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 Delegates to the Millennium Summit Country Delegate Title Notes 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 General Secretary of the Chinese Communist PartyPresident 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 First Secretary of the Communist Party of CubaPresident of the Council of State 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 President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly 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 Crown Prince of Morocco 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 Faisal bin Ali 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 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.
Delegation of North 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.
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.
See also List of foreign ministers in 2000 List of state leaders in 2000 Millennium Summit United Nations member states
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