General Debate speaker
Somsavat Lengsavad
Addressed the General Debate 10 times for Laos, between 1996 and 2005 — 16,025 words in all. The longest was 1996, at 1,896.
- Offices held
- Deputy Prime Minister · Minister for Foreign Affairs
Also recorded as “Somsavat LENGSAVAD” — the roster spells one person several ways across the decades, and these statements are grouped as one.
Statements
| Year | Session | Office | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 51 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,896 |
| 1997 | 52 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | 1,893 |
| 1998 | 53 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,556 |
| 1999 | 54 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,715 |
| 2000 | 55 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,592 |
| 2001 | 56 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,669 |
| 2002 | 57 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,131 |
| 2003 | 58 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,387 |
| 2004 | 59 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,436 |
| 2005 | 60 | Deputy Prime Minister | 1,750 |
What the statements mention most
poverty 21 globalization 15 terrorism 14 sustainable development 6 nuclear weapons 5 non proliferation 3 aids 3 human rights 3
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 Somsavat Lengsavad 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.