General Debate speaker

Alexander Downer

Addressed the General Debate 7 times for Australia, between 1996 and 2005 — 19,258 words in all. The longest was 1997, at 3,887.

Offices held
Minister for Foreign Affairs · Minister for Foregn Affairs
02,5005,0001996: 3,857 words1997: 3,887 words1999: 3,672 words2000: 2,618 words2002: 1,662 words2003: 1,625 words2005: 1,937 words19962005
Length of each statement, in words.

Statements

YearSessionOfficeWords
1996 51 Minister for Foreign Affairs 3,857
1997 52 Minister for Foreign Affairs 3,887
1999 54 Minister for Foreign Affairs 3,672
2000 55 Minister for Foreign Affairs 2,618
2002 57 Minister for Foreign Affairs 1,662
2003 58 Minister for Foreign Affairs 1,625
2005 60 Minister for Foregn Affairs 1,937

What the statements mention most

human rights 84 terrorism 37 peacekeeping 21 disarmament 16 nuclear weapons 13 non proliferation 9 aids 9 refugees 7

Counts of words from a published list across these 7 statements. A count is a fact about a word: it is not a measure of what this person believed, argued for, or cared about, and nothing on this page should be read that way.

Everything here is drawn from what Alexander Downer said in an official capacity at the rostrum of the General Assembly, as published by the United Nations. Nothing else about them is collected or inferred.

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