General Debate speaker
Karel de Gucht
Addressed the General Debate 5 times for Belgium, between 2004 and 2008 — 8,845 words in all. The longest was 2007, at 2,302.
- Offices held
- Minister for Foreign Affairs · Minister for Foregn Affairs
Also recorded as “Karel DE GUCHT” — the roster spells one person several ways across the decades, and these statements are grouped as one.
Statements
| Year | Session | Office | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 59 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,146 |
| 2005 | 60 | Minister for Foregn Affairs | 1,545 |
| 2006 | 61 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,880 |
| 2007 | 62 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 2,302 |
| 2008 | 63 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,972 |
What the statements mention most
human rights 22 rule of law 10 peacekeeping 9 terrorism 9 poverty 8 non proliferation 2 sustainable development 2 climate change 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 Karel de Gucht 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.