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21 May 2018

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the WHO Assembly (21-26 May 2018)

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at the 2018 High-Level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Note to Correspondents on meeting of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General with Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

New York - Ms. Joyce Msuya of Tanzania - Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director at United Nations Environment Programme

19 May 2018

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

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on plane accident in Cuba (scroll down for Spanish)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Afghanistan

18 May 2018

Washington, DC - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the President of the United States, H. E. Mr. Donald J. Trump

Washington, DC - UN-World Bank Group Sign a Strategic Partnership Framework for the 2030 Agenda

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nicaragua (scroll down for Spanish)

17 May 2018

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of a UN peacekeeper in the Central African Republic [scroll down for French version]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Security Council open debate: “Upholding International Law Within the Context of the Maintenance of International Peace and Security"

Geneva - Secretary-General's video message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

Geneva - Secretary-General's video message before launching the Disarmament Agenda

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Opening of the United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at “Long Service Awards” Ceremony co-hosted by the UN Staff Union and the Department of Management [as prepared for delivery]

16 May 2018

Brussels - Transcript of the Secretary-General's remarks at joint press conference with European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker

15 May 2018

Vienna - Secretary-General's remarks at Austrian World Summit [as delivered]

14 May 2018

Vienna - Secretary-General's remarks to the 27th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Vienna - Secretary-General's remarks at Press Encounter with Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria

Vienna - Secretary-General's remarks at Press Encounter with Alexander Van Der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria

Vienna - Secretary-General's remarks at Press Encounter with Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the occupied Palestinian territory

13 May 2018

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's commencement speech at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on terrorist attacks in Indonesia

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

11 May 2018

Bangkok - Secretary-General's video message for 74th Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Havana - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks during the Session with Ministers of Foreign Affairs and High-Level Authorities, at the 37th Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) [as prepared for delivery]

Havana - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the closing ceremony of the 37th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks on receipt of petition for a new International Finance Facility for Education

New York - Note to Correspondents: UN Secretary-General meets with Youth Activists Calling for Urgent Breakthrough in Education Funding

10 May 2018

Saint George’s - Secretary-General's message to Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Middle East

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Japan-China-Republic of Korea Trilateral Summit

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Malaysia’s national and state legislative elections

09 May 2018

New York - Secretary-General’s remarks at Second World War’s exhibit

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

08 May 2018

Havana - Secretary-General's remarks at opening session of the 37th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean [as delivered - Spanish and English]

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

New York - Note to Correspondents on meeting of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Matthew Nimetz, with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Lebanon’s parliamentary elections

07 May 2018

Havana - Secretary-General's press encounter upon arrival at Havana airport [Spanish]

Havana - Secretary-General's press encounter during Old Havana tour [Spanish]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nigeria

06 May 2018

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Afghanistan

04 May 2018

Beijing - Secretary-General's video message to the Beijing Forum

New York - Note to Correspondents on the recent Chief Executives Board's Session

New York - Ms. Susan D. Page of the United States of America - Special Adviser on Rule of Law, Global Focal Point Review Implementation

New York - Mr. José Viegas Filho of Brazil - Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)

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