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20 June 2019

Bratislava - Secretary-General's video message for Smarthead Sustainability Summit
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks for the Emerging Security Sector Leaders’ [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks on the International Day of Yoga [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Secretary-General’s letter to G20 leaders
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mexico

19 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict [scroll down for French version]
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's video message for the Global Water 2020 Stakeholder Commitments Gathering

18 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech [as delivered]
Amsterdam - Secretary-General's video message to the Sustainable Energy for All "Charettes", 18-20 June 2019
New York - Secretary-General’s press encounter at launch of United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech [full transcript]

17 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Day to Combat Desertification [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Meeting of State Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the 25th anniversary of its entry into force [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nigeria

16 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Family Remittances [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia

14 June 2019

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's statement to the Informal Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to brief Member States on the scope and format of the activities of HLPF under the auspices of the General Assembly [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General’s remarks at press encounter with H.E. Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States

13 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's Remarks to the Security Council on Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States [as delivered]

12 June 2019

New York - Remarks at High-Level Luncheon on Disability-Inclusive Development
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council Meeting on Conflict Prevention and Mediation [as delivered]
Hudaydah - Note to Correspondents: United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement - Statement by the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee
New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint Statement on Mali by U.N. Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

11 June 2019

New York - Remarks at the Launch of the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy: Realising Disability Inclusion within the United Nations System
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks to the 12th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [as delivered]
Lisbon - Deputy Secretary-General’s Lecture at the Global Center for Pluralism [as prepared for delivery]

10 June 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Mali [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks to Informal Meeting of the General Assembly on the Independent High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation [as delivered]
Riyadh - Note to Correspondents: Meeting of the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary A. DiCarlo, with H.E. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, President of the Republic of Yemen
New York - Ms. Catherine Pollard of Guyana - Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance
New York - Mr. Movses Abelian of Armenia – Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management

08 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Oceans Day: “Gender and the Ocean”

07 June 2019

St. Petersburg - Secretary-General's remarks to the Plenary Session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum [as delivered]
St. Petersburg - Secretary-General’s remarks to press following his meeting with Russian President, Vladimir Putin

06 June 2019

St. Petersburg - Secretary-General's remarks at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2019)
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria - on the situations in Idlib, Al Hol and Rukban [scroll down for Arabic version]

05 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Environment Day [scroll down for French version, as well as video texts]

04 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's remarks on the election of Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande as President of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Fifth Committee on "Improving the Financial Situation of the Organization" [as delivered]
London - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Chatham House event: “Our Shared Humanity – The Legacy of Kofi Annan” Panel Three “Global Market – Global Values” [as prepared for delivery]
London - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at discussion on “Tackling Inequality to Unlock the Power and Potential of Women and Girls” [as prepared for delivery]

03 June 2019

Vancouver - Secretary-General's video message to the 2019 Women Deliver Conference, 3-6 June
Brussels - Secretary-General's message for European Union Conference on International Carbon Markets
London - The Deputy Secretary-General on Social Justice for Sustainable Development: How to build a new relationship with each other and with creation to meet the SDGs
London - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at UNA-UK Public Event on “Our Shared Humanity” Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Kofi Annan [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Sudan

01 June 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message to Beira International Donors Conference [scroll down for Portuguese version]

31 May 2019

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Joint Meeting Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Sudan

30 May 2019

Aachen - The Secretary-General's address at the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen for the Unity of Europe [as delivered, multilingual] [scroll down for all-English version]
New York - Ms. Tatiana Valovaya of the Russian Federation - Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

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