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04 November 2019

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on Joint Mission to the Horn of Africa [as delivered]
Hudaydah - Note to Correspondents: Statement by the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Abhijit Guha, on ceasefire violations in Hudaydah, Yemen [scroll down for Arabic]
New York - Note to Correspondents: In response to questions about US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

03 November 2019

Bangkok - UN Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the 10th ASEAN-UN Summit
Abu Dhabi - Secretary-General's video message to the 18th General Conference of the UN Industrial Development Organization, 3-7 November
Bangkok - Secretary-General's press encounter following the ASEAN-UN Summit

02 November 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists [scroll down for French version]
Bangkok - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Bangkok - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Gen. (retd.) Prayuth CHAN-O-CHA, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
Bangkok - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia
Bangkok - Secretary-General's press encounter at Bangkok's Centenary Park

01 November 2019

Istanbul - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey
Beijing - Secretary-General's video message to the Beijing Forum
New York - Note to Correspondents: Senegalese police officer serving in Democratic Republic of the Congo awarded 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year

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

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