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In a public expression of political will to make ending violence against women a top priority, Heads of State and Ministers from 74 governments have signed on to Say NO. Following is a list of the government representatives at the ministerial level or higher who have added their names to Say NO:
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ANDORRA Albert Pintat, President; Meritxell Mateu, Minister of External Relations ::: ARGENTINA Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President; Jorge Taiana, Minister of External Relations ::: AUSTRALIA Tanya Plibersek, Minister of the Status of Women; Stephen Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs ::: AUSTRIA Ursula Plassnik, Foreign Minister ::: Werner Faymann, Federal Chancellor ::: Josef Pröll, Vice Chancellor and Minister of Financial Affairs ::: Claudia Bandion-Ortner, Minister of Justice ::: Nikolaus Berlakowich, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management ::: Doris Bures, Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology ::: Norbert Darabos, Minister of Defence and Sports ::: Maria Fekter, Minister of Internal Affairs ::: Johannes Hahn, Minister of Science and Research ::: Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek, Minister for Women and Civil Service ::: Rudolf Hundstorfer, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection ::: Reinhold Mitterlehner, Minister of Economy, Family and Youth ::: Claudia Schmied, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture ::: Michael Spindelegger, Minister of Foreign Affairs ::: Alois Stöger, Minister of Health...
BAHRAIN Lulwa Saleh al Awadi, Secretar-General of the Supreme Council for Women ::: BELGIUM Charles Michel, Minister of Development Cooperation ::: BOLIVIA Evo Morales, President ::: BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers ::: BURKINA FASO Celine Yoda Konkobo, Minister of Women’s Affairs ::: BRAZIL Luiz Roberto de Souza, National Secretary of Youth; Nilcéa Freire, Minister of the Special Secretariat of Government Policies for Women...
CANADA Helena Guergis, Minister of State for the Status of Women ::: CHILE Michelle Bachelet, President; Alejandro Foxley, Minister of External Relations; Laura Albornoz, Minister of Women’s Affairs ::: COLOMBIA Álvaro Uribe, President; Martha Lucía Vásquez, Presidential Councilor for the Equality of Women ::: COSTA RICA Oscar Arias, President; Bruno Stango, Minister of External Relations; Karina Bolaños, Vice Minister of Youth ::: COTE D'IVOIRE Raymonde Goudou Coffie, Minister of Family, Woman and Child...
DENMARK Karen Jespersen, Minister for Gender Equality; Ulla Tørnæs, Minister of Development Cooperation ::: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyes, President...
ECUADOR Rafael Correa, President; Nathalie Cely, Minister of Development Coordination; Jeanette Sánchez, Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion; Raúl Vallejo, Minister of Education; Ximena Abarca, Executive Director of the National Women’s Council (CONAMU) and Tempore Coordinator of the Intergovernmental Network of Ministers of Women’s Affairs of the Andean Region (REMMA) ::: EL SALVADOR Elías Antonio Saca, President; Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Minister of External Relations; Carlos Alemán, Secretary of Youth ::: EUROPEAN UNION Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations...
FINLAND Tarja Halonen, President; Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister; Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry; Tuija Brax, Minister of Justice; Tarja Cronberg, Minister of Labour; Jyrki Katainen, Minister of Finance; Mari Kiviniemi, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government; Paula Lehtomäki, Minister of the Environment; Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Defence; Anne Holmlund, Minister of the Interior; Liisa Hyssälä, Minister of Social Affairs and Health; Suvi Lindén, Minister of Communications; Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economic Affairs; Paula Risikko, Minister of Health and Social Services; Sari Sarkomaa, Minister of Education; Alexander Stubb, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Astrid Thors, Minister of Migration and European Affairs; Jan Vapaavuori, Minister of Housing; Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development; Anu Vehviläinen, Minister of Transport; Stefan Wallin, Minister of Culture and Sport and Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health ::: FRANCE Rama Yade, Minister of Human Rights...
GERMANY Gunther Gloser, Minister of State for Europe; Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation ::: GHANA John Agyekum Kufour, President ::: GREECE Dora Bakoyannis, Foreign Minister ::: GUATEMALA Álvaro Colom, President ::: GUYANA Priya Manickchand, Minister of Human Services and Social Security...
HONDURAS Manuel Zelaya, President; Gustavo A. Cáceres, Minister of Youth; Doris García, Minister of the National Women’s Institute ::: HUNGARY Kinga Goncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Erika Szucs, Minister for Social Affairs...
ICELAND Geir H. Haarde, Prime Minister; Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Foreign Minister; Árni M. Mathiesen, Minister of Finance; Björn Bjarnason, Minister of Justice, Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister of Health; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security; Kristján Möller, Minister of Communications; Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture; Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir, Minister for the Environment ::: INDIA Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State, Ministry of Women and Child Development ::: IRELAND Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs ::: ITALY Vincenzo Scotti, Under Secretary of State; Mara Carfagna, Minister for Equal Opportunities...
JAPAN Taro Aso, Prime Minister; Mizuho Fukushima, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Social Affairs, and Gender Equality; Kunio Hatoyama, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Decentralization Reform; Eisuke Mori, Minister of Justice; Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Shoichi Nakagawa, Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Financial Services; Ryu Shinoya, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Yoichi Masuzoe, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare; Toshihiro Nikai, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Shigeru Ishiba, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Kazuyoshi Kaneko, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Tetsuo Saito, Minister of the Environment; Yasukazu Hamada, Minister of Defense; Takeo Kawamura, Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of State for the Abduction Issue; Tsutomu Sato, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and Minister of State for Disaster Management; Kaoru Yosano, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Akira Amari, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, Administrative Reform and Civil Service Reform; Seiko Noda, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs; Yuko Obuchi, Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality ::: JORDAN Salah Eddin Al Bashir, Foreign Minister...
KAZAKHSTAN Zagipa Balieva, Minister of Justice ::: REPUBLIC OF KOREA Do-yoon Byun, Minister of Gender Equality ::: KYRGYZSTAN Aigul Ryskulova, Minister of Labour, Employment and Migration...
LEBANON Fouad Siniora, Prime Minister ::: LIECHTENSTEIN Rita Kieber-Beck, Foreign Minister ::: LIBERIA Annete M. Kiawu, Deputy Minister of Gender and Development...
MALTA Saviour F. Borg, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations ::: MEXICO Felipe Calderón, President; Mauricio Hernández Ávila, Under Secretary of Health; Liliana Rojero, Executive Secretary of the National Women’s Institute ::: MOROCCO Mohammed Abbou, Minister of Public Sectors Modernization; Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Ahmed Akhchichen, Minister of National Education; Mohamed Saad Alami, Minister of Parliament Relations; Mohamed Ameur, Minister in charge of Moroccans Living Abroad; Yasmina Baddou, Minister of Health; Nizar Baraka, Minister of Economic and General Affairs; Amina Benkhadra, Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment; Mohamed Boussaid, Minister of Tourism; Nawal El Moutawakel, Minister of Youth and Sports; Mohamed El Yazghi, Minister of State; Karim Ghellab, Minister of Equipment and Transport; Touria Khaytif Jabrane, Minister of Culture; Ahmed Taoufiq Jehira, Minister of Housing, Town Planning and Development; Abdellatif Maazouz, Minister of Foreign Trade; Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Economy and Finance; Khalid Naciri, Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson; Abdelwahed Radi, Minister of Justice; Ahmed Reda Chami, Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies; Jamal Rhamni, Minister of Employment and Professional Training; Nouzha Skalli, Minister for Social Development, Family and Solidarity...
NAMIBIA Marlene Mungunda, Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare ::: NEPAL Pampha Bhusal, Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare ::: NETHERLANDS Albert Koenders, Minister of Development Cooperation ::: NEVIS ISLAND Hensley Daniel, Deputy Premier and Minister of Social Transformation, Health, Trade and Industry ::: NIGERIA Hajia Saudatu Usman Bugundu, Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development ::: NORWAY Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister for Children and Equality; Erik Solheim, Minister of International Development...
PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister ::: PANAMA Martín Torrijos, President; Samuel Lewis, Vice President and Chancellor; Edith Castillo, Director of Cooperation; Severo Souza, Vice Minister of Commerce; María Roquebert, Minister of Social Development ::: PARAGUAY Gloria Rubín, Minister of Women’s Affairs ::: PERU Alan Garcia, President; Jose Garcia Belaunde, Minister of External Relations ::: PORTUGAL José Sócrates, President; Luís Amado, Minister of State and External Business...
SENEGAL Abdoulaye Wade, President; Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare, Prime Minister; Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Bacar Dia, Minister of Information, Institutional Relations and Government Spokesperson; Fatou Diagne, Minister of Competitiveness and Good Governance; Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Economy and Finance; Becaye Diop, Minister of the Armed Forces; Birame Diouf, Minister of Culture and Historic Heritage; Moustapha Sourang, Minister of Education; Cheikh Tidiane Sy, Minister of Justice; Habib Sy, Minister of Infrastructure, Urban Hydraulics and Sanitation ::: SEYCHELLES Benjamin Choppy, Principal Minister of ICT; Marie-Pierre Lloyd, Minister for Health and Social Development; Mac-Suzy Mondon, Minister for Employment and Human Resource Development ::: SINGAPORE Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State, Community Development, Youth and Sports ::: SLOVAK REPUBLIC Viera Tomanová, Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Family ::: SLOVENIA Samuel Žbogar, Minister of Foreign Affairs ::: SOLOMON ISLANDS Dereck Sikua, Prime Minister; Johnson Koli, Minister of Health and Medical Services; Varian Lonamei, Minister of Communications; Martin Magga, Minister of Lands and Housing; Stanley Festus Sofu, Minister for Infrastructure; Peter Tom, Minister of Women, Youth and Children Affairs; Milner Tozaka, Minister of Public Service; Matthew Wale, Minister of Education; Walter Folo Talu, Member of Parliament ::: SPAIN José Rodríguez Zapatero, President; Trinidad Jiménez, Secretary of State; Bibiana Aido, Minister of Equality; Victor Moreno, Minister of Justice; Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Minister of External Relations and Cooperation ::: SWEDEN Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Cooperation; Nyamko Sabuni, Minister for Integration and Equality ::: SWITZERLAND Micheline Calmy-Rey, Foreign Minister...
TANZANIA Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President; Mizengo Pinda, Prime Minister; Margaret Sitta, Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children: Batilda Salha Burian, Minister of State for the Environment (Vice President's Office) ; Mathias Meinrad Chikawe, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs; Capt. John Zefania Chiligati, Minister of Lands Housing and Human Settlement Development; Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia, Minister of Public Service and Management; Diodorus Buberwa Kamala, Minister for East African Cooperation; Juma Athuman Kapuya, Minister of Labour, Employment and Youth Development; Shukuru Jumanne Kawambwa, Minister of Infrastructure Development; Muhammed Seif Khatib, Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office (Union Affairs); Celina Ompeshi Kombani, Prime Minister's Office (Regional Admin & Local Govt.); Jumanne Abdallah Maghembe, Minister of Education and Vocational Training; John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, Minister of Livestock Development & Fisheries; Philip Sang’ka Marmo, Prime Minister’s Office (policy, coordination, and parliamentary affairs); Lawrence Kego Masha, Minister of Home Affairs; Bernard Kamillius Membe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations; George Huruma Mkuchika, Minister of Information, Culture, and Sports; Mustafa Haidi Mkulo, Minister of Finance and Economic Affair; Peter Mahamudu Msolla, Minister of Communication, Science, and Technology; David Homeli Mwakyusa, Minister of Health and Social Welfare; Mark James Mwandosya, Minister of Water and Irrigation; Shamsa Selengia Mwangunga, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism; Hussein Ali Mwiny, Minister of Defense and National Service; Mary Michael Nagu, Minister of Industries, Trade and Marketing; William Mganga Ngeleja, Minister of Energy and Minerals; Sophia Mattayo Simba, President’s Office (good governance); Stephen Masatu Wasira, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives ::: THAILAND Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand; Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, Minister of Justice; Chaovarat Chanweerakul, Minister of Interior; Witthaya Kaewparadai, Minister of Public Health; Issara Somchai, Minister of Social Development and Human Security; Phaithoon Kaeothong, Minister of Labour; Jurin Laksanawisit, Minister of Education; ::: TIMOR-LESTE Kay Rala Gusmão, Prime Minister ::: TURKEY Hayati Yazici, Minister of State of the Republic of Turkey; Nimet Çubukçu, State Minister of Education...
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State ::: UNITED KINGDOM Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; Jacqui Smith, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality; Dawn Primarolo, Minister of State for Public Health; Gareth Thomas, Development Minister; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council ::: UNITED STATES Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State...
VENEZUELA Hugo Chávez, President; Haiman El Troudi, Minister of Planning and Development; Maria León, Minister of Women’s Issues; Lidimar Machiques, Coordinator of International Issues ::: VIETNAM Hoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union; Ksor Phuoc, President of the Council of Ethnic Minorities of the Vietnam National Assembly...
KOSOVO, UN Administered Territory under UNSC Resolution 1244 Fatmir Sejdiu, President; Nekibe Kelmendi, Minister of Justice; Justina Pula, Minister of Energy and Mining; Zenun Pajaziti, Minister of Internal Affairs.