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04 December 2016

Amritsar - Secretary-General's message to the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process

03 December 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Ambassadors' Ball hosted by the Hospitality Committee for UN Delegations [as prepared for delivery]

02 December 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Katsunobu Kato, Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue, of Japan
New York - Secretary General's Message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks on the 10th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [as delivered]
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's video message to United States Summit on Female Genital Mutilation
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Maldives
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the presidential election in The Gambia

01 December 2016

São Tomé, São Tomé and Principe - Secretary-General's message to 43rd Ministerial Meeting of the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) [scroll down for French version]
Panama City - Secretary-General's message to General Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament
New York - Secretary-General's message on World AIDS Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on a New Approach to Address Cholera in Haiti [Trilingual version, as delivered] [scroll down for English]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at J.Michael Adams Lecture and Conversation [as prepared for delivery]
Park East Synagogue, New York - Secretary-General's remarks at reception in honour of ZAKA International Rescue Unit [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to Correspondents: New environmental strategy on United Nations peace operations
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Colombia [scroll down for Spanish version]

30 November 2016

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at World AIDS Day event
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at reception hosted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in Honour of the Secretary-General's Human Rights Legacy

29 November 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s telephone conversations with H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, and Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Head of Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for "Giving Tuesday"
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Summit on Science and Technology Enablement for the Sustainable Development Goals [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at memorial in honour of Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General''s remarks at the event “Ethics in Action: The UN’S 17 Sustainable Development Goals” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents - Statement attributable to the Secretary General's Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar

28 November 2016

Santiago - Secretary-General's message to the Fifteenth Meeting of the States Parties of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Budapest - Secretary-General's video message to Budapest Water Summit
New York - Secretary-General's video message for UN Cares Awards
The Hague - Secretary-General's message to the Twentieth Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Central African Republic (scroll down for French)

26 November 2016

Ashgabat - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan
Ashgabat - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia
Ashgabat - Welcome Remarks at Opening Session of the Global Sustainable Transport Conference (as delivered)
Ashgabat - Remarks at Opening Session of the Global Sustainable Transport Conference (as prepared for delivery)
Ashgabat - Remarks at opening of new UN House in Ashgabat with H.E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan (as prepared for delivery)
Ashgabat - Remarks to side event on the roll out process of the Sustainable Development Goals in Turkmenistan (as prepared for delivery)
Ashgabat - Secretary-General's remarks at press conference in Ashgabat (including Q&A)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of Fidel Castro Ruz

25 November 2016

Abu Dhabi - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi - Secretary-General's Remarks to Emirates Diplomatic Academy
Kuroshio - Secretary-General's video message to High School Student Summit on World Tsunami Awareness Day
New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls [scroll down for French version]
Kinshasa - Note to Correspondents - Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes in Africa
New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement by Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in the Central African Republic

24 November 2016

Geneva - Note to Correspondents - Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in Kashmir

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