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General Debate speaker

Jackson

Addressed the General Debate 10 times for Guyana, between 1978 and 1989 — 34,554 words in all. The longest was 1984, at 4,283.

Also recorded as “JACKSON” — 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 10 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.

02,5005,0001978: 3,304 words1979: 3,101 words1980: 3,728 words1982: 3,898 words1983: 3,266 words1984: 4,283 words1985: 3,110 words1986: 3,251 words1987: 3,095 words1989: 3,518 words19781989
Length of each statement, in words.

Statements

YearSessionOfficeWords
1978 33 not recorded 3,304
1979 34 not recorded 3,101
1980 35 not recorded 3,728
1982 37 not recorded 3,898
1983 38 not recorded 3,266
1984 39 not recorded 4,283
1985 40 not recorded 3,110
1986 41 not recorded 3,251
1987 42 not recorded 3,095
1989 44 not recorded 3,518

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 34 non aligned 30 apartheid 29 colonialism 17 detente 11 self determination 10 new economic order 9 human rights 9

Counts of words from a published list across these 10 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 Jackson 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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