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| Date | Name of the Person | Title | Place of Meeting | Country of Dignitary |
June 19, 2007 | Winston Peters | Foreign Minister of New Zealand | Wellington | New Zealand |
June 15, 2007 | John Howard | Prime Minister of Australia | Sydney | Australia |
June 14, 2007 | Helen Clark | Prime Minister of New Zealand | Brisbane | New Zealand |
June 12, 2007 | Kevin Rudd | Leader of Opposition in Australia | Canberra | Australia |
May 4, 2007 | Walter Mondale | Former U.S. Vice President | Madison | U.S.A. |
May 3, 2007 | Jim Doyle | Governor of Wisconsin | Madison | U.S.A. |
April 27, 2007 | Nancy Pelosi | U.S. Speaker | San Francisco | U.S.A. |
Oct. 13, 2006 | Massimo D'Allema | Italian Foreign Minister | Rome | Italy |
Oct. 13, 2006 | H.H. Pope Benedict XVI | The Pope | Vatican City | Vatican State |
Oct. 12, 2006 | Franco Marini | President of the Italian Senate | Rome | Italy |
Oct. 12, 2006 | Fausto Bertinotti | Speaker of the Italian Parliament | Rome | Italy |
Oct. 10, 2006 | Sasha Vondra | Czech Foreign Minister | Prague | Czech Republic |
Oct. 9, 2006 | Vaclav Havel | Former President of the Czech Republic | Prague | Czech Republic |
Sept. 26, 2006 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Governor of California | Long Beach | U.S.A. |
Sept. 22, 2006 | Bill Clinton | Former President of U.S.A. | New York | U.S.A. |
Sept. 17, 2006 | H.M. Queen Noor | Former Queen of Jordan | Denver | U.S.A. |
Sept. 16, 2006 | Oscar Arias Sanchez | President of Costa Rica | Denver | U.S.A. |
Sept. 9, 2006 | Monte Solberg | Canadian Minister of Citizenship & Immigration | Vancouver | Canada |
Sept. 9, 2006 | Jason Kenny | Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian P.M. | Vancouver | Canada |
Sept. 8, 2006 | Gordon Campbell | Premier of British Columbia | Vancouver | Canada |
June 22, 2006 | H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed | Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to H.M. the King of Jordan | Amman | Jordan |
June 21, 2006 | H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania | King & Queen of Jordan | Petra | Jordan |
June 20, 2006 | H.H. Ahmad Helail | Imam to the Royal Hashemite Court and Supreme Judge | Amman | Jordan |
June 1, 2006 | Mr. Armand De Decker | Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation | Brussels | Belgium |
June 1, 2006 | Mr. Herman De Croo | President of the Belgian House | Brussels | Belgium |
| June 1, 2006 | Mrs. Anne Marie Lizen | President of the Belgian Senate | Brussels | Belgium |
| June 1, 2006 | Mr. Guy Verhofstadt | Prime Minister of Belgium | Brussels | Belgium |
May 31, 2006 | Mr. Josep Borrell | President of the European Parliament | Brussels | Belgium |
| May 31, 2006 | Mr. Gunter Verheugen | Vice President of the European Commission | Brussels | Belgium |
May 30, 2006 | Mr. Wolfgang Schussel | Chancellor of Austria & President of the European Council | Brussels | Belgium |
May 30, 2006 | Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso | President of the European Commission | Brussels | Belgium |
May 14, 2006 | Mrs. Karin Gastinger | Austrian Minister of Justice | St. Veit | Austria |
May 14, 2006 | Mrs. Maria Rauch-Kallat | Austrian Minister for Health | St. Veit | Austria |
May 14, 2006 | Mr. Hubert Gorbach | Vice Chancellor of Austria | St. Veit | Austria |
May 14, 2006 | Dr. Jorg Haider | Governor of Carinthia | St. Veit | Austria |
May 11, 2006 | Mr. Mario Iguaran | Attorney General of Colombia | Bogota | Colombia |
May 7, 2006 | Mrs. Elaine Karp de Toledo | First Lady of Peru | Lima | Peru |
May 6, 2006 | Mr. Sergio Espejo | Chilean Minister of Transport | Santiago | Chile |
May 5, 2006 | Mr. Felipe Harboe Bascunan | Chilean Deputy Minister of Interior | Santiago | Chile |
May 5, 2006 | Cardinal Errazuriz Ossa | Archbishop of Chile | Santirago | Chile |
May 5, 2006 | Mrs. Paulina Urrutia | Chilean Minister of Culture | Santiago | Chile |
| May 5, 2006 | Mr. Martin Zilic | Chilean Minister of Education | Santiago | Chile |
May 4, 2006 | Mr. Antonio Leal Labrin | President of the Chilean House of Chambers | Valpairaso | Chile |
May 3, 2006 | Mr. Jaime Naranjo Ortiz | Vice President of the Chilean Senate | Santiago | Chile |
May 1, 2006 | Mr. Adolfo Perez Esquivel | 1980 Nobel Peace Prize | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
April 26, 2006 | Mr. Gilberto Gil | Brazilian Minister of Culture | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
April 26, 2006 | Mr. Jose Luiz de Franco Pena | President of the Brazilian Green Party | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
Feb. 19, 2006 | Rabbi Shlomo Amar | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel | Jerusalem | Israel |
Feb. 19, 2006 | Rabbi Yona Metzger | Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel | Jerusalem | Israel |
Nov. 18, 2005 | Dr. M.G. Buthelezi | President of the Inkatha Freedom Party, South Africa | Edinburgh | U.K. |
Nov. 16, 2005 | Mr. Harry Reid | U.S. Senate Minority Leader | Washington | U.S.A. |
Nov. 16, 2005 | Mrs. Nancy Pelosi | U.S. House Minority Leader | Washington | U.S.A. |
Nov. 16, 2005 | Mr. Dennis Hastert | Speaker of the U.S. Congress | Washington | U.S.A. |
Nov. 9, 2005 | Ms. Condoleeza Rice | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | U.S.A. |
Nov. 9, 2005 | Mr. George W. Bush | President of the U.S.A. | Washington | U.S.A. |
Nov. 6, 2005 | Mr. Jimmy Carter | Former President of U.S.A. | San Francisco | U.S.A. |
Oct. 27, 2005 | Mrs. Renuka Chowdhury | Tourism Minister of India | New Delhi | India |
Sept. 11, 2005 | Mr. Dirk Kempthorne | Governor of Idaho | Sun Valley | U.S.A. |
Sept. 9, 2005 | Mr. Frank H. Murkowski | Governor of Alaska | Anchorage | U.S.A. |
Aug. 16, 2005 | Mr. Natwar Singh | Foreign Minister of India | New Delhi | India |
Aug. 4, 2005 | Mr. Pascal Couchepin | Interior Minister of Switzerland | Zurich | Switzerland |
Aug. 1, 2005 | Mr. Giuliano Amato | Former Prime Minister of Italy | Bolzano | Italy |
Jun. 18, 2005 | Mr. Wolfgang Thierse | President of the German Parliament | Berlin | Germany |
Jun. 17, 2005 | Dr. Angela Merkel | Leader of the CDU/CSU Party | Berlin | Germany |
| Jun. 15, 2005 | Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik | Prime Minister of Norway | Oslo | Norway |
| Jun. 14, 2005 | Mr. Jorgen Kosmo | President of the Norwegian Parliament | Oslo | Norway |
| May 19, 2005 | H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed | Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to H.M. the King of Jordan | Amman | Jordan |
May 19, 2005 | Mr. Bill Clinton | Former President of the U.S. | Petra | USA |
May 18, 2005 | H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania | King & Queen of Jordan | Petra | Jordan |
| May 18, 2005 | Mr. Bassem Awadallah | Finance Minister of Jordan | Petra | Jordan |
Nov. 7, 2004 | Dr. M.G. Buthelezi | President of the Inkatha Freedom Party | Durban | South Africa |
Nov. 5, 2004 | Mr. Nelson Mandela | Former President of South Africa | Johannesburg | South Africa |
Oct. 5, 2004 | Mr. Santiago Creel | Secretary of Interior of Mexico | Mexico | Mexico City |
Oct. 1, 2004 | Mrs. Maria del Carmen Acena | Education Minister of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
Oct. 1, 2004 | Mr. Jorge Briz Abularach | Foreign Minister of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
Oct. 1, 2004 | Mr. Eduardo Stein Barrillas | Vice President of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
Oct. 1, 2004 | Mr. Oscar Jose Rafael Berger Perdomo | President of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| Sept. 29, 2004 | Mr. Francisco Lainez | Foreign Minister of El Salvador | El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Sept. 29, 2004 | Mrs. Ana Vilma de Escobar | Vice President of El Salvador | El Salvador | San Salvador |
Sept. 29, 2004 | Mr. Tony Saca | President of El Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador |
Sept. 27, 2004 | Mr. Mario Redondo Poveda | Speaker of the Costa Rican Parliament | San Jose | Costa Rica |
Sept. 27, 2004 | Mr. Gerardo Gonzalez Esquivel | President of the Costa Rican Congress | San Jose | Costa Rica |
Sept. 27, 2004 | Mr. Roberto Tova Faja | Foreign Minister of Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica |
Sept. 27, 2004 | Lineth Sabario | Vice President of Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica |
Sept. 27, 2004 | Mr. Abel Pacheco | President of Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica |
Sept. 26, 2004 | Mr. Guido Saenz | Minister for Culture of Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica |
Sept. 23, 2004 | Mrs. Sila Calderon | Governor of Puerto Rico | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
Sept. 17, 2004 | Mr. Jeb Bush | Governor of Florida | Miami | USA |
Jul. 3, 2004 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Prime Minister of India | New Delhi | India |
Jul. 3, 2004 | Mrs. Sonia Gandhi | Chairperson of Ruling UPA | New Delhi | India |
| May 28, 2004 | Mr. Michael Howard | Leader of U.K. Opposition | London | UK |
| May 28, 2004 | H.R.H. Prince Charles | Prince of Wales | London | UK |
| May 27, 2004 | Mr. Jack Straw | Foreign Secretary of U.K. | London | UK |
| May 27, 2004 | Dr. Rowan Williams | Archbishop of Canterbury | London | UK |
May 6, 2004 | Mr. Dalton McGuinty | Premier of Ontario | Toronto | Canada |
May 6, 2004 | Mr. James Bartelman | Lt. Governor of Ontario | Toronto | Canada |
| Apr. 23, 2004 | Mr. Paul Martin | Prime Minister of Canada | Ottawa | Canada |
| Apr. 22, 2004 | Mr. Stephen Harper | Leader of the Conservative Party | Ottawa | Canada |
| Apr. 18, 2004 | Mr. Gordon Campbell | Premier of British Columbia | Vancouver | Canada |
| Nov. 28, 2003 | Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev | Former President of U.S.S.R. | Rome | Russia |
| Nov. 27, 2003 | Mr. Marcello Pera | President of the Senate | Rome | Italy |
| Nov. 27, 2003 | H.H. Pope John Paul II | The Pope | Vatican City | Vatican State |
| Nov. 26, 2003 | Mr. Massimo D’Aleama | Former Italian Prime Minister | Rome | Italy |
| Nov. 26, 2003 | Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini Deputies | President of the Chamber of Rome | Rome | Italy |
| Nov. 26, 2003 | Mrs. Margherita Boniver | Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy | Rome | Italy |
| Oct. 15, 2003 | Mr. Jean Louis Debra | President of the French National Assembly | Paris | France |
| Oct. 14, 2003 | Mr. Christian Poncelat | President of the French Senate | Paris | France |
| Oct. 12, 2003 | Mr. Toledo | President of Peru | Madrid | Peru |
| Sept. 11, 2003 | Mrs. Nancy Pelosi | Minority Leader of the U.S. House | Washington | USA |
| Sept. 10, 2003 | Mr. George W. Bush | President of U.S. | Washington | USA |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Mr. Colin Powell | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | USA |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Mr. Tom Daschle | U.S. Senate Minority Leader | Washington | USA |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Mr. Bill Frist | U.S. Senate Majority Leader | Washington | USA |
Jun. 6, 2003 | Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Prime Minister of Denmark | Copenhagen | Denmark |
Jun. 4, 2003 | Mr. Per Stig Moller | Foreign Minister of Denmark | Copenhagen | Denmark |
Jun. 3, 2003 | Mr. Bjorn Von Sydow | Speaker of the Swedish Parliament | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 30, 2003 | Mr. Wolfgang Thierse | President of the German Parliament | Berlin | Germany |
| May 30, 2003 | Mrs. Claudia Roth | German Commissioner for Human Rights | Berlin | Germany |
| May 30, 2003 | Mr. Joschka Fischer | Foreign Minister of Germany | Berlin | Germany |
| May 27, 2003 | Mr. George Fernandes | Defence Minister of India | Delhi | India |
Nov. 7, 2002 | Nambar Enkhbayar | Prime Minister of Mongolia | Ulan Bator | Mongolia |
| Oct. 13, 2002 | Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Foreign Minister of Austria | Graz | Austria |
Oct. 8, 2002 | Mr. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Vice President of India | New Delhi | India |
Oct. 8, 2002 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | President of India | New Delhi | India |
Jul. 8, 2002 | Mr. Ivica Racan | Prime Minister of Croatia | Zagreb | Croatia |
Jul. 6, 2002 | Dr. Dimitrij Rupel | Foreign Minister of Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
Jul. 5, 2002 | Mr. Milan Kucan | President of Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
Jul. 4, 2002 | Mr. Borut Pahor | President of the National Assembly of Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
Jul. 4, 2002 | Dr. Janez Drnovsek | Prime Minister of Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
Jul. 2, 2002 | Mr. Vaclav Havel | President of Czech Republic | Prague | Czech Republic |
| May 28, 2002 | Mr. Phil Goff | Foreign Minister of New Zealand | Wellington | New Zealand |
| May 28, 2002 | Mr. Jim Anderton | Prime Minister of New Zealand | Wellington | New Zealand |
| Nov. 30, 2001 | Mr. Giovanni Alemanni | Italian Minister of Agriculture & Forestry | Pomaia | Italy |
| Nov. 28, 2001 | Mr. Jorge Sampaio | President of Portugal | Lisbon | Portugal |
| Nov. 27, 2001 | H.M. King of Portugal | King of Portugal | Fatima | Portugal |
| Oct. 24, 2001 | Mr. Simeon II | Prime Minister of Bulgaria | Strasbourg | France |
| Oct. 24, 2001 | Mrs. Nicole Fontaine | President of the European Parliament | Strasbourg | France |
Jul. 3, 2001 | Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister of India | New Delhi | India |
| Jun. 24, 2001 | Mr. Valdas Adamkus | President of Lithuania | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| Jun. 23, 2001 | Mr. Andris Berzins | Prime Minister of Latvia | Riga | Latvia |
| Jun. 21, 2001 | Mrs. Vaira Vike-Frigbera | President of Latvia | Riga | Latvia |
| Jun. 19, 2001 | Mr. Maart Laar | Prime Minister of Estonia | Tallinn | Estonia |
| May 23, 2001 | Mr. George W. Bush | President of the U.S. | Washington | USA |
| May 22, 2001 | Mr. Richard Armitage | U.S. Dep. Secretary of State | Washington | USA |
| May 22, 2001 | Mr. Colin Powell | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | USA |
| May 13, 2001 | Mr. John Kitzhaber | Governor of Oregon | Portland | USA |
| May 10, 2001 | Mr. Michael Leavitt | Governor of Utah | Salt Lake City | USA |
May 9, 2001 | Mr. Jesse Ventura | Governor of Minnesota | St. Paul | USA |
May 6, 2001 | Mrs. Ruth Dreifuss | Interior Minister of Switzerland | Basel | Switzerland |
Apr. 7, 2001 | Mrs. Hsui-lien Annetta Lu | Vice President of Taiwan | Taipei | Taiwan |
Apr. 7, 2001 | Mr. Chan Chung-hsung | Prime Minister of Taiwan | Taipei | Taiwan |
Apr. 5, 2001 | Mr. Chen Shui-bian | President of Taiwan | Taipei | Taiwan |
Apr. 2, 2001 | Mr. Wang Jin-pyng | Speaker of the Parliament | Taipei | Taiwan |
| Jan. 29, 2001 | Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister of India | New Delhi | India |
| Oct. 21, 2000 | Mrs. McAleese | President of Ireland | Belfast | Ireland |
| Oct. 16, 2000 | Mr. Vaclav Havel | President of Czech Republic | Prague | Czech Republic |
| Oct. 13, 2000 | Mr. Janos Martonyi | Foreign Minister of Hungary | Budapest | Hungary |
| Oct. 11, 2000 | Mr. Viktor Orban | Prime Minister of Hungary | Budapest | Hungary |
Jul. 3, 2000 | Mrs. Madeline Albright | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | USA |
| Jun. 21, 2000 | Mr. Richard Holbrooke | U.S. Ambassador to U.N. | Washington | USA |
| Jun. 20, 2000 | Mr. Bill Clinton | President of the U.S. | Washington | USA |
| May 23, 2000 | Mr. Jens Stoltenberg | Prime Minister of Norway | Oslo | Norway |
| May 22, 2000 | H.M. King Harold of Norway | King of Norway | Oslo | Norway |
| May 22, 2000 | Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland | Foreign Minister of Norway | Oslo | Norway |
| May 21, 2000 | Mr. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Prime Minister of Denmark | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| May 17, 2000 | Mr. Goran Persson | Prime Minister of Sweden | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 16, 2000 | Mrs. Birgitta Dahl | Speaker of Parliament | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 16, 2000 | Ms. Anna Lindh | Foreign Minister of Sweden | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 11, 2000 | Mr. Jerzy Buzek | Prime Minister of Poland | Warsaw | Poland |
| May 10, 2000 | Mr. Maciej Plazynski | Speaker of Parliament | Warsaw | Poland |