Statements

Statement at the Joint Virtual Briefing on COVID-19 - 27 March 2020
Statement on Forests and Biodiversity 2020 celebration of the International Day of Forests - 21 March 2020
Statement on the impact of COVID-19 - 18 March 2020
Statement on the impact of COVID19 – 10 March 2020
Statement on opening of the sixty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women - 9 March 2020
Statement on Observance of International Women's Day - 6 March 2020
Statement on 22nd session of the Committee for Development Policy - 24 February 2020
Message from the Presidents of the General Assembly and ECOSOC - 7 February 2020
Closing Remarks on Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Chairs of the Functional Commissions and Expert Bodies - 31 January 2020
Opening Remarks on Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Chairs of the Functional Commissions and Expert Bodies - 31 January 2020
Remarks on the Joint Briefing by PGA and President of ECOSOC - 28 January 2020
Message on the International Day of Education 2020 - 24 January 2020
Address to the UN Human Rights Council Intersessional Meeting for Dialogue and Cooperation on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 3 December 2019
Closing Statement on Joint Meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Peacebuilding Commission on the Impact of Cross-border Transhumance on Sustainable Peace and Development in West Africa and the Sahel, 3 December 2019
Opening Statement on Joint Meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Peacebuilding Commission on the Impact of Cross-border Transhumance on Sustainable Peace and Development in West Africa and the Sahel, 3 December 2019
Statement on Second Annual Global Meeting for Resident Coordinators Interaction with Member States, 20 November 2019
Video message on First Global Workshop for countries conducting Voluntary National Reviews at the 2020 HLPF, Oslo, Norway, 19-20 November 2019
Video Message for 36th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR), Geneva, 30 October 2019
Statement on the occasion of the Security Council’s Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, 29 October 2019
Statement for the Interactive Dinner on “The Work of the United Nations on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace” Greentree Estate, 15 October 2019
Closing Statement at Joint Meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee of the General Assembly ‘Ecosystem Approaches for shifting the world onto a sustainable pathway’, 15 October 2019
Opening Statement at Joint Meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee of the General Assembly ‘Ecosystem Approaches for shifting the world onto a sustainable pathway’, 15 October 2019
Statement to the Security Council’s Open Debate on Haiti, 15 October 2019
Statement at International Day of Non-Violence “Climate Action - Gandhian Ways”, 2 October 2019
Closing remarks at General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, 26 September 2019
Remarks at Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, 26 September 2019
Statement at the Opening of the SDG Summit UN High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly - 24 September 2019
Briefing to the UN Human Rights Council on the UN High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development and the 2030 Agenda - 13 September 2019
Statment at the High-Level Dialogue on Reaffirming the Commitment to Multilateralism through the Strengthening of International System and Institutions on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations - 10 September 2019
Statement at ECOSOC President Handover Ceremony - 25 July 2019