Date / Name of the Person / Title / Place of Meeting / Country of Dignitary
November 30, 2004 / Kirsan Ilyumzhinov / President of Kalmykia Republic / Elista / Russian Federation
Nov. 7, 2004 / Dr. M.G. Buthelezi / President of the South African Inkatha Freedom Party / Durban / South Africa
November 5, 2004 / Nelson Mandela / Former President of South Africa / Johannesburg / South Africa
October 6, 2004 / Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador / Head of Government of the Federal District of Mexico City / Mexico City / Mexico
October 5, 2004 / Santiago Creel / Secretary of the Interior of Mexico / Mexico / Mexico City
October 3, 2004 / Arturo Montiel / Governor of Mexico State / Mexico / Mexico City
October 1, 2004 / Oscar Berger / President of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala
October 1, 2004 / Eduardo Stein Barrillas / Vice President of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala
October 1, 2004 / Jorge Briz Abularach / Foreign Minister of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala
October 1, 2004 / Maria Del Carmen Acena / Education Minister of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala
October 1, 2004 / Rigoberta Menchu / Nobel Peace Laureate / Guatemala City / Guatemala
September 30, 2004 / Alfredo Cristiani / Former President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador
September 30, 2004 / Armando Calderon Sol / Former President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador
September 29, 2004 / Antonio Saca / President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador
September 29, 2004 / Ana Vilma de Escobar / Vice President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador
September 29, 2004 / Francisco Lainez / Foreign Minister of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador
September 29, 2004 / Mr. Francisco Flores / Former President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador
September 27, 2004 / Abel Pacheco / President of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 27, 2004 / Lineth Sabario Chaverri / Vice President of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 27, 2004 / Roberto Tova Faja / Foreign Minister of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 27, 2004 / Mario Redondo Poveda / Speaker of the Costa Rican Parliament / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 27, 2004 / Gerardo Gonzalez Esquivel / President of the Costa Rican Congress / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 26, 2004 / Guido Saenz / Minister of Culture of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 26, 2004 / Oscar Arias Sanchez / Former President of Cosa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica
September 23, 2004 / Sila Maria Calderon / Governor of Puerto Rico / San Juan / Puerto Rico
September 23, 2004 / Antonio J. Fas Alzamora / President of the Senate of Puerto Rico / San Juan / Puerto Rico
September 23, 2004 / Carlos Vizcarrondo Irizarry / President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico / San Juan / Puerto Rico
September 17, 2004 / Jeb Bush / Governor of Florida / Miami / USA
July 3, 2004 / Manmohan Singh / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India
July 3, 2004 / Sonia Gandhi / Chairperson of the Indian United Progressive Alliance / New Delhi / India
June 4, 2004 / Francesco Storace / President of the Lazio Region / Rome / Italy
June 2, 2004 / George Reid / Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament / Edinburgh / UK
May 28, 2004 / Michael Howard / Leader of the Conservative Party of UK / London / UK
May 28, 2004 / HRH Prince Charles / Prince of Wales / London / UK
May 27, 2004 / Jack Straw / Foreign Secretary of UK / London / UK
May 27, 2004 / Rowan Williams / Archbishop of Canterbury / London / UK
May 27, 2004 / HRH Prince Charles / Prince of Wales / London / UK
May 6, 2004 / James Bartleman / Lieutenant Governor of Ontario / Toronto / Canada
May 6, 2004 / Dalton McGuinty / Premier of Ontario / Toronto / Canada
April 27, 2004 / Marie Bountrogianni / Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Minister of Children and Youth Services of Canada / Toronto / Canada
April 23, 2004 / Paul Martin / Prime Minister of Canada / Ottawa / Canada
April 22, 2004 / Peter Milliken / Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada / Ottawa / Canada
April 22, 2004 / Stephen Harper / Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada / Ottawa / Canada
April 22, 2004 / Gilles Duceppe / Leader of the Quebec Party of Canada / Ottawa / Canada
April 19, 2004 / Iona Campagnolo / Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia / Vancouver / Canada
April 18, 2004 / Gordon Campbell / Premier of British Columbia / Vancouver / Canada
February 29, 2004 / Vishnu S. Kokje / Governor of Himachal Pradesh / Mandi / India
January 14, 2004 / Raman Singh / Chief Minister of Chattisgarh / Raipur / India
December 16, 2003 / Gegong Apang / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / Itanagar / India
November 28, 2003 / Mikhail Gorbachev / Former President of the Soviet Union and Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Russia
November 28, 2003 / Kim Dae-jung / Former President of South Korea and Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / South Korea
November 28, 2003 / Lech Walesa / Former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Poland
November 28, 2003 / Jose Ramos-Horta / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / East Timor
November 28, 2003 / Mairead Corrigan Maguire / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Northern Ireland
November 28, 2003 / Rigoberta Menchù Tum / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Guatemala
November 28, 2003 / Carlos Pilipe Ximenes Belo / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / East Timor
November 28, 2003 / Adolfo Perez Esquivel / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Argentina
November 27, 2003 / HH Pope John Paul II / Pope / Vatican City / Italy
November 27, 2003 / Marcello Pera / President of the Italian Senate / Rome / Italy
November 27, 2003 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Northern Ireland
November 26, 2003 / Massimo D'Alema / Former Prime Minister of Italy / Rome / Italy
November 26, 2003 / Pier Ferdinando Casini / President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies / Rome / Italy
November 26, 2003 / Margherita Boniver / Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy / Rome / Italy
October 19, 2003 / Vaclav Havel / Former President of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic
October 18, 2003 / Petr Pithart / President of the Czech Senate / Prague / Czech Republic
October 15, 2003 / Jean Louis Debre / President of the French National Assembly / Paris / France
October 12, 2003 / Alejandro Toledo / President of Peru / Paris / Peru
October 6, 2003 / Jagmohan / Minister of Culture & Tourism of India / New Delhi / India
September 11, 2003 / Nancy Pelosi / Minority Leader of the US House / Washington / USA
September 10, 2003 / George W. Bush / President of USA / Washington / USA
September 10, 2003 / Nancy Pelosi / Minority Leader of the US House / Washington / USA
September 9, 2003 / Colin Powell / Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA
September 9, 2003 / Bill Frist / Majority Leader of the US Senate / Washington / USA
September 9, 2003 / Tom Daschle / Minority Leader of the US Senate / Washington / USA
September 9, 2003 / Nancy Pelosi / Minority Leader of the US House / Washington / USA
June 6, 2003 / Anders Fogh Rasmussen / Prime Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark
June 4, 2003 / Per Stig Moller / Foreign Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark
June 3, 2003 / Bjorn Von Sydow / Speaker of the Swedish Parliament / Stockholm / Sweden
May 30, 2003 / Joschka Fischer / Foreign Minister of Germany / Berlin / Germany
May 30, 2003 / Wolfgang Thierse / President of the German Parliament / Berlin / Germany
May 30, 2003 / Claudia Roth / Federal Commissioner for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of Germany / Berlin / Germany
May 28, 2003 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Wiesbaden / Germany
May 27, 2003 / George Fernandes / Minister of Defence of India / New Delhi / India
May 3, 2003 / Mukut Mithi / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / Tawang / India
April 7, 2003 / Suraj Bhan / Governor of Himachal Pradesh / New Delhi / India
April 7, 2003 / Murli Manohar Joshi / Minister of Human Resource Development of India / New Delhi / India
April 7, 2003 / Jual Oram / Minister of Tribal Affairs of India / New Delhi / India
April 6, 2003 / Surjit Singh Barnala / Governor of Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad / India
April 6, 2003 / N. Chandrababu Naidu / Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad / India
December 5, 2002 / S.M. Krishna / Chief Minister of Karnataka / Chitradurga / India
November 7, 2002 / Nambaryn Enkhbayar / Prime Minister of Mongolia / Ulaanbaatar / Mongolia
October 28, 2002 / George Fernandes / Minister of Defence of India / Dehradun / India
October 22, 2002 / Waltraud Klasnic / Governor of Styria / Graz / Austria
October 13, 2002 / Benita Ferrero-Waldner / Foreign Minister of Austria / Graz / Austria
October 11, 2002 / Waltraud Klasnic / Governor of Styria / Graz / Austria
October 9, 2002 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Kelkheim / Germany
October 8, 2002 / A.P.J. Abdul Kalam / President of India / New Delhi / India
October 8, 2002 / Bhairon Singh Shekhawat / Vice President of India / New Delhi / India
October 8, 2002 / V.P. Singh / Former Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India
July 8, 2002 / Ivica Racan / Prime Minister of Croatia / Zagreb / Croatia
July 8, 2002 / Hrvoje Vojkovic / Minister for Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia / Zagreb / Croatia
July 6, 2002 / Annette Lu / Vice President of Taiwan / Ljubljana / Taiwan
July 6, 2002 / Dimitrij Rupel / Foreign Minister of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia
July 5, 2002 / Milan Kucan / President of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia
July 5, 2002 / Janez Jansa / President of Social Democratic Party of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia
July 4, 2002 / Janez Drnovsek / Prime Minister of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia
July 4, 2002 / Borut Pahor / President of the Slovenian National Assembly / Ljubljana / Slovenia
July 2, 2002 / Vaclav Havel / President of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic
May 30, 2002 / David Lange / Former Prime Minister of New Zealand / Auckland / New Zealand
May 28, 2002 / Jim Anderton / Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand
May 28, 2002 / Phil Goff / Foreign Minister of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand
May 28, 2002 / Roger Sowry / Deputy Leader of the Opposition / Wellington / New Zealand
May 27, 2002 / Paul Reeves / Former Governor-General of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand
May 24, 2002 / Natasha Stott Despoja / Leader of the Australian Democrats / Canberra / Australia
May 22, 2002 / Steve Bracks / Premier of Victoria / Melbourne / Australia
May 28, 2002 / Phil Goff / Foreign Minister of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand
January 17, 2002 / Rabri Devi / Chief Minister of Bihar / Patna / Bihar
January 16, 2002 / Vinod C. Pande / Governor of Bihar / Patna / Bihar
December 17, 2001 / Dr. C.E. Rangarajan / Governor of Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad / India
December 8, 2001 / Mr. Jan Petersen / Foreign Minister of Norway / Oslo / Norway
December 8, 2001 / Oscar Arias Sanchez / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / Costa Rica
December 8, 2001 / Jose Ramos-Horta / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / East Timor
December 8, 2001 / Demond Tutu / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / South Africa
December 7, 2001 / Elie Wiesel / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / USA
December 7, 2001 / Shimon Peres / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / Israel
December 7, 2001 / John Hume / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / Northern Ireland
December 7, 2001 / Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / East Timor
December 6, 2001 / Mikhail Gorbachev / Former President of the Soviet Union and Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / Russia
December 6, 2001 / Adolfo Perez Esquivel / Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / Argentina
December 6, 2001 / Lech Walesa / Former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Laureate / Oslo / Poland
December 1, 2001 / Claudio Martini / President of Region of Tuscany State / Cecina / Italy
November 30, 2001 / Giovanni Alemanni / Minister of Agriculture & Forestry of Italy / Cecina / Italy
November 28, 2001 / Jorge Sampaio / President of Portugal / Lisbon / Portugal
November 27, 2001 / H.M. King Juan Carlos I / King of Portugal / Fatima / Portugal
November 15, 2001 / Atal Bihari Vajpayee / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India
November 14, 2001 / George Fernandes / Defence Minister of India / New Delhi / India
October 24, 2001 / Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gothe / Prime Minister of Bulgaria / Strasbourg / France
October 24, 2001 / Nicole Fontaine / President of the European Parliament / Strasbourg / France
October 24, 2001 / Chris Patten / European Commissioner for External Relations / Strasbourg / France
October 24, 2001 / Hans-Gert Pottering / Chairman of the European People’s Party and European Democrats / Strasbourg / France
October 23, 2001 / Emma Bonino / Former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection / Strasbourg / France
July 21, 2001 / Arnoldo Aleman / President of Nicaragua / New Delhi / Nicaragua
July 3, 2001 / Atal Bihari Vajpayee / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India
June 25, 2001 / Lorenzo Dellai / President of the Autonomous Province of Trento / Trento / Italy
June 25, 2001 / Rolandas Paksas / Former Prime Minister of Lithuania / Vilnius / Lithuania
June 24, 2001 / Valdas Adamkus / President of Lithuania / Vilnius / Lithuania
June 24, 2001 / Vytautas Landsbergis / Former President of Lithuania / Vilnius / Lithuania
June 23, 2001 / Guntis Ulmanis / Former President of Latvia / Riga / Latvia
June 23, 2001 / Karina Petersone / Minister of Culture of Latvia / Riga / Latvia
June 22, 2001 / Vaira Vike-Freiberga / President of Latvia / Jurmala / Latvia
June 19, 2001 / Mart Laar / Prime Minister of Estonia / Tallinn / Estonia
May 29, 2001 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Wiesbaden / Germany
May 24, 2001 / Paul Wolfowitz / Deputy Secretary of Defence of USA / Washington / USA
May 23, 2001 / George W. Bush / President of USA / Washington / USA
May 22, 2001 / Colin Powell / Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA
May 22, 2001 / Richard Armitage / Deputy Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA
May 15, 2001 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Portland / Northern Ireland
May 13, 2001 / John Kitzhaber / Governor of Oregon / Portland / USA
May 13, 2001 / Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj / Former Prime Minister of Mongolia / Salt Lake City /
Mongolia
May 10, 11 & 12, 2001 / Michael Leavitt / Governor of Utah / Salt Lake City / USA
May 9, 2001 / Jesse Ventura / Governor of Minnesota / St. Paul / USA
May 6, 2001 / Ruth Dreifuss / Minister of Interior of Switzerland / Basel / Switzerland
May 6, 2001 / Dr. Markus Notter / President of Zurich State / Zurich / Switzerland
May 5, 2001 / Barbara Schneider / President of Basel State and City Governments / Basel / Switzerland
April 8, 2001 / Frank Hsieh / Chairman of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) / Taipei / Taiwan
April 7, 2001 / Chan Chung-hsiung / Premier of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan
April 7, 2001 / Annette Lu Hsiu-lien / Vice President of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan
April 6, 2001 / Yeh Chu-lan / Minister for Transportation and Communication of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan
April 5, 2001 / Chen Shui-bian / President of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan
April 4, 2001 / James Soong / Chairman of the People’s First Party (PFP) / Taipei / Taiwan
April 3, 2001 / Lien Chen / Chairman of Kuomintang (KMT) Party / Taipei / Taiwan
April 2, 2001 / Wang Jin-pyng / Speaker of the Taiwanese Parliament / Taipei / Taiwan
January 29, 2001 / Atal Bihari Vajpayee / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India
January 29, 2001 / Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo / Nobel Peace Laureate / New Delhi / East Timor
December 24, 2000 / L.K. Advani / Home Minister of India / Periyapatna / India
October 21, 2000 / Mary McAleese / President of Ireland / Belfast / Northern Ireland
October 21, 2000 / Mairead Maguire / Nobel Peace Laureate / Belfast / Northern Ireland
October 21, 2000 / John Hume / Nobel Peace Laureate / Belfast / Northern Ireland
October 16, 2000 / Vaclav Havel / President of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic
October 13, 2000 / Janos Martonyi / Foreign Minister of Hungary / Budapest / Hungary
October 11, 2000 / Viktor Orban / Prime Minister of Hungary / Budapest / Hungary
September 28, 2000 / Raymond Forni / President of the National Assembly of France / Paris/ France
September 26, 2000 / Jack Lang / Minister of Education for France / Paris/ France
September 26, 2000 / Dominique Voynet / Minister for Environment of France / Paris/ France
September 16, 2000 / L.K. Advani / Minister of Home Affairs of India / New Delhi / India
July 3, 2000 / Madeline Albright / Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA
June 21, 2000 / Richard Holbrooke / US Ambassador to the UN / Washington / USA
June 20, 2000 / Bill Clinton / President of USA / Washington / USA
May 23, 2000 / Jens Stoltenberg / Prime Minister of Norway / Oslo / Norway
May 22, 2000 / HM King Harald V / King of Norway / Oslo / Norway
May 22, 2000 / Thorbjorn Jagland / Foreign Minister of Norway / Oslo / Norway
May 21, 2000 / Poul Nyrup Rasmussen / Prime Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark
May 18, 2000 / Ivar Hansen, Speaker of the Danish Parliament / Copenhagen / Denmark
May 17, 2000 / Goran Persson / Prime Minister of Sweden / Stockholm / Sweden
May 16, 2000 / Birgitta Dahl / Speaker of the Swedish Parliament / Stockholm / Sweden
May 16, 2000 / Anna Lindh / Foreign Minister of Sweden / Stockholm / Sweden
May 14, 2000 / Otto Schily / Minister of Interior of Germany / Munich / Germany
May 11, 2000 / Jerzy Buzek / Prime Minister of Poland / Warsaw / Poland
May 11, 2000 / Maciej Plazynski / Speaker of the Polish Parliament / Warsaw / Poland
May 11, 2000 / Bronisław Geremek / Foreign Minister of Poland / Warsaw / Poland
April 19, 2000 / Yukio Hatoyama / Leader of the Opposition in Japan / Tokyo / Japan
March 29, 2000 / Chao Shou-po / Governor of Taiwan Province / New Delhi / Taiwan
