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Date / Name of the Person / Title / Place of Meeting / Country of Dignitary

December 21, 2010 / B.P. Singh / Governor of Sikkim / Gangtok / India

December 21, 2010 / Pawan Chamling / Chief Minister of Sikkim / Gangtok / India

November 23, 2010 / Kapil Sibal / Minister for Human Resource Development of India / New Delhi / India

November 20, 2010 / Abdul A.P.J. Kalam / Former President of India / New Delhi / India

November 12, 2010 / Hidehiko Yuzaki / Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture / Hiroshima / Japan

November 12, 2010 / Frederik Willem De Klerk / Former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / South Africa

November 12, 2010 / Mohamed ElBaradei / 2005 Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / Egypt

November 12, 2010 / Shirin Ebadi / Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / Iran

November 12, 2010 / Mairead Corrigan Maguire / Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / Northern Ireland

November 12, 2010 / Jody Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / USA

November 5, 2010 / L.K. Advani / Former Deputy Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

October 23, 2010 / Michael Ignatieff / Leader of Opposition and Leader of Liberal Democratic Party / Toronto / Canada

October 22, 2010 / Jason Kenney / Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism of Canada / Toronto / Canada

September 20, 2010 / Laszlo Tokes / Vice President of the European Parliament / Budapest / Hungary

August 11, 2010 / Manmohan Singh / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

July 25, 2010 / Omar Abdullah / Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir / Disket / India

June 5, 2010 / Omar Abdullah / Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir / Gulabgarh / India

May 26, 2010 / Nitish Kumar / Chief Minister of Bihar / Patna / India

May 16, 2010 / Jim Doyle / Governor of Wisconsin / Madison / USA

April 8, 2010 / Pascale Bruderer Wyss / Speaker of Swiss Parliament / Rikon / Switzerland

April 7, 2010 / Bostjan Zeks / Minister for Slovenians Abroad of Slovenia / Maribor / Slovenia

April 6, 2010 / Janez Jansa / Former Prime Minister of Slovenia / Maribor / Slovenia

April 4, 2010 / Ramesh Pokhriyal / Chief Minister of Uttrakhand / Rishikesh / India

March 17, 2010 / Rameshwar Thakur / Governor of Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal / India

March 17, 2010 / Shivraj Singh Chauhan / Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal / India

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, DC on February 18, 2010. (Official White House Photo)

February 18, 2010 / Barack Obama / President of USA / Washington / USA

February 18, 2010 / Hillary Clinton / Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA

January 15, 2010 / Narendra Modi / Chief Minister of Gujarat / Vadodara / India

December 19, 2009 / Mallikarjun Kharge / Minister of Labor & Employment of India / Gulbarga / India

December 19, 2009 / Carlos Henrique Gaguim / Governor of the Brazilian State of Tocantins / Hyderabad / India

December 18, 2009 / Konijeti Rosaiah / Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad / India

December 4, 2009 / Phil Goff / Leader of New Zealand Opposition / Auckland / New Zealand

December 4, 2009 / Peter Garrett / Minister for the Environment, Heritage & the Arts of Australia / Sydney / Australia

December 3, 2009 / Tony Abbott / Leader of Australian Opposition / Sydney / Australia

November 18, 2009 / Gianfranco Fini / President of the Italian Lower House / Rome / Italy

November 17, 2009 / Luis Durnwalder / Governor of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol / Bolzano / Italy

November 17, 2009 / Lorenzo Dellai / President of the Autonomous Province of Trentino / Trento /
Italy

November 8, 2009 / Dorjee Khandu / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / Tawang / India

October 9, 2009 / Bill Richardson / Governor of New Mexico / Washington / USA

October 6, 2009 / Nancy Pelosi / Speaker of the US House / Washington / USA

October 3, 2009 / Jason Kenney / Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism of Canada / Montreal / Canada

September 28, 2009 / Gordon Campbell / Premier of British Columbia / Vancouver / Canada

September 28, 2009 / Mary Robinson / Former President of Ireland / Vancouver / Ireland

September 27, 2009 / Mairead Corrigan Maguire / Nobel Peace Laureate / Vancouver / Northern Ireland

September 27, 2009 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Vancouver / Northern Ireland

September 27, 2009 / Jody Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Vancouver / USA

September 13, 2009 / Sukhbaatar Batbold / Foreign Minister of Mongolia / New Delhi / Mongolia

September 12, 2009 / Jan Kohout / Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

September 12, 2009 / Dr. Hynek Kmonicek / Deputy Foreign Minister of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

September 11, 2009 / Jan Fischer / Prime Minister of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

September 11, 2009 / Vaclav Havel / Former President of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

September 11, 2009 / Willem De Klerk / Former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Laureate / Prague / South Africa

September 11, 2009 / Jody Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Prague / USA

September 10, 2009 / Michael Kocab / Minister for Human Rights and Minorities for Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

September 7, 2009 / Dorjee Khandu / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / New Delhi / India

September 1, 2009 / Tsai Ing-Wen / Chairwoman of Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party / Kaohsiung / Taiwan

August 6, 2009 / Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi / President of the National Council of Switzerland / Lausanne / Switzerland

July 30, 2009 / Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul / Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development of Germany / Frankfurt / Germany

July 29, 2009 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Frankfurt / Germany

July 29, 2009 / Lech Walesa / Former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Laureate / Warsaw / Poland

July 8, 2009 / L.K. Advani / Former Deputy Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

July 8, 2009 / Murlidhar C. Bhandare / Governor of Orissa / New Delhi / India

July 7, 2009 / A.P.J. Abdul Kalam / Former President of India / New Delhi / India

July 7, 2009 / Atal Bihari Vajpayee / Former Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

July 7, 2009 / Dorjee Khandu / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / New Delhi / India

July 6, 2009 / Sonia Gandhi / Chairperson of the Indian United Progressive Alliance / New Delhi / India

July 6, 2009 / Prem Kumar Dhumal / Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh / New Delhi / India

June 11, 2009 / Hamid Ansari / Vice President of India / New Delhi / India

June 5, 2009 / Maxime Verhagen / Foreign Minister of The Netherlands / The Hague / The Netherlands

June 5, 2009 / Gerdi Verbeet / Speaker of the House of Representatives of The Netherlands / The Hague / The Netherlands

June 5, 2009 / Princess Irene / Princess of The Netherlands / The Hague / The Netherlands

June 5, 2009 / Ruud Lubbers / Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands / The Hague / The Netherlands

June 2, 2009 / Asta Ragnheidur Johannesdottir / Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland / Reykjavik / Iceland

June 2, 2009 / Svandis Svavarsdottir / Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources for Iceland / Reykjavik / Iceland

June 2, 2009 / Ogmundur Jonasson / Minister of Health of Iceland / Reykjavik / Iceland

June 2, 2009 / Katrin Juliusdottir / Minister of Industry of Iceland / Reykjavik / Iceland

June 2, 2009 / Katrin Jakobsdottir / Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Iceland / Reykjavik / Iceland

June 2, 2009 / Vigdis Finnbogadottir / Former President of Iceland / Reykjavik / Iceland

May 30, 2009 / Lars Lokke Rasmussen / Prime Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark

May 30, 2009 / Per Stig Moller / Prime Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark

May 3, 2009 / Mary Robinson / Former President of Ireland / New York / Ireland

February 16, 2009 / Rameshwar Thakur / Governor of Karnataka / New Delhi / India

February 13, 2009 / Luvsanvandan Bold / Defence Minister of Mongolia / New Delhi / Mongolia

February 10, 2009 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Baden Baden / Germany

January 13, 2008 / Dorjee Khandu / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / Sarnath / India

January 2, 2009 / A.P.J. Abdul Kalam / Former President of India / Dharamsala / India

December 11, 2008 / Bronislaw Komorowski / Speaker of the Polish House / Warsaw / Poland

December 11, 2008 / Bogdan Borusewicz / Marshal of the Polish Senate / Warsaw / Poland

December 10, 2008 / Lech Kaczynski / President of Poland / Warsaw / Poland

December 6, 2008 / Jose Manuel Barroso / President of the European Commission / Gdansk / Poland

December 6, 2008 / Nicolas Sarkozy / President of France / Gdansk / France

December 6, 2008 / Donald Tusk / Prime Minister of Poland / Gdansk / Poland

December 6, 2008 / Jerzy Buzek / Former Prime Minister of Poland / Gdansk / Poland

December 6, 2008 / Shirin Ebadi / Nobel Peace Laureate / Gdansk / Iran

December 6, 2008 / Frederik Willem De Klerk / Former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Laureate / Gdansk / South Africa

December 5&6, 2008 / Lech Walesa / Former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Laureate / Gdansk / Poland

December 4, 2008 / Harman Van Rompuy / President of the Belgian House / Brussels / Belgium

December 4, 2008 / Armand De Decker / President of the Belgian Senate / Brussels / Belgium

December 4, 2008 / Hans-Gert Pottering / President of the European Parliament / Brussels / Belgium

December 3, 2008 / Yves Leterme / Prime Minister of Belgium / Brussels / Belgium

December 2, 2008 / Karel Schwarzenberg / Foreign Minister of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

December 1, 2008 / Vaclav Havel / Former President of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

November 30, 2008 / Mirek Topolamek / Prime Minister of Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with First Lady of France Carla Bruni Sarkozy at the inauguration of the Lerab Ling Temple in Roqueredonde, France on August 22, 2008.

Aug. 22, 2008 / Carla Bruni Sarkozy / First Lady of France / Roqueredonde / France

Aug. 22, 2008 / Bernard Kouchner / Foreign Minister of France / Roqueredonde / France

Aug. 22, 2008 / Rama Yade / Deputy Foreign Minister of France / Roqueredonde / France

Aug. 16, 2008 / Segolene Royal / Socialist Leader of France / Nantes / France

July 25, 2008 / John McCain / Republican U.S. Presidential Candidate / Aspen / U.S.A

July 21, 2008 / Jim Doyle / Governor of Wisconsin / Madison / U.S.A

June 18, 2008 / H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania / King & Queen of Jordan / Petra / Jordan

June 17, 2008 / H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed / Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to H.M. the King of Jordan / Amman / Jordan

June 15, 2008 / Stephen Smith / Foreign Minister of Australia / Perth / Australia

June 13, 2008 / Chris Evans / Minister for Immigration & Citizenship of Australia / Sydney / Australia

June 11, 2008 / Dr. Brendan Nelson / Leader of Australian Opposition / Sydney / Australia

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London, UK, on May 23, 2008.

May 23, 2008 / Gordon Brown / Prime Minister of U.K. / London / UK

May 23, 2008 / Dr. Rowan Williams / Archbishop of Canterbury / London / UK

May 22, 2008 / H.R.H. Prince Charles / Prince of Wales / London / UK

May 22, 2008 / Nick Clegg / Leader of the U.K. Liberal Democrats / London / UK

May 21, 2008 / David Cameron / Leader of the U.K. Conservative Party & Leader of Opposition / London / UK

May 19, 2008 / Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul / Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development of Germany / Berlin / Germany

May 15, 2008 / Dr. Jurgen Ruettgers / Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia / Bochum / Germany

May 15, 2008 / Dr. Norbert Lammert / Speaker of the German Parliament / Bochum / Germany

May 15, 2008 / Roland Koch / Minister President of Hessen / Frankfurt / Germany

April 12, 2008 / Christine Gregoire / Governor of Washington / Seattle / U.S.A

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visiting His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 21, 2008. (Photo by Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL)

March 21, 2008 / Nancy Pelosi / Speaker of the US House / Dharamsala / USA

January 22, 2008 / A.P.J. Abdul Kalam / Former President of India / New Delhi / India

January 20, 2008 / L.K. Advani / Former Deputy Prime Minister of India & Leader of Opposition / New Delhi / India

January 10, 2008 / Luis Durnwalder / Governor of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol / Mundgod / Italy

January 7, 2008 / Dorjee Khandu / Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh / Mundgod / India

December 15, 2007 / Mohammad Yunus / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Bangladesh

December 14, 2007 / Giovanni Melandri / Minister of Youth & Sports Activity of Italy / Rome / Italy

December 13, 2007 / Franco Marini / President of the Italian Senate / Rome / Italy

December 13, 2007 / Fausto Bertinotti / President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies / Rome / Italy

December 13, 2007 / Gianni Vernetti / Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy / Rome / Italy

December 13, 2007 / Mikhail Gorbachev / Former President of the Soviet Union and Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Russia

December 13, 2007 / Lech Walesa / Former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Poland

December 13, 2007 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Northern Ireland

December 13, 2007 / Mairead Corrigan Maguire / Nobel Peace Laureate / Rome / Northern Ireland

December 12, 2007 / Ricardo Illy / President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region / Udine / Italy

December 7, 2007 / Roberto Formigoni / President of the Lombardi Region / Milan / Italy

November 14, 2007 / M.C. Bhandare / Governor of Orissa / New Delhi / India

November 14, 2007 / A.K. Kidwai / Governor of Haryana / New Delhi / India

November 14, 2007 / L.K. Advani / Leader of Opposition of India / New Delhi / India

November 14, 2007 / Sheila Dikshit / Chief Minister of Delhi / New Delhi / India

November 13, 2007 / Petros G. Doukas / Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece / New Delhi / India

October 30, 2007 / Stephane Dion / Leader of the Canadian Liberal Party / Ottawa / Canada

October 30, 2007 / Gilles Duceppe / Leader of the Canadian Block Quebecois Party / Ottawa / Canada

October 30, 2007 / Jack Layton / Leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party / Ottawa / Canada

October 29, 2007 / Michaƫlle Jean / Governor General of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

October 29, 2007 / Stephen Harper / Prime Minister of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

October 29, 2007 / Maxime Bernier / Foreign Minister of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

October 29, 2007 / Stockwell Day / Minister for Public Safety of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

October 29, 2007 / Jason Kenney / Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

October 29, 2007 / Peter Milliken / Speaker of Canadian Parliament / Ottawa / Canada

October 28, 2007 / John Baird / Minister for the Environment of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

October 19, 2007 / John Negroponte / Deputy Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA

October 17, 2007 / George W. Bush / President of USA / Washington / USA

October 17, 2007 / Nancy Pelosi / Speaker of the US House / Washington / USA

October 17, 2007 / Harry Reid / Majority Leader of the US Senate / Washington / USA

October 17, 2007 / Mitch McConnell / Minority Leader of the US Senate / Washington / USA

October 17, 2007 / Steny Hoyer / Majority Leader of the US House / Washington / USA

October 17, 2007 / John Boehner / Minority Leader of the US House / Washington / USA

October 16, 2007 / George W. Bush / President of USA / Washington / USA

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany on September 23, 2007.

September 23, 2007 / Angela Merkel / Chancellor of Germany / Berlin / Germany

September 22, 2007 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Wiesbaden / Germany

September 20, 2007 / Jurgen Ruettgers / Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia / Muenster / Germany

September 20, 2007 / Alfred Gusenberger / Chancellor of Austria / Vienna / Austria

September 18, 2007 / Jorg Haider / Governor of Carinthia / Melk / Austria

September 17, 2007 / Erwin Proll / Governor of Lower Austria / Hinterbruhl / Austria

September 16, 2007 / Mario Soares / Former President of Portugal / Lisbon / Portugal

September 14, 2007 / Jorge Sampaio / Former President of Portugal / Lisbon / Portugal

September 13, 2007 / Jaime Gama / President of Portuguese Parliament / Lisbon / Portugal

September 10, 2007 / Ernest Benach Pascaul / President of Catalonia Parliament / Barcelona / Spain

September 10, 2007 / Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira / Vice President of Catalonia Government / Barcelona / Spain

August 20, 2007 / Vishnu S. Kokje / Governor of Himachal Pradesh / Narkanda / India

August 20, 2007 / Virbhadra Singh / Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh / Narkanda / India

July 30, 2007 / Manmohan Singh / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

July 29, 2007 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Frankfurt / Germany

July 18, 2007 / Michael Kitt / Minister of State for Overseas Development of Ireland / Derry / Ireland

June 19, 2007 / Winston Peters / Foreign Minister of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand

June 19, 2007 / John Key / Leader of New Zealand Opposition / Wellington / New Zealand

June 19, 2007 / Peter Dunne / Minister of Revenue 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 Australian Opposition / Canberra / Australia

May 12, 2007 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Leipzig / Germany

May 12, 2007 / Georg Milbradt / Minister-President of Saxony / Leipzig / Germany

May 4, 2007 / Walter Mondale / Former Vice President of USA / Madison / USA

May 3, 2007 / Jim Doyle / Governor of Wisconsin / Madison / USA

April 27, 2007 / Nancy Pelosi / Speaker of the US House / San Francisco / USA

February 6, 2007 / Steve Stevaert / Governor of Limburg Province / New Delhi / Belgium

February 4, 2007 / R. Prasad Singh / Minister for Rural Development of India / Bodhgaya / India

February 4, 2007 / Nitish Kumar / Chief Minister of Bihar / Bodhgaya / India

February 3, 2007 / R.S. Gavai / Governor of Bihar / Bodhgaya / India

February 1, 2007 / Desmond Tutu / Nobel Peace Laureate / New Delhi / South Africa

January 17, 2007 / D.N. Sahaya / Governor of Tripura / Agartala / India

December 28, 2006 / T.N. Chaturvedi / Governor of Karnataka / Bangalore / India

November 1, 2006 / Desmond Tutu / Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / South Africa

November 1, 2006 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Hiroshima / Northern Ireland

October 28, 2006 / Virbhadra Singh / Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh / Rampur / India

October 13, 2006 / HH Pope Benedict XVI / Pope / Vatican City / Italy

October 13, 2006 / Massimo D'Alema / Foreign Minister of Italy / Rome / Italy

October 13, 2006 / Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio / Minister of Environment / Rome / Italy

October 13, 2006 / Paolo De Castro / Minister for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies / Rome / Italy

October 12, 2006 / Franco Marini / President of the Italian Senate / Rome / Italy

October 12, 2006 / Fausto Bertinotti / Speaker of the Italian Chamber of Deputies / Rome / Italy

October 10, 2006 / Alexandr Vondra / Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

October 9, 2006 / Vaclav Havel / Former President of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

October 9, 2006 / Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland / Prague / Ireland

September 26, 2006 / Arnold Schwarzenegger / Governor of California / Long Beach / USA

September 22, 2006 / Bill Clinton / Former President of USA / New York / USA

September 17, 2006 / HM Queen Noor / Former Queen of Jordan / Denver / USA

September 16, 2006 / Oscar Arias Sanchez / President of Costa Rica / Denver / Costa Rica

September 16, 2006 / Desmond Tutu / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / South Africa

September 16, 2006 / Mairead Corrigan Maguire / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / Northern Ireland

September 16, 2006 / Jose Ramos-Horta / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / East Timor

September 16, 2006 / Jody Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / USA

September 16, 2006 / Rigoberta Menchu / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / Guatemala

September 16, 2006 / Adolfo Perez Esquivel / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / Argentina

September 16, 2006 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / Northern Ireland

September 16, 2006 / Shirin Ebadi / Nobel Peace Laureate / Denver / Iran

September 9, 2006 / Monte Solberg / Minister of Citizenship & Immigration of Canada / Vancouver / Canada

September 9, 2006 / Jason Kenney / Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada / Vancouver / Canada

September 8, 2006 / Gordon Campbell / Premier of British Columbia / Vancouver / Canada

August 25, 2006 / Nambaryn Enkhbayar / President of Mongolia / Ulaanbaatar / Mongolia

August 25, 2006 / Tsensiin Nyamdorj / Chairman of the Mongolian Parliament / Ulaanbaatar / Mongolia

August 23, 2006 / Miyeegombyn Enkhbold / Prime Minister of Mongolia / Ulaanbaatar / Mongolia

August 20, 2006 / Sheila Dikshit / Chief Minister of Delhi / New Delhi / India

June 22, 2006 / Ehud Olmert / Prime Minister of Israel / Petra / Israel

June 22, 2006 / President Mahmoud Abbas / President of the Palestinian Authority / Petra / Palestine

June 22, 2006 / HRH Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed / Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to HM the King of Jordan / Amman / Jordan

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Petra, Jordan on June 21, 2006.

June 21, 2006 / HM King Abdullah II & Queen Rania / King & Queen of Jordan / Petra / Jordan

June 21, 2006 / Shimon Peres / Nobel Peace Laureate / Petra / USA

June 21, 2006 / David Trimble / Nobel Peace Laureate / Petra / Northern Ireland

June 21, 2006 / Betty Williams / Nobel Peace Laureate / Petra / Northern Ireland

June 20, 2006 / Ahmad Helail / Imam to the Royal Hashemite Court & Supreme Judge / Amman / Jordan

June 20, 2006 / Elie Wiesel / Nobel Peace Laureate / Petra / USA

June 1, 2006 / Guy Verhofstadt / Prime Minister of Belgium / Brussels / Belgium

June 1, 2006 / Anne Marie Lizen / President of the Belgian Senate / Brussels / Belgium

June 1, 2006 / Herman De Croo / President of the Belgian House / Brussels / Belgium

June 1, 2006 / Armand De Decker / Minister of Development Cooperation of Belgium / Brussels / Belgium

June 1, 2006 / Charles Picques / Minister President of Government of the Brussels Capital Region / Brussels / Belgium

June 1, 2006 / Demond Tutu / Nobel Peace Laureate / Brussels / South Africa

May 31, 2006 / Josep Borrell / President of the European Parliament / Brussels / Belgium

May 31, 2006 / Gunter Verheugen / Vice President of the European Commission / Brussels / Belgium

May 30, 2006 / Jose Manuel Barroso / President of the European Commission / Brussels / Belgium

May 30, 2006 / Wolfgang Schussel / Chancellor of Austria & President of the European Council / Brussels / Belgium

May 30, 2006 / Franco Frattini / Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security / Brussels / Belgium

May 30, 2006 / Margot Wallstroem / Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy / Brussels / Belgium

May 30, 2006 / Jan Figel / Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism / Brussels / Belgium

May 30, 2006 / Vladimir Spidla / Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities / Brussels / Belgium

May 14, 2006 / Hubert Gorbach / Vice Chancellor of Austria / St. Veit / Austria

May 14, 2006 / Karin Gastinger / Minister of Justice of Austria / St. Veit / Austria

May 14, 2006 / Maria Rauch-Kallat / Minister of Health of Austria / St. Veit / Austria

May 14, 2006 / Jorg Haider / Governor of Carinthia / St. Veit / Austria

May 11, 2006 / Mario Iguaran / Attorney General of Colombia / Bogota / Colombia

May 6, 2006 / Sergio Espejo / Minister of Transport of Chile / Santiago / Chile

May 5, 2006 / Paulina Urrutia / Minister of Culture of Chile / Santiago / Chile

May 5, 2006 / Martin Zilic / Minister of Education of Chile / Santiago / Chile

May 5, 2006 / Felipe Harboe Bascunan / Deputy Minister of Interior of Chile / Santiago / Chile

May 4, 2006 / Antonio Leal Labrin / President of the Chilean House of Chambers / Valpairaso / Chile

May 3, 2006 / Jaime Naranjo Ortiz / Vice President of the Chilean Senate / Santiago / Chile

May 2, 2006 / Jorge Telerman / Chief of Government of Buenos Aires / Buenos Aires / Argentina

May 1, 2006 / Adolfo Perez Esquivel / Nobel Peace Laureate / Buenos Aires / Argentina

April 26, 2006 / Gilberto Gil / Minister of Culture of Brazil / Sao Paulo / Brazil

April 26, 2006 / Jose Luiz de Franco Pena / President of the Green Party of Brazil / Sao Paulo / Brazil

February 19, 2006 / Rabbi Shlomo Amar / Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel / Jerusalem / Israel

February 19, 2006 / Rabbi Yona Metzger / Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel / Jerusalem / Israel

February 12, 2006 / Nitish Kumar / Chief Minister of Bihar / Nalanda / India

January 11, 2006 / Sushilkumar Shinde / Governor of Andhra Pradesh / Amaravathi / India

January 9, 2006 / Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy / Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh / Amaravathi / India

January 3, 2006 / S. Jaipal Reddy / Minister of Urban Development & Culture of India / Amaravathi / India

January 3, 2006 / Renuka Chowdhury / Minister of Tourism of India / Amaravathi / India

January 2, 2006 / Sushilkumar Shinde / Governor of Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad / India

January 2, 2006 / Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy / Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad / India

November 18, 2005 / M.G. Buthelezi / President of the South African Inkatha Freedom Party / Edinburgh / UK

November 17, 2005 / Donald Carcieri / Governor of Rhode Island / Newport / USA

November 16, 2005 / Dennis Hastert / Speaker of the US House / Washington / USA

November 16, 2005 / Harry Reid / Minority Leader of the US Senate / Washington / USA

November 16, 2005 / Nancy Pelosi / Minority Leader of the US House / Washington / USA

US President George W Bush wearing a scarf that was presented to him by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the White House in Washington DC, USA on November 9, 2005. (Official White House Photo)

November 9, 2005 / George W. Bush / President of USA / Washington / USA

November 9, 2005 / Condoleezza Rice / Secretary of State of USA / Washington / USA

November 6, 2005 / Jimmy Carter / Former President of USA / San Francisco / USA

November 2, 2005 / I.K. Gujral / Former Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

October 27, 2005 / Renuka Chowdhury / Minister of Tourism of India / New Delhi / India

September 11, 2005 / Dirk Kempthorne / Governor of Idaho / Sun Valley / USA

September 9, 2005 / Frank H. Murkowski / Governor of Alaska / Anchorage / USA

August 16, 2005 / Natwar Singh / Foreign Minister of India / New Delhi / India

August 9, 2005 / Kirsan Ilyumzhinov / President of Kalmykia Republic / Zurich / Russian Federation

August 4, 2005 / Pascal Couchepin / Federal Councilor and Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs of Switzerland / Zurich / Switzerland

August 3, 2005 / Dorothee Fierz / President of Zurich Canton / Zurich / Switzerland

August 1, 2005 / Lorenzo Dellai / President of the Autonomous Province of Trento / Trento / Italy

August 1, 2005 / Giuliano Amato / Former Prime Minister of Italy / Bolzano / Italy

July 31, 2005 / Luis Durnwalder / President Governor of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol / Bonn / Italy

July 27, 2005 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Wiesbaden / Germany

July 27, 2005 / Norbert Kartmann / Speaker of the Parliament of Hessen / Wiesbaden / Germany

July 26, 2005 / Roland Koch / Minister-President of Hessen / Wiesbaden / Germany

June 18, 2005 / Wolfgang Thierse / President of the German Parliament / Berlin / Germany

June 17, 2005 / Angela Merkel / Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Party of Germany / Berlin / Germany

June 16, 2005 / Joschka Fischer / Foreign Minister of Germany / Berlin / Germany

June 15, 2005 / Vaclav Havel / Former President of the Czech Republic / Berlin / Czech Republic

June 15, 2005 / Kjell Magne Bondevik / Prime Minister of Norway / Oslo / Norway

June 14, 2005 / Jorgen Kosmo / President of the Norwegian Parliament / Oslo / Norway / Jordan

May 20, 2005 / HRH Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed / Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to HM the King of Jordan / Amman / Jordan

May 19, 2005 / Bill Clinton / Former President of USA / Petra / USA

May 18, 2005 / HM King Abdullah II & Queen Rania / King & Queen of Jordan / Petra / Jordan

May 18, 2005 / Bassem Awadallah / Minister of Finance of Jordan / Petra / Jordan

May 18, 2005 / Shimon Peres / Foreign Minister of Israel / Petra / Israel

May 18, 2005 / Benjamin William Mkapa / President of Tanzania / Petra / Tanzania

May 18, 2005 / Goh Chok Tong / Senior Minister of Singapore / Petra / Singapore

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