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06 January 2017

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nikos Kotzias, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic

New York - The Secretary-General announces Task Force on UN response to sexual exploitation and abuse

05 January 2017

Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of joint stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, and Senior Advisor Jan Egeland

New York - Ms. Ursula Mueller of Germany - Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

03 January 2017

New York - Secretary-General António Guterres’ address to staff (edited)

01 January 2017

New York - Appeal for peace from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

New York - Ms. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria - Deputy Secretary-General

New York - Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti of Brazil - Chef de Cabinet

New York - Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea - Senior Advisor on Policy

New York - Mr. Fabrizio Hochschild of Chile - Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the terrorist attack in Istanbul

31 December 2016

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Security Council resolution 2336 on Syria

New York - Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

30 December 2016

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at final farewell [as delivered]

29 December 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with Mr. Adama Barrow, President-elect of The Islamic Republic of The Gambia

Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria

28 December 2016

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

23 December 2016

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on adoption of Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016)

22 December 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mamadou Tangara, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of The Gambia to the United Nations

New York - Secretary-General's Message on the Report of the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and UN Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland

21 December 2016

Carbondale, Illinois - Secretary-General's remarks at Southern Illinois University, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute [as prepared for delivery]

New York - UN Peacebuilding Fund Finances Kenya-Somalia Cross-Border Project for Somali Refugees with $3 Million

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

20 December 2016

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the terrorist attack in Berlin

New York - Secretary-General's remarks on accepting the Order of Civil Merit from Spain [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council Ministerial Open Debate on Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situations

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

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Côte d’Ivoire [scroll down for French]

19 December 2016

Tokyo - Secretary-General's video message marking the 60th Anniversary of Japan's Accession to the United Nations

New York - Secretary-General's statement on The Gambia

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council Session on South Sudan [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at "Plaster Wall" Event to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Japan's Membership of the United Nations [As prepared for delivery]

Geneva - Note to Correspondents- by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey

18 December 2016

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the formation of a new Government in Lebanon

17 December 2016

New York - Message on International Migrants Day (scroll down for French)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the First Anniversary of the Signing of the Libyan Political Agreement

16 December 2016

Warsaw - Secretary-General's message to the Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy

New York - Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question [as delivered]

New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks at press conference (with Q&A)

New York - Board of Inquiry into the incident involving a UN-Syrian Arab Red Crescent relief operation to Urum al-Kubra

New York - Note to Correspondents: The Controversy between Guyana and Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish version]

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

New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations [as prepared for delivery]

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

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the controversy between Guyana and Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish version]

15 December 2016

Washington, DC - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meetings with H.E. Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America; H.E. Mr. Joe Biden, Vice-President of the United States of America; and H.E. Ms. Susan Rice, National Security Advisor to the President

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New York, 29 August 2025

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