General Debate speaker

Benhima

Addressed the General Debate 5 times for Morocco, between 1959 and 1973 — 17,859 words in all. The longest was 1959, at 4,655.

Also recorded as “BENHIMA” — the roster spells one person several ways across the decades, and these statements are grouped as one.

The record gives a surname and no more. United Nations rosters before the mid-1990s often record only a family name, so these 5 statements are grouped by that name and the name of the state. Where a state sent two people who shared a surname, this page would combine them, and nothing in the record would show it.

02,5005,0001959: 4,655 words1964: 3,152 words1965: 3,362 words1972: 3,604 words1973: 3,086 words19591973
Length of each statement, in words.

Statements

YearSessionOfficeWords
1959 14 not recorded 4,655
1964 19 not recorded 3,152
1965 20 not recorded 3,362
1972 27 not recorded 3,604
1973 28 not recorded 3,086

United Nations records do not consistently identify a speaker’s office before 1994, so a blank means the record does not say.

What the statements mention most

colonialism 13 detente 12 self determination 5 decolonization 4 refugees 4 non aligned 3 cold war 3 disarmament 2

Counts of words from a published list across these 5 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 Benhima 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.

Where this page comes from