Is it true that Fidel Castro said the longest speech to the UN?

On the Internet, the opinion is widespread that the leader of the Cuban revolution made a speech to the UN. We checked whether such a record belongs to him.

The fact that in the entire history of the UN no one has represented its arguments longer than Fidel Castro is said in a variety of sources: from a historical reference on "RIA Novosti»Before Internet collectors interesting facts. Russia Today And "Radio Liberty" They even say that the corresponding achievement is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

The speech made by Fidel Castro was really quite long. At the plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on September 26, 1960, the Kubinsky leader spoke for four and a half hours. In his speech Castro told About what happened in Cuba of the Revolution, condemned the US policy against Latin America and criticized the future President Kennedy. UN official website recognizesthat this was the longest speech of those with which the leaders of the states performed. His Russian -speaking version More categorical And does not make such reservations. The authors of the publication also claim that the achievement was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

The article “The Longest Speech in the History of the UN” really is in the Guinness Book of Records, but the achievement is not recorded at all behind the Cuban leader. How claims The publication, three years before Fidel Castro, the Indian politician Vengalil Krishna Menon performed in the UN - his speech at a meeting of the Security Council took about eight hours. All this time he spoke about the position of his country in the situation in Kashmir. Unlike a continuous speech of Castro, Krishna Menon Conducted their arguments during three meetings, which were held on January 23 and 24, 1957. At the same time, the first break was organized at the proposal of the chairman, and at the second meeting, the Indian I asked To transfer the end of speech the next day due to your own fatigue.

Thus, the leader of the Cuban revolution really belongs to an unusual record: he made the longest continuous speech at a meeting of the General Assembly. At the same time, a few years earlier, Krishna Menon spoke almost twice as long as the work of the Security Council, but in terms of meaning they listened to a single performance with interruptions between meetings.

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Read on the topic:

1. https://ask.un.org/faq/37127
2. http://undocs.org/en/a/pv.872
3. https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/09/25/the-top-10-craziest-things-ever-said-durging-u-u-n-speech/