Charles Malik

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Lebanese politician diplomat human philosopher statesman

Charles Malik was a Lebanese philosopher, diplomat, and statesman who played a leading role in shaping the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and later served as president of the UN General Assembly.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lebanese politician → diplomat → human → philosopher → statesman →
awardReceived	Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding → Templeton Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	Lebanon →
dateOfBirth	1906-02-11 →
dateOfDeath	1987-12-28 →
educatedAt	American University of Beirut → Harvard University → University of Freiburg →
familyName	Malik →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → human rights → international relations → philosophy →
givenName	Charles →
languageSpoken	Arabic → English → French → German →
memberOf	Lebanese Parliament → United Nations Commission on Human Rights →
nativeLanguage	Arabic →
notableRole	chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights drafting committee → principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights →
notableWork	Universal Declaration of Human Rights →
occupation	academic → diplomat → philosopher → politician →
placeOfBirth	Btourram → Lebanon → North Governorate →
placeOfDeath	Beirut → Lebanon →
positionHeld	Lebanese Ambassador to the United Nations → Lebanese Ambassador to the United States → Lebanese Minister of Education → Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs → President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council → President of the United Nations General Assembly →
religion	Greek Orthodox Christianity →
studiedUnder	Martin Heidegger →
workLocation	Beirut → New York City → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Peng Chun Chang →	collaboratedWith
Universal Declaration of Human Rights →	draftingCommitteeMember
Btourram →	hasNotablePerson