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15 March 2017

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on Syria
Geneva - Note to Correspondents - Office of the Special Envoy for Syria

13 March 2017

Vienna - Secretary-General's video message on the 60th Anniversary of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Commission on the Status of Women
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at event on Women's Role in the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda: Harnessing and Strengthening Sustainable Urbanization using Participatory Methodologies for Women and Youth Empowerment [as prepared for delivery]

12 March 2017

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

11 March 2017

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Youth Forum of the Commission on the Status of Women

09 March 2017

New York - UN Secretary-General's video message on the launch of the Report entitled “Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach" [scroll down for English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on the Lake Chad Basin [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents: The Secretary-General’s Report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach
New York - Ms. Louise Arbour of Canada - Special Representative for International Migration

08 March 2017

New York - Secretary-General's written message on International Women’s Day
Nairobi - Secretary-General's remarks at commemoration of International Women’s Day
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at International Women's Day Event [as delivered]
Nairobi - Press remarks by the Secretary-General following his meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi
Nairobi - Secretary-General’s Press Conference at UN Headquarters, Gigiri Complex
New York - Joint Declaration by the African Union, the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States, and the European Union on the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali from the Algiers Process　
New York - Transcript of the stakeout by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura after briefing the Security Council on the outcomes of Geneva 4

07 March 2017

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the “Solve at the United Nations” Event [as prepared for delivery]
Mogadishu - Secretary-General’s remarks at press encounter with President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo
New York - Note to correspondents on Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca''s travel to Kazakhstan

06 March 2017

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at closing reception of Exhibition on Sexual Violence in Conflict
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

03 March 2017

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks at General Assembly Event on World Wildlife Day [as delivered]

02 March 2017

Tashkent - Note to Correspondents - Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča stresses UN commitment to regional cooperation in Central Asia
New York - Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Concludes Visit to Six West African States
New York - Ms. Najat Rochdi of Morocco - Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
New York - Major General Jean-Paul Deconinck of Belgium - Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)

28 February 2017

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Commissioner Iván Velásquez Gómez, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at 2017 ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Press Encounter following an address to the 2017 ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development

27 February 2017

Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks to the Human Rights Council [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to Correspondents in response to questions
New York - Mr. Dag Halvor Nylander of Norway - Personal Representative on the Border Controversy between Guyana and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish version]

25 February 2017

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

23 February 2017

Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Welcoming Statement by Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria at the Intra-Syrian talks [as delivered]
New York - Major General Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael of Ethiopia - Force Commander for the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria

22 February 2017

Mogadishu - Secretary-General's message at the Inaugural Ceremony for President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo of Somalia
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Organizational Meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on informal suggestion to create a new office for Counter-terrorism
New York - Full transcript of Secretary-General's Joint Press Conference on Humanitarian Crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of press conference by Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria

21 February 2017

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks to the Security Council Open Debate on Conflicts in Europe [including a tribute to the late Amb. Vitaly Churkin of the Russian Federation]
New York - Mr. François Louncény Fall of Guinea - Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA)

20 February 2017

New York - Secretary-General’s statement on the death of Ambassador Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin

18 February 2017

Munich - Secretary-General’s remarks to Munich Security Conference
Libreville, Addis Ababa, Paris, Brussels and New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint statement on the Central African Republic by the Economic Community of Central African States, the African Union, the International Organization of La Francophonie, the European Union and the United Nations

17 February 2017

New York - Secretary-General's Message to the High-Level Meeting to commemorate 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

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New York, 03 September 2025

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