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28 January 2020

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Joint Briefing by the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to correspondents: In response to questions on the Middle East

27 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony [Bilingual version, as delivered]

25 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the Occasion of the Lunar New Year
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Park East Synagogue Memorial Service in Honour of the Victims of the Holocaust [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Turkey

24 January 2020

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on the occasion of the International Day of Education [as delivered]
New York - Mr. Raouf Mazou of the Republic of the Congo - Assistant High Commissioner for Operations in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

23 January 2020

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the International Court of Justice Order in the case "The Gambia vs. Myanmar"

22 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on his priorities for 2020 [Bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English version]

21 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at opening of Exhibit Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to Harvard Business School Event on “Africa rising: understanding business, entrepreneurship and the complexities of a continent” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General’s press encounter following Security Council consultations on Libya
New York - Note to Correspondents: Independent assessment of MONUSCO’s response to recent attacks against civilians in Béni area, Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York - Lieutenant General Daniel Sidiki Traoré of Burkina Faso - Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the formation of new Government in Lebanon

19 January 2020

Berlin - Secretary-General's remarks at International Conference on Libya
Berlin - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with German Chancellor Angela Merkel following Libya Conference

17 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Wreath-laying Ceremony marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Earthquake in Haiti [Bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

15 January 2020

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China [as delivered]

12 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the 10th Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake

11 January 2020

Abu Dhabi - Secretary-General's message to the Tenth Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of the Sultanate of Oman
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Western Sahara

10 January 2020

New York - Note to Correspondents: Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs to visit five countries in West Africa
New York - Statement by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on efforts to support the fight against impunity in Guatemala [scroll down for Spanish]

09 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on "Upholding the United Nations Charter to Maintain International Peace and Security [as delivered]

08 January 2020

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Ukrainian Passenger Plane Crash in Iran
New York - Ms. Lizbeth Cullity of the United States - Deputy Special Representative in the Central African Republic

07 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Opening of the Exhibition "Recovered Art: The Art of Saving Art" [as delivered]
New York - Ms. Daniela Kroslak of Germany - Deputy Head for the United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA)

06 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's statement to the press
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter at the start of 2020
New York - Note to Correspondents – on Burkina Faso
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish]

03 January 2020

New York - Statement attibutable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on events in the Gulf
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the plane crash in Sudan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Libya
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on violence in El Geneina, Sudan

02 January 2020

New York - Note to correspondents: The United Nations launches 75th anniversary dialogues [scroll down for French version]

01 January 2020

New York - Secretary-General's New Year's video message
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General – on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

30 December 2019

New York - Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone - Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)

28 December 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Somalia

25 December 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Burkina Faso [scroll down for French]

24 December 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nigeria

23 December 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria

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