General Debate speaker
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson
Addressed the General Debate 4 times for Iceland, between 2017 and 2020 — 6,968 words in all. The longest was 2018, at 1,845.
- Offices held
- Minister for Foreign Affairs · Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Coperation
Also recorded as “Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson” — the roster spells one person several ways across the decades, and these statements are grouped as one.
Statements
| Year | Session | Office | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 72 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,696 |
| 2018 | 73 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,845 |
| 2019 | 74 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,839 |
| 2020 | 75 | Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Coperation | 1,588 |
What the statements mention most
human rights 45 climate change 24 sustainable development 17 gender equality 12 poverty 5 refugees 4 biodiversity 3 terrorism 3
Counts of words from a published list across these 4 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 Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson 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.