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15 September 2025

Vienna, Austria - Secretary-General's message to the opening of the 69th Regular Session of the General Conference of the IAEA

13 September 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Haiti [scroll down for French]

12 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message to mark the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony [as delivered]

09 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day to Protect Education from Attack [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Closing of the Seventy-Ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Press on the Release of the Report: "The Security we need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future" [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Nepal

08 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Holy Family Church annual prayer service [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Mr. Miroslav Jenča of Slovakia - Special Representative for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the terror attack in Jerusalem
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Ukraine

07 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Police Cooperation [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement on Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

05 September 2025

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on the Occasion of World Duchenne Awareness Day [as delivered]

04 September 2025

Nuku, Papua New Guinea - Secretary-General's remarks at event in Nuku with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea [as delivered]

03 September 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on floods in Pakistan
New York - Mr. Khassim Diagne of Senegal - Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Secretary-General's remarks to the Parliament of Papua New Guinea [as delivered]

02 September 2025

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Secretary-General's Joint Press Conference with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

01 September 2025

Tianjin, China - Secretary-General's remarks to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [as prepared for delivery]
Tianjin, China - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan

31 August 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for People of African Descent [scroll down for French version]
Tianjin, China - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General – on additional detention of United Nations personnel in Yemen [scroll down for Arabic]

30 August 2025

Tianjin, China - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China

29 August 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests [scroll down for French version]
New York - Ms. Diene Keita of Guinea - Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Burkina Faso
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Sudan

28 August 2025

Santiago, Chile - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the World Summit on Teachers [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Haiti [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on Gaza [scroll down for Arabic]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Ukraine

26 August 2025

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with Mr. Kamil El-Tayeb Idris, Transitional Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the General Assembly decision on new artificial intelligence governance mechanisms within the United Nations

25 August 2025

Abuja, Nigeria - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on the occasion of the Inaugural African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit “Combatting Contemporary Threats to Regional Peace and Security in Africa: The Role of Strategic Defence Collaboration” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza

22 August 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief [scroll down for French version]
Osaka, Japan - Secretary-General's remarks at the UN Special Day, EXPO 2025
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the eighth anniversary of the displacement of Rohingya people and other communities from Myanmar
Osaka, Japan - Secretary-General - on famine in Gaza
New York - Mr. Chaloka Beyani of Zambia - Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

21 August 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism [scroll down for French version]
Yokohama, Japan - Secretary-General's press encounter at the TICAD9 Summit

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 19 September 2025

  • U.N. REPORT OUTLINES PROPOSALS FOR CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION’S STRUCTURE…
  • ⁠EVENT TO COMMEMORATE U.N.@80: A LIVING LEGACY…
  • GAZA: ONGOING STRIKES, GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO EXACT HEAVY TOLL ON EXHAUSTED CIVILIANS - U.N. RELIEF WING...
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