of state
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Morocco
Moulay Rachid
Crown prince
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Mozambique
Joaquim Alberto Chissano
Head of state
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Myanmar
Win Aung
Minister
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Namibia
Sam Nujoma
Head of state
Co-Chair of the Summit
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Nauru
Bernard Dowiyogo
Head of state
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Nepal
Girija Prasad Koirala
Head of government
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Netherlands
Wim Kok
Head of government
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New Zealand
Helen Clark
Head of government
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Nicaragua
Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo
Head of state
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Niger
Nassirou Sabo
Minister
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Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo
Head of state
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Norway
Harald V
Head of state
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Oman
Sayyid Faisal Bin Ali Bin Faisal Al-Said
Minister
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Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Head of government
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Palau
Hersey Kyota
Chairperson of delegation
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Palestinian National Authority
Yasser Arafat
Highest ranking official
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Panama
Arturo Vallarino
Vice president
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Papua New Guinea
Mekere Morauta
Head of government
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Paraguay
Julio César Franco
Vice president
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Peru
Alberto Fujimori
Head of state
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Philippines
Joseph Estrada
Head of state
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Poland
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Head of state
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Portugal
António Guterres
Head of government
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Qatar
Hamad bin Khalifa
Head of state
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Romania
Emil Constantinescu
Head of state
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Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin
Head of state
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Rwanda
Paul Kagame
Head of state
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Saint Lucia
Kenny Anthony
Head of government
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Denzil Douglas
Head of government
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Charles Antrobus
Head of state
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Samoa
Tuiloma Neroni Slade
Chairperson of delegation
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San Marino
Maria Domenica Michelotti
Gian Marco Marcucci
Heads of state
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Sao Tome and Principe
Miguel Trovoada
Head of state
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Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud
Crown prince
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Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade
Head of state
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Seychelles
Claude Morel
Chairperson of delegation
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Sierra Leone
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
Head of state
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Singapore
Goh Chok Tong
Head of government
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Slovakia
Mikuláš Dzurinda
Head of government
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Slovenia
Milan Kucan
Head of state
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Solomon Islands
Jeremiah Manele
Chairperson of delegation
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Somalia
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan
Head of state
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South Africa
Thabo Mbeki
Head of state
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Spain
José María Aznar
Head of government
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Sri Lanka
Lakshman Kadirgamar
Minister
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Sudan
Omar al-Bashir
Head of state
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Suriname
Jules Ajodhia
Vice president
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Swaziland
Mswati III
Head of state
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Sweden
Göran Persson
Head of government
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Switzerland
Adolf Ogi
Highest ranking official
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Syrian Arab Republic
Farouk Al-Shara'
Minister
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United Republic of Tanzania
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Minister
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Tajikistan
Emomali Rakhmonov
Head of state
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Thailand
Surin Pitsuwan
Minister
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Togo
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Head of state
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Tonga
'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata
Head of government
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Trinidad and Tobago
Basdeo Panday
Head of government
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Tunisia
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Head of state
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Turkey
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Head of state
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Turkmenistan
Batyr Berdyýew
Minister
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Tuvalu
Ionatana Ionatana
Head of government
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Uganda
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Head of state
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Ukraine
Leonid Kuchma
Head of state
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United Arab Emirates
Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi
Vice president
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United Kingdom
Tony Blair
Head of government
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United States
Bill Clinton
Head of state
Host Country of the Summit
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Uruguay
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez
Head of state
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Uzbekistan
Islom Karimov
Head of state
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Vanuatu
Barak Sopé
Head of government
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Venezuela
Hugo Chávez Frías
Head of state
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Vietnam
Tran Duc Luong
Head of state
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Yemen
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Head of state
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Zambia
Frederick Chiluba
Head of state
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Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Head of state
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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 fifty-fourth session 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. [cite speech | title = 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
author = | first = Sam | last = Nujoma | authorlink = Sam Nujoma | date = 2000-09-06 | location = United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York | url = http://www.un.org/millennium/webcast/statements/open2.htm | accessdate = 2007-02-19]

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. [ cite press release |title=SG/SM/7531 - Secretary-General regrets decision by Democratic People's Republic of Korea not to attend Millennium Summit following airport incident |publisher=United Nations Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan |date=2000-09-05 |url=http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2000/20000905.sgsm7531.doc.html |format= |accessdate=2007-02-12 |quote= ] [cite news |first= |last= Garrett|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=North Korea complains of rude treatment, cancels trip to U.N. Millennium Summit |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/09/05/korea.delegation/ |format= |work= |publisher=CNN.com |id= |pages= |page= |date= 2000-09-06|accessdate=2007-02-15 |quote= ]

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. [cite web |url= http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/L/2000/B/un001389.html|title= Millennium Assembly elects Harri Holkeri (Finland) President, Admits Tuvalu as 189th United Nations Member State |accessdate=2007-02-16 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2000-09-05 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Science Blog |pages= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

ee also

* List of foreign ministers in 2000
* List of state leaders in 2000
* Millennium Summit
* United Nations member states

References

External links

* [http://www.un.org/av/photo/ga/summit.htm Highlights of the statements]
* [http://www.un.org/millennium/webcast/indexe.htm Webcasts and statements of each delegate]