EMOTIONS IN THE DIPLOMATIC SPEECH OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2023

Abstract

The primary objective of the analysis is the reconstruction and hierarchy of the connection
between emotions and discussed issues in the diplomatic speech at the United Nations Security Council in 2023.
Thus, it has been discussed the main reasons for using emotions and their role in diplomacy in 2023. The
research is concentrated on such emotions and their impact as – anger, fear, shame, disgust, shame, guilt,
sadness, contempt, interest, surprise, and joy. The most emotional topics are connected to the questions of
security, war; the least emotional topic relates to poverty. The most frequent emotion is interest, and the least
common emotion is joy. As a result, it has been found that emotions in diplomatic meetings are expressed with
the help of 1) expressive vocabulary; 2) appropriate grammar; 3) usage of stylistic means, such as litotes,
euphemisms etc.; 4) syntactical peculiarities; 5) variety of speech acts. Further multi-vectored interpretations of
the reconstructed emotions have been carried out within the frame of the 7-level model of an open system’s
hierarchical plane. This allowed us to see emotions' spiral evolution at the diplomatic meeting and what is standing behind them.