Country
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Head of state
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Head of government
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Afghanistan
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President Hamid Karzai
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Albania
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President Alfred Moisiu
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Prime Minister Fatos Nano
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Algeria
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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia
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Andorra
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Co-Princes Joan Enric Vives Sicília (represented by Nemesi Marqués Oste) and Jacques Chirac (represented by Philippe Massoni)
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Head of Government Albert Pintat
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Angola
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President José Eduardo dos Santos
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Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir James Carlisle
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Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer
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Argentina
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President Néstor Kirchner
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Armenia
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President Robert Kocharian
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Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan
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Australia
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Michael Jeffery
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Prime Minister John Howard
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Austria
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President Heinz Fischer
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Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel
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Azerbaijan
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President Ilham Aliyev
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Prime Minister Artur Rasizade
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Bahamas
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Ivy Dumont
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Prime Minister Perry Christie
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Bahrain
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King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa
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Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifa
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Bangladesh
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President Iajuddin Ahmed
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Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
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Barbados
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Clifford Husbands
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Prime Minister Owen Arthur
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Belarus
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President Aleksandr Lukashenko
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Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky
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Belgium
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King Albert II
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Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
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Belize
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Colville Young
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Prime Minister Said Musa
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Benin
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President Mathieu Kérékou
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Bhutan
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King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
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Prime Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba
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Bolivia
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President Eduardo Rodríguez
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Tripartite presidency: Ivo Miro Jović (President of the Presidency), Sulejman Tihić, Borislav Paravac
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Prime Minister Adnan Terzić
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Botswana
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President Festus Mogae
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Brazil
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Brunei
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Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
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Bulgaria
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President Georgi Purvanov
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Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev
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Burkina Faso
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President Blaise Compaoré
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Prime Minister Paramanga Ernest Yonli
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Burundi
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President Domitien Ndayizeye
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Cambodia
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King Norodom Sihamoni
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Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen
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Cameroon
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President Paul Biya
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Prime Minister Ephraïm Inoni
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Canada
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson
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Prime Minister Paul Martin
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Cape Verde
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President Pedro Pires
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Prime Minister José Maria Neves
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Central African Republic
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President François Bozizé
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Prime Minister Élie Doté
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Chad
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President Idriss Déby
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Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji
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Chile
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President Ricardo Lagos
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China
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President Hu Jintao
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Premier Wen Jiabao
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Colombia
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President Álvaro Uribe
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Comoros
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President Azali Assoumani
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Congo
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President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
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Prime Minister Isidore Mvouba
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DR Congo
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President Joseph Kabila
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Costa Rica
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President Abel Pacheco
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Ivory Coast
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President Laurent Gbagbo
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Prime Minister Seydou Diarra
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Croatia
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President Stipe Mesić
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Prime Minister Ivo Sanader
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Cuba
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President of the Councils of State and of Ministers Fidel Castro
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Cyprus
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President Tassos Papadopoulos
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Czech Republic
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President Václav Klaus
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Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek
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Denmark
|
Queen Margrethe II
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Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Djibouti
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President Ismail Omar Guelleh
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Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita
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Dominica
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President Nicholas Liverpool
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
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Dominican Republic
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President Leonel Fernández
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East Timor
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President Xanana Gusmão
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Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri
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Ecuador
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President Alfredo Palacio
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Egypt
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President Hosni Mubarak
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Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
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El Salvador
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President Antonio Saca
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Equatorial Guinea
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President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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Prime Minister Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó
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Eritrea
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President Isaias Afewerki
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Estonia
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President Arnold Rüütel
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Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
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Ethiopia
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President Girma Wolde-Giorgis
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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
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Fiji
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President Ratu Josefa Iloilo
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Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase
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Finland
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President Tarja Halonen
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Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
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France
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President Jacques Chirac
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Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin
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Gabon
|
President Omar Bongo
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Prime Minister Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane
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Gambia
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President Yahya Jammeh
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Georgia
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President Mikhail Saakashvili
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Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli
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Germany
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President Horst Köhler
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Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
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Ghana
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President John Kufuor
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Greece
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President Karolos Papoulias
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Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
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Grenada
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Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Daniel Williams
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Prime Minister Keith Mitchell
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Guatemala
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President Óscar Berger
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Guinea
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President Lansana Conté
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Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo
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Guinea-Bissau
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President Henrique Rosa
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Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior
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Guyana
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President Bharrat Jagdeo
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Prime Minister Sam Hinds
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Haiti
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President Boniface Alexandre
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Prime Minister Gérard Latortue
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Honduras
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President Ricardo Maduro
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Hungary
|
President Ferenc Mádl
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Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
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Iceland
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President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
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Prime Minister Halldór Ásgrímsson
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India
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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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Indonesia
|
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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Iran
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iraq
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President Jalal Talabani
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Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
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Ireland
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President Mary McAleese
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Taoiseach (prime minister) Bertie Ahern
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Israel
|
President Moshe Katsav
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
|
Italy
|
President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
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Jamaica
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke
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Prime Minister P. J. Patterson
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Japan
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Emperor Akihito
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
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Jordan
|
King Abdullah II
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Prime Minister Adnan Badran
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Kazakhstan
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov
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Kenya
|
President Mwai Kibaki
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Kiribati
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President Anote Tong
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North Korea
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Chairman Kim Jong-il (Chairman of the National Defence Commission; regarded as "highest administrative authority"); Kim Yong Nam (Head of State for Foreign Affairs as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly)
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Premier Pak Pong Ju
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South Korea
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President Roh Moo Hyun
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Prime Minister Lee Hai Chan
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Kuwait
|
Emir Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah
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Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah
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Kyrgyzstan
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President (acting) and Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev
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Laos
|
President Khamtai Siphandon
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Prime Minister Boungnang Vorachith
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Latvia
|
President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
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Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis
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Lebanon
|
President Emile Lahoud
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Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
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Lesotho
|
King Letsie III
|
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili
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Liberia
|
Gyude Bryant (Chairman of the National Transitional Government)
|
Libya
|
Mu'ammar Al Qadhafi ("Leader of the Revolution", de facto head of state); Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani (General Secretary of the General People's Congress; de jure head of state)
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Shukri Ghanem (General Secretary of the General People's Committee)
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Liechtenstein
|
Sovereign Prince Hans-Adam II; Prince-Regent Alois
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Head of Government Otmar Hasler
|
Lithuania
|
President Valdas Adamkus
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Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas
|
Luxembourg
|
Grand Duke Henri
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Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
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Macedonia
|
President Branko Crvenkovski
|
Prime Minister Vlado Bučkovski
|
Madagascar
|
President Marc Ravalomanana
|
Prime Minister Jacques Sylla
|
Malawi
|
President Bingu wa Mutharika
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Malaysia
|
Yang di-pertuan agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Syed Putra Jamalullail (often referred to as "King" in the West)
|
Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
|
Maldives
|
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
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Mali
|
President Amadou Toumani Touré
|
Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maïga
|
Malta
|
President Edward Fenech Adami
|
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
|
Marshall Islands
|
President Kessai Note
|
Mauritania
|
Military Council for Justice and Democracy (military junta)
|
Mauritius
|
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth
|
Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam
|
Mexico
|
President Vicente Fox
|
Micronesia
|
President Joseph Urusemal
|
Moldova
|
President Vladimir Voronin
|
Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev
|
Monaco
|
Sovereign Prince Albert II
|
Minister of State Jean-Paul Proust
|
Mongolia
|
President Nambaryn Enkhbayar
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Prime Minister Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj
|
Morocco
|
King Muhammad VI
|
Prime Minister Driss Jettou
|
Mozambique
|
President Armando Guebuza
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Prime Minister Luisa Diogo
|
Myanmar (Burma)
|
Sr. Gen. Than Shwe (Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council)
|
Prime Minister Soe Win
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Namibia
|
President Hifikepunye Pohamba
|
Prime Minister Nahas Angula
|
Nauru
|
President Ludwig Scotty
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Nepal
|
King Gyanendra
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Netherlands
|
Queen Beatrix
|
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
|
New Zealand
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright
|
Prime Minister Helen Clark
|
Nicaragua
|
President Enrique Bolaños
|
Niger
|
President Tandja Mamadou
|
Prime Minister Hama Amadou
|
Nigeria
|
President Olusegun Obasanjo
|
Norway
|
King Harald V
|
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
|
Oman
|
Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos ibn Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id
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Pakistan
|
President Pervez Musharraf
|
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
|
Palau
|
President Tommy Remengesau
|
Palestine (disputed area)
|
President or Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
|
Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
|
Panama
|
President Martín Torrijos
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane
|
Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare
|
Paraguay
|
President Nicanor Duarte
|
Peru
|
President Alejandro Toledo
|
Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero Costa
|
Philippines
|
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
|
Poland
|
President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
|
Prime Minister Marek Belka
|
Portugal
|
President Jorge Sampaio
|
Prime Minister José Sócrates
|
Qatar
|
Emir Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani
|
Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah ibn Khalifa Al Thani
|
Romania
|
President Traian Băsescu
|
Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
|
Russia
|
President Vladimir Putin
|
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
|
Rwanda
|
President Paul Kagame
|
Prime Minister Bernard Makuza
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
|
Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
|
Saint Lucia
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy
|
Prime Minister Kenny Anthony
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Frederick Ballantyne
|
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
|
Samoa
|
O le Ao o le Malo Malietoa Tanumafili II
|
Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
|
San Marino
|
Captains-Regent Cesare Antonio Gasperoni and Fausta Simona Morganti
|
Fabio Berardi (Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs)
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
President Fradique de Menezes
|
Prime Minister Maria do Carmo Silveira
|
Saudi Arabia
|
King and Prime Minister Abdullah
|
Senegal
|
President Abdoulaye Wade
|
Prime Minister Macky Sall
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
President Svetozar Marović
|
Seychelles
|
President James Michel
|
Sierra Leone
|
President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
|
Singapore
|
President S.R. Nathan
|
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
|
Slovakia
|
President Ivan Gašparovič
|
Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda
|
Slovenia
|
President Janez Drnovšek
|
Prime Minister Janez Janša
|
Solomon Islands
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Nathaniel Waena
|
Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza
|
Somalia
|
President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
|
Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Ghedi
|
South Africa
|
President Thabo Mbeki
|
Spain
|
King Juan Carlos I
|
President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
|
Sri Lanka
|
President Chandrika Kumaratunga
|
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse
|
Sudan
|
President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
|
Suriname
|
President Ronald Venetiaan
|
Swaziland
|
King Mswati III
|
Prime Minister Themba Dlamini
|
Sweden
|
King Carl XVI Gustav
|
Prime Minister Göran Persson
|
Switzerland
|
Swiss Federal Council: Moritz Leuenberger, Pascal Couchepin, Joseph Deiss, Samuel Schmid (President), Micheline Calmy-Rey, Christoph Blocher, Hans-Rudolf Merz
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Syria
|
President Bashar al-Assad
|
Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari
|
Republic of China
|
President Chen Shui-bian
|
President of the Executive Yuan Frank Hsieh
|
Tajikistan
|
President Emomali Rahmonov
|
Prime Minister Okil Okilov
|
Tanzania
|
President Benjamin Mkapa
|
Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye
|
Thailand
|
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
|
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
|
Togo
|
President Faure Gnassingbé
|
Prime Minister Edem Kodjo
|
Tonga
|
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV
|
Prime Minister Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
President Max Richards
|
Prime Minister Patrick Manning
|
Tunisia
|
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
|
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
|
Turkey
|
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer
|
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
|
Turkmenistan
|
President Saparmurat Niyazov
|
Tuvalu
|
Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Filoimea Telito
|
Prime Minister Maatia Toafa
|
Uganda
|
President Yoweri Museveni
|
Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi
|
Ukraine
|
President Viktor Yushchenko
|
Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
|
United Arab Emirates
|
President Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zayed Al Nahayan (the Emir of Abu Dhabi)
|
Prime Minister Sheikh Maktum ibn Rashid Al Maktum (the Emir of Dubai)
|
United Kingdom
|
Queen Elizabeth II
|
Prime Minister Tony Blair
|
United States
|
President George W. Bush
|
Uruguay
|
President Tabaré Vázquez
|
Uzbekistan
|
President Islam Karimov
|
Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev
|
Vanuatu
|
President Kalkot Mataskelekele
|
Prime Minister Ham Lini
|
Vatican City
|
Pope Benedict XVI
|
Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano; Governor Edmund Cardinal Szoka
|
Venezuela
|
President Hugo Chávez
|
Vietnam
|
President Tran Duc Luong
|
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai
|
Western Sahara
|
President Mohamed Abdelaziz
|
Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
|
Yemen
|
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
|
Prime Minister Abdul Qader Bajamal
|
Zambia
|
President Levy Mwanawasa
|
Zimbabwe
|
President Robert Mugabe
|