Agence France Presse — English
January 26, 2005 Wednesday 3:37 AM GMT
List of officials confirmed for Auschwitz commemoration
WARSAW Jan 26
Survivors of the Auschwitz death camp and Red Army soldiers who
prised the camp from the Nazis will gather Thursday at the site in
southern Poland, along with officials from around the world, to mark
the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.
There follows a list of officials the Polish presidency has confirmed
will attend the commemorative events at the camp on January 27:
Albania: Prime Minister Fatos Nano
Armenia: Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan
Austria: President Heinz Fischer
Azerbaijan: Parliamentary Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov
Belgium: King Albert II, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
Belarus: Council of the Republic Chairman Gennady Novitsky
Bosnia-Hercegovina: Chairman of the Presidency Borislav Paravac
Britain: Foreign Minister Jack Straw, Prince Edward
Bulgaria: President Georgy Parvanov
Canada: Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
Cyprus: President Tassos Papadopoulos
Croatia: President Stipe Mesic
Denmark: Prince Joachim
Estonia: President Arnold Ruutel
Finland: Parliamentary Speaker Paavo Lipponen
France: President Jacques Chirac, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier
Germany: President Horst Koehler
Greece: President Konstantinos Stefanopoulos
Spain: Senate President Francisco Javier Rojo Garcia
Hungary: President Ferenc Madl
Ireland: President Mary McAleese
Israel: President Moshe Katzav
Italy: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Kazakhstan: Senate Chairman Nourtay Abikayev
Lithuania: Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas
Luxemburg: Grand Duke Henri
Latvia: President Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Macedonia: Deputy Foreign Minister Fuad Hasanovic
Netherlands: Queen Beatrix, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Norway: Crown Prince Haakon, Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
Portugal: Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes
Czech Republic: President Vaclav Klaus
Romania: President Traian Basescu
Russia: President Vladimir Putin
Serbia and Montenegro: President Svetozar Marovic
Slovakia: President Ivan Gasparovic
Slovenia: President Janez Drnovsek
Sweden: Crown Princess Viktoria, Parliamentary Speaker Bjorn von
Sydow
Switzerland: President Samuel Schmid
Turkey: Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
Ukraine: President Viktor Yushchenko
United States: Vice President Dick Cheney
Vatican: Mgr Jean-Marie Lustiger
European Union: Commission President Manuel Barroso, Parliamentary
President Joseph Borell Fontelles