among them were phumiphon adunyadet , king of thailand ; borhanoddin rabbani , president of the islamic state of afghanistan ; maaouiya ould sid ahmed taya , president of the islamic republic of mauritania ; mohamed abdelaziz , president of the saharan arab democratic republic and concurrently secretary general of the polisario front ; jabir al-ahmad al-jabir al-sabah , amir of the state of kuwait ; muhamad husni mubarak , president of the arab republic of egypt ; h. kamuzu banda , president of the republic of malawi ; alpha oumar konare , president and head of state of the republic of mali ; blaise compaore , president and head of state and chairman of the council of ministers of burkina faso ; france albert rene , president of the republic of seychelles ; ange patasse , president of the central african republic ; henri konan bedie , president of the republic of cote d'ivoire ; pascal lissouba , president and head of state of the republic of the congo ; john george melvin compton , prime minister of saint lucia ; and vere cornwall bird , prime minister of antigua and barbuda .