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22 May 2025

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at closing of ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development [as delivered]

21 May 2025

Dili, Timor Leste - Secretary-General's video message to the Pacific Regional Seminar of the Special Committee on Decolonization
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the presentation of the report on the Development Coordination Office at the ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development [as delivered]

20 May 2025

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Maritime Security [bilingual, as delivered. Scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the 2025 ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment [bilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-English and all-French]

19 May 2025

New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint communiqué by African Union Commission, League of Arab States and United Nations High-Level Consultation on the margins of the Arab League Summit [scroll down for Arabic]
Geneva, Switzerland - Secretary-General's video message to the 78th World Health Assembly

18 May 2025

Baghdad, Iraq - Secretary-General's remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony for the victims of the Canal Hotel attack in 2003
Baghdad, Iraq - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq

17 May 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [scroll down for French verion]
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day: "Gender equality in digital transformation" [scroll down for French version]
Baghdad, Iraq - Secretary-General's press encounter at the League of Arab States [scroll down for Arabic]
Baghdad, Iraq - Secretary-General's remarks at the League of Arab States Summit [scroll down for Arabic]

16 May 2025

Rome, Italy - Secretary-General's video message to the launch of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises
Kathmandu, Nepal - Secretary-General's video message to the "Sagarmatha Sambaad" - Everest Dialogue

15 May 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Libya

14 May 2025

Berlin, Germany - Secretary-General's press encounter following meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Berlin, Germany - Secretary-General's press encounter following the Ministerial Meeting on the Future of Peacekeeping

13 May 2025

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the passing of Mr. José “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Member States' briefing on Beyond GDP [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Europe Day event which marks the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration - the foundation of the European Union - and the 80th anniversary of the United Nations
Berlin, Germany - Secretary-General's remarks to the Ministerial Meeting on the Future of Peacekeeping [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

12 May 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the Day of Vesak [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the informal consultations on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
New York - Secretary-General's remarks on the UN80 Initiative [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Gaza

10 May 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on India and Pakistan

08 May 2025

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV

07 May 2025

New York - Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé of Spain - United Nations Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia
Helsingør, Denmark - Secretary-General's remarks at the Welcome Dinner hosted by Their Majesties The King and Queen of Denmark [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan

05 May 2025

Lisbon, Portugal - Secretary-General's video message to the 25th edition of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Conferences (JEEC/25) at Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa, 5-9 May 2025 [scroll down for English version]
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on India and Pakistan
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Portuguese Language Day

03 May 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Press Freedom Day [scroll down for French version]

02 May 2025

New York - Ms. María Angela Holguín Cuéllar of Colombia - Secretary-General's Personal Envoy on Cyprus

30 April 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Sudan
New York - Mr. Jens Wandel of Denmark - Adviser on the UN80 Initiative

29 April 2025

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Middle East [as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Santiago Peña Palacios, President of the Republic of Paraguay [scroll down for Spanish version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly event in Commemoration of His Holiness Pope Francis [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for All-English and All-French versions]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s telephone calls with H.E. Mr. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and H.E. Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the closing of the 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development [as prepared for delivery]

28 April 2025

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development [Bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for All-English and All-French versions]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Asaad Al-Shaibani, interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic

23 April 2025

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of Spanish Language Day
New York - Secretary-General's Press Encounter on Climate

22 April 2025

New York - Secretary-General's Message for International Mother Earth Day [scroll down for French]

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 30 May 2025

  • U.N.: CATASTROPHIC SITUATION IN GAZA IS WORST SINCE WAR BEGAN… 
  • SUDAN: U.N. FOOD AGENCY IS SHOCKED THAT ITS PREMISES IN EL FASHER WERE ATTACKED…
  • U.N. HUMANITARIANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAITI’S EXPOSURE TO NATURAL HAZARDS…  
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