Part One Co-Presidents of the UN Millennium Summit and UN Secretary General 1
Unit 1 Opening remarks by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Namibian President Sam Nujoma 1
Unit 2 Address to the Un Millennium Summit by Secretary General Kofi Annan 9
Part Two Permanent Members of the UN Security Council 15
Unit 3 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by French President Jacque Chirac 15
Unit 4 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Russian President Putin 21
Unit 5 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair 28
Unit 6 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by US President Clinton 34
Part Three Asia 40
Unit 7 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee 40
Unit 8 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Indonesian President Wahid 55
Unit 9 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Iranian President Khatami 66
Unit 10 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori 74
Unit 25 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Egyptian Foreign Minister Moussa 75
Part Five Africa 75
Unit 11 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by the Chief Executive of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf 79
Unit 12 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Saudi Arabian Deputy Prime Minister Prince Abdullah 84
Unit 13 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Syrian Foreign Minister AI-Shara 101
Unit 14 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer 106
Unit 15 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Tajik President Rakhmonov 112
Part Four Europe 122
Unit 16 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Izetbegovic, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 122
Unit 17 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Belarussian President Lukashenko 127
Unit 18 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Finnish President Halonen 133
Unit 19 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder 138
Unit 20 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Italian Prime Minister Amato 146
Unit 21 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Spanish Prime Minister Aznar 153
Unit 22 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Swedish Prime Minister Persson 159
Unit 23 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Polish President Kwasniewski 164
Unit 24 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma 169
Unit 26 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Ghanaian President Rawlings 181
Unit 27 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo 188
Unit 28 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by South African President Thabo Mbeki 193
Unit 29 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Brazilian Vice President Maciel 198
Part Six America 198
Unit 30 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien 203
Unit 31 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Cuban President Fidel Castro 208
Unit 32 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo 212
Unit 33 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias 216
Part Seven Oceania 224
Unit 34 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by Australian Prime Minister Howard 224
Unit 35 Address to the UN Millennium Summit by New Zealand Prime Minister Clark 229
Part Eight International and Regional Organizations 234
Unit 36 Secretary-General Kofi Annan s Statement at the 55th UN General Assembly 234
Unit 37 Statement at the 55th UN General Assembly by Frech Foreign Minister Vedrine on Behalf of the European Union 243