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16 January 2018

New York - Note to Correspondents - Special Investigation following Kamanyola incident

15 January 2018

New York - Ms. Bience Gawanas of Namibia - Special Adviser on Africa
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on terrorist attacks in Baghdad, Iraq

14 January 2018

Bogota - Secretary-General’s press conference in Colombia [in Spanish, with Q&A]

13 January 2018

Bogota - Secretary-General's statement to press with President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia [in Spanish]

12 January 2018

New York - Joint statement by the Chairperson of the African Union and the Secretary-General of United Nations on the situation in South Sudan
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China [as delivered]

11 January 2018

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at launch of Report "Making Migration Work For All" [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Meeting of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Matthew Nimetz

09 January 2018

New York - Note to Correspondents: Visit of the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs to Libya and Tunisia
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Korean Peninsula

07 January 2018

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the death of Peter Sutherland

06 January 2018

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

05 January 2018

New York - Mr. Dmitry Titov of the Russian Federation - to lead Special Investigation into attacks on peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo

03 January 2018

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Islamic Republic of Iran

31 December 2017

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General’s Video Message: An Alert For The World - 1 January 2018 [scroll down for French, Spanish and Portuguese versions]

29 December 2017

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the attack in the Helwan district, Egypt
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Liberia

28 December 2017

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

27 December 2017

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Liberia
New York - Mr. Christian Saunders of the United Kingdom - Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Central Support-Services in the Department of Management
New York - Ms. Leila Zerrougui of Algeria - Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)

26 December 2017

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Republic of the Congo [ scroll down for French]
New York - Note to Correspondents: on the approved United Nations regular budget for 2018-2019

23 December 2017

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

22 December 2017

The Hague - Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of the Centre for Humanitarian Data [as delivered]
The Hague - Secretary General’s remarks at joint event with cabinet ministers, academia and civil society of the Netherlands: “Security Central: The United Nations and Current Threats To International Peace and Security” [as delivered]
The Hague - UN Secretary-General's press encounter at the Peace Palace Security Seminar
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 Special Tribunal for Lebanon
New York - Ms. Henrietta H. Fore of the United States - United Nations Children’s Fund Executive Director
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
New York - Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia - Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

21 December 2017

The Hague - Secretary-General's remarks at Closing Ceremony for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [as delivered]
The Hague - Secretary-General's press conference with Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands [with Q&A]
New York - ​Note to Correspondents: Transcript of stakeout by Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy, Jan Egeland
New York - Note to Correspondents on Sexual Harassment

20 December 2017

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at open debate of the Security Council on “Addressing complex contemporary challenges to international peace and security” [as delivered]
New York - Note to correspondents: The Special Envoy for Yemen calls for halting violence acts and supporting efforts to resume the political process
New York - Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia - Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

18 December 2017

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Migrants Day (scroll down for French version)
Vienna - Secretary-General's video message on the 20th Anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (The Ottawa Convention)
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message for Internet Governance Forum
New York - Note to Correspondents: Nickolay Mladenov - Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace process - Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East - Report on UNSCR 2334 (2016)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on terrorist attacks in Pakistan

15 December 2017

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on Non-Proliferation/DPRK [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on South Sudan

14 December 2017

Tokyo - The Secretary-General's remarks at the Universal Health Coverage Forum

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