The World Leaders Forum is an annual initiative at Columbia University that hopes to create a platform for public debate on critical global issues. The focus in 2005 was on global development and the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. WKCR News was able to record the following speeches:

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone - Listen
Introduction by Lisa Anderson
Recorded: September 19, 2005
Aired: September 29, 2005
Recorded by: Jesse Chanin

Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq - Listen
Introduction by Lee C. Bollinger
Recorded: September 17, 2005
Aired: September 22, 2005
Recorded by: Dan Wang

Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan - Listen
Introduction by Lee C. Bollinger
Recorded: September 16, 2005
Aired: September 19, 2005
Recorded by: Aditi Chokshi and Joseph Lu

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda - Listen
Introductions by Alan Brinkley and Josh Ruxin
Recorded: September 15, 2005
Aired: September 15, 2005
Recorded by: Carolyn Bancroft

Susilo Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia - Listen
Introduction by Jeffrey Sachs
Recorded: September 13, 2005
Aired: September 13, 2005
Recorded by: Dan Wang

World Leaders Forum official site