Foreign Dignitaries who have addressed Joint Sessions of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada

Foreign Dignitaries who have addressed Joint Sessions

Selected Links Heads of States and of Governments who have addressed Joint Sessions of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada

What is a Joint Address?

Although most foreign dignitaries address joint sessions of Parliament, there are exceptions. For example, on July 11, 1944, General Charles De Gaulle addressed Members of the Senate, the House of Commons and the general public outside the Chambers (House of Commons Debates, July 11, 1944, pp. 4748-4751).

Source: This compilation was produced from information supplied by the Journals Branch of the House of Commons. The page references indicate where the speeches delivered by the dignitaries can be found in the House of Commons Debates.

5 foreign dignitaries

Date	Name	Title	House of Commons Debates
2004.03.09	His Excellency Kofi Annan	Secretary General of the United Nations Organization	pp. 1293-1298
1990.06.18	Mr. Nelson Mandela	Deputy President of the African National Congress	pp. 12918-12925
1985.03.07	His Excellency Javier Perez de Cuellar	Secretary General of the United Nations Organization	pp. 2853-2858
1964.05.26	His Excellency U Thant	Secretary General of the United Nations Organization	(not in the Debates)
1943.06.16	Madame Chiang Kai-Shek	Wife of Leader of Republic of China	pp. 3717-3723