Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview

Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview

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Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview
thefilmarchive.org Charles Habib Malik (1906 - 28 December 1987) (Arabic: شارل مالك‎) was a Lebanese philosopher and diplomat. Malik represented Lebanon at the San Francisco conference at which the United Nations was founded. He served as a rapporteur for the Commission on Human Rights in 1947 and 1948, when he became President of the Economic and Social Council. The same year, he helped to draft the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights with Chair and President of the Human Rights Commission, US Delegate to the UN General Assembly, Eleanor Roosevelt. He succeeded Mrs. Roosevelt as the Human Rights Commission's Chair. He remained as ambassador to the US and UN until 1955. He was an outspoken participant in debates in the United Nations General Assembly and often criticized the Soviet Union. After a three-year absence, he returned in 1958 to preside over the thirteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Meanwhile, Malik had been appointed to the Lebanese Cabinet. He was Minister of National Education and Fine Arts in 1956 and 1957, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 1958. While a Minister, he was elected to the National Assembly in 1957, and served there for three years. Following the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, which raged from 1975 to 1990, Malik helped to found the Front for Freedom and Man in Lebanon to defend the Christian cause. It was later renamed the Lebanese Front. A Greek Orthodox Christian, he was the only non ...
Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview

Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview

Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview

Lebanese Philosopher and Diplomat: Charles Malik Interview