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31 January 2019

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]

22 January 2019

New York - Mr. Huang Xia of the People’s Republic of China - Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region

21 January 2019

New York - Ms. Rola Dashti of Kuwait - Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

20 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement of Matthew Nimetz, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, on the next steps towards the implementation of the Prespa Agreement

19 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the pipeline explosion in Mexico [scroll down for Spanish version]

18 January 2019

New York - Secretary-General's Press Conference
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the car bomb attack in Bogotá

17 January 2019

New York - Note to Correspondents: New Members of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

16 January 2019

El Salvador - Secretary-General's message on the occasion of the 27th Anniversary of the signing of the Salvadoran Peace Accords [scroll down for Spanish version]
New York - Secretary-General remarks to Informal Session of the General Assembly [bilingual, as delivered] [scroll down for all-English version]

15 January 2019

New York - Secretary-General’s remarks at Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the terrorist attack in Nairobi

14 January 2019

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine

11 January 2019

New York - Note to Correspondents – Statement by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Matthew Nimetz

10 January 2019

Abu Dhabi - Secretary-General's message to Ninth Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

09 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French version]
New York - Mr. Ján Kubiš of Slovakia - Special Coordinator for Lebanon

08 January 2019

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

07 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Guatemala [scroll down for Spanish version]

04 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Burkina Faso (scroll down for French)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Somalia

01 January 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the attacks against the United Nations compound in Somalia

31 December 2018

New York - Note to correspondents on elections in Bangladesh
New York - Mr. Robert Piper of Australia - Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Coordination Office

29 December 2018

New York - Secretary-General's 2019 New Year’s Message [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to correspondents on the situation in Yemen

28 December 2018

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Sudan

27 December 2018

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the elections in Bangladesh

23 December 2018

New York - Note to Correspondents on Yemen
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Indonesia

22 December 2018

New York - Note to Correspondents in response to questions on Yemen

20 December 2018

New York - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura (following Security Council Briefing)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Sri Lanka
New York - Ms. Karen Smith of South Africa - Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect
New York - Ms. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano of Italy - Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 04 August 2025

  • U.N. CHIEF IN TURKMENISTAN TO ATTEND 3RD U.N. CONFERENCE ON LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES…
  • AID THAT ENTERS GAZA REMAINS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE STARVING POPULATION; U.N.  CONVOYS CONTINUE TO FACE IMPEDIMENTS ON THEIR WAY TO DELIVERING AID…
  • CLASHES OVER THE WEEKEND IN AS-SWEIDA GOVERNORATE HINDER U.N. ACCESS AND AID DELIVERY… 
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