General Debate speaker

Gurinovich

Addressed the General Debate 23 times for Belarus, between 1966 and 1989 — 106,280 words in all. The longest was 1969, at 5,854.

Also recorded as “GURINOVICH” — 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 23 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.

05,00010,0001966: 4,858 words1967: 5,307 words1968: 5,272 words1969: 5,854 words1970: 5,632 words1972: 5,189 words1973: 4,950 words1974: 4,492 words1975: 4,563 words1976: 4,119 words1977: 3,752 words1978: 3,999 words1979: 4,194 words1980: 4,795 words1981: 4,411 words1982: 4,084 words1983: 5,393 words1984: 4,605 words1985: 4,585 words1986: 4,208 words1987: 4,779 words1988: 3,681 words1989: 3,558 words19661989
Length of each statement, in words.

Statements

YearSessionOfficeWords
1966 21 not recorded 4,858
1967 22 not recorded 5,307
1968 23 not recorded 5,272
1969 24 not recorded 5,854
1970 25 not recorded 5,632
1972 27 not recorded 5,189
1973 28 not recorded 4,950
1974 29 not recorded 4,492
1975 30 not recorded 4,563
1976 31 not recorded 4,119
1977 32 not recorded 3,752
1978 33 not recorded 3,999
1979 34 not recorded 4,194
1980 35 not recorded 4,795
1981 36 not recorded 4,411
1982 37 not recorded 4,084
1983 38 not recorded 5,393
1984 39 not recorded 4,605
1985 40 not recorded 4,585
1986 41 not recorded 4,208
1987 42 not recorded 4,779
1988 43 not recorded 3,681
1989 44 not recorded 3,558

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

disarmament 216 nuclear weapons 120 detente 101 colonialism 75 human rights 56 outer space 40 apartheid 35 non aligned 26

Counts of words from a published list across these 23 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 Gurinovich 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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