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10 February 2019

Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Mr. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll for French]
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Beji Caid Essebi, President of Tunisia [scroll down for French]
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Edgar LUNGU, President of the Republic of Zambia  
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Abiy AHMED, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia  
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Uhuru KENYATTA, President of the Republic of Kenya
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the President of the Republic of Namibia, H.E. Mr. Hage Gottfried Geingob
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus, Prime Minister of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Addis Ababa - Secretary-General's remarks at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union [multilingual, as delivered] [scroll down for all-English version]
Dubai - Deputy Secretary-General's address to the World Government Summit [as prepared for delivery]
Addis Ababa - Transcript of the Secretary-General’s press conference

09 February 2019

Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E Mr. Roch Marc-Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso [scroll down for French]
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E Ms. Erna SOLBERG, Prime Minister of Norway
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General' meeting with H.E. Mr. Joseph Dion Ngute, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cameroon
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmajo”, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Addis Ababa - The Secretary-General's remarks at the Africa Leadership Meeting on Investing in Health
Dubai - Deputy Secretary-General's keynote remarks on SDGs in Action @WGS19 Leadership for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals [as prepared for delivery]
Addis Ababa - Remarks to the press by the Secretary-General following a meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (French and English)

08 February 2019

New York - Mr. Maher Nasser - Commissioner-General for United Nations’ Participation in Expo 2020

07 February 2019

Hudaydah - Note to Correspondents: Meeting of the Redeployment Coordination Committee

06 February 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the signing of the Central African Republic peace agreement [scroll down for French version] 
New York - Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye of Senegal - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic (CAR) and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on data released by World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

05 February 2019

Hudaydah - Note to Correspondents: Meeting of the Redeployment Coordination Committee

04 February 2019

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on mercenary activities in Africa [bilingual, as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the Lunar New Year
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on Venezuela

03 February 2019

New York - Note to correspondents on Yemen

02 February 2019

New York - Note to correspondents on Yemen

01 February 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the formation of a new Government in Lebanon
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General regarding the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH)

31 January 2019

Amman - Note to Correspondents: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, concludes a regional visit to Sanaa and Riyadh, and remains encouraged by the political commitment of the Parties to the Stockholm Agreement
New York - Lt. Gen Michael Anker Lollesgaard of Denmark - Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and Head of the UN Mission in support of the Hodeidah Agreement
New York - Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania - Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

28 January 2019

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with CARICOM delegation
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony [as delivered]

27 January 2019

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 - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the terrorist attack in the Philippines

26 January 2019

New York - The Secretary-General's remarks at Park East Synagogue Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the dam collapse in south-eastern Brazil

25 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the attacks against MINUSMA [scroll down for French]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Matthew Nimetz
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Prespa Agreement

24 January 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Education [scroll down for French version]
Sevilla - Secretary-General's message to the II Global Forum of Local Governments (II Foro Global de Gobiernos Locales) [scroll down for Spanish version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish]

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