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05 December 2018

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council debate on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Post-conflict Reconstruction and Peace, Security and Stability [bilingual, as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint UN-AU Statement on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in South Sudan

04 December 2018

Katowice - Secretary-Generals remarks on the 2019 Climate Summit
Katowice - The Secretary-General's remark at the E-Mobility event at COP24
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to the 3rd Annual Meeting of Frontline Humanitarian Negotiators
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on initial roundtable meetings on Western Sahara

03 December 2018

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities [scroll down for French version]
Katowice - Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the COP 24
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Private Sector Breakfast on Sustainable Development Goals [as prepared for delivery]
Katowice - Transcript of Secretary-General’s joint press conference with Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of Poland
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on South Sudan

02 December 2018

Seoul - Secretary-General's video message for the Opening of the Ban Ki-moon Peace Museum
Copenhagen - Secretary-General's video message to Fourth World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at World AIDS Day High-level event on Adolescent Girls and Young Women with the Global Fund and the Government of South Africa [as prepared for delivery]
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Motsepe Foundation Breakfast - Sustainable Development Goal 5 Breakfast Panel Discussion - “Achieve equality by ending all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere” [as prepared for delivery]
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the SDG Advocates Reception [as prepared for delivery]
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks - Call to Action at the Global Citizens Festival [as prepared for delivery]

01 December 2018

New York - Message on World AIDS Day
New York - Secretary-General on death of President George H. W. Bush
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development [as delivered]
Buenos Aires - Secretary-General’s statement on the outcome of the G20 Summit in Argentina

30 November 2018

Buenos Aires - Secretary-General's remarks at Putting People First session of G20 Summit [as delivered]
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the African Youth Development Summit [as prepared for delivery]
Johannesburg - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at dinner with the Presidency and Thembekile Mandela Foundation to launch the “Leading Like Mandela Leadership Development Programme” [as prepared for delivery]
Buenos Aires - Secretary-General’s remarks at press encounter with Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, Foreign Minister of France, and Mr. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China

29 November 2018

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Madagascar (scroll down for French)
New York - Secretary-General's message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [scroll down for French version]
Buenos Aires - Full transcript of UN Secretary-General's press encounter in Buenos Aires ahead of G20 Leaders' Summit [English and Spanish]
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Statement of behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura [scroll down for Arabic and Russian]
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland
New York - Task Force on Digital Financing of Sustainable Development Goals

28 November 2018

New York - Secretary-General's Opening Remarks at Global South-South Development Expo 2018 [as delivered]
Copenhagen - Secretary-General's video message to the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (PG4) Summit for Heads of State and Government, 28-29 November
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter prior to attending G20 Summit in Argentina and Climate Conference in Poland
New York - Note to Correspondents: Secretary-General’s letter to G20 leaders
Geneva - Secretary-General's Message to Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan

27 November 2018

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at high-level event on the Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund for the Aral Sea Region [as delivered]
Tokyo - Secretary-General's message to the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters Symposium, 27-28 November
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at the Second High-Level Special Event “UN-Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Cooperation Aimed at Strengthening Peace, Security and Stability” [as delivered]
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Black Sea

25 November 2018

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nigeria

23 November 2018

Hudaydah - Note to Correspondents: Statement by the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, during his visit to Hudaydah “The Attention of the World is on Hudaydah”
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Colombia [please scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on terrorist attacks in Pakistan

22 November 2018

Samarkand - Secretary-General's video message to the Asian Forum on Human Rights
New York - Secretary-General's video message to Climate Vulnerable Forum Virtual Summit
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on African Union reforms

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