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31 October 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on landslide in Cameroon [Scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's Message on World Cities Day [scroll down for French]
Istanbul - Secretary-General's remarks to the 6th Istanbul Mediation Conference
New York - Note to Correspondents: Ecuador [scroll down for Spanish version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on train accident in Pakistan

30 October 2019

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at event to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Mandate on Sexual Violence in Conflict [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Guinea-Bissau

29 October 2019

New York - Secretary-General's statement on Syria
New York - Secretary-General’s statement on the death of Sadako Ogata
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Security Council's Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents: In response to questions on Lebanon
New York - Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi of Nigeria - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All

28 October 2019

Sharm el Sheikh - Secretary-General's video message to the World Radiocommunication Conference
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen's remarks to the Press

25 October 2019

Uzbekistan - Secretary-General's video message for the Conference: "Aral Sea Region - Ecological Innovations and Technologies Zone"
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter
Baku, Azerbaijan - Secretary-General's message to the XVIII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, 25-26 October
New York - Mr. David McLachlan-Karr of Australia - Deputy Special Representative, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

24 October 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on United Nations Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to Correspondents: UN to launch biggest-ever global conversation on the world's future to mark its 75th anniversary in 2020 [scroll down for French]
Paris - Secretary-General's video message for Green Climate Fund Pledging Conference
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the United Nations Day Concert
Beijing - Secretary-General's message to Sustainable Development Forum

23 October 2019

New York - Secretary-General's statement announcing the establishment of a High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement

22 October 2019

Hudaydah - Note to Correspondents: Statement by the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Abhijit Guha [scroll down for Arabic]
Djibouti - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the International Conference on Population and Development Preparation Conference (ICPD+25) [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo to visit the South Caucasus

21 October 2019

New York - Remarks to Peacebuilding Commission Ambassadorial-level Meeting: Strengthening Linkages between Women, Peace and Security and Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
Addis Ababa - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at breakfast forum on the Transformational Role of Women in Addressing Human Trafficking: Looking at Gender Dimensions [as prepared for delivery]
Addis Ababa - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the African Union Peace and Security Council [as prepared for delivery]
Addis Ababa - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at launch of the Ethiopian Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network [as prepared for delivery]

19 October 2019

Washington, DC - Secretary-General's remarks at Ministerial Meeting of Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action [as delivered]
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's remarks at the International Monetary and Financial Committee [as delivered]
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's remarks to the Small States Forum [as delivered]

18 October 2019

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

17 October 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the end of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti and the start of operations of BINUH [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Discussions between the United States and Turkey
New York - Ms. Fatoumata Ndiaye of Senegal - Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, following approval by General Assembly

16 October 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Food Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Memorial Service for Diogo Freitas Do Amaral [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance Launch [as prepared for delivery]
Damascus - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, following meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Muallem

15 October 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Day of Rural Women: Rural Women and Girls Building Climate Resilience [scroll down for French version]
Budapest - Secretary-General's video message for Budapest Water Summit
New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Karen Smith, United Nations Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in northeast Syrian Arab Republic

14 October 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General – on Syria
New York - Ms. Helen Meagher La Lime of the United States of America - Special Representative for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti
New York - Mr. Mamadou Diallo of Guinea - Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)

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