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22 September 2016

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at event to Recognize the Contributions of the Government of Qatar to the Preservation of Historic Documents of the United Nations [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-level side event on Pathways to Zero Hunger [as delivered]
Downtown Association, New York - Secretary-General's message to the Meaningful World Awards Reception
New York - Discours à l’occasion de la réception pour la Francophonie
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-level side event on “Water as a Source of Peace: Developing Political Momentum to advance water cooperation and prevent water-related conflicts”
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Event entitled “Global Efforts in Integrating a Youth Dimension in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to Ministerial Event on "Force of Civilian Crisis Management - Strengthening the Capacities of the OSCE as a Chapter VIII Organization" [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at side event: "Partnerships for Sustaining Peace and Preventing Violent Conflict" [as prepared for delivery]
Geneva - Note to Correspondents - Transcript of joint stakeout by U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, and U.N. Special Advisor to the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Jan Egeland.
New York - Note to Correspondents on the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism
New York - Note to correspondents: Joint press release - ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting with the Secretary-General and the President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly
New York - Secretary-General's message to Annual Breakfast Meeting of the Informal Ministerial Network on the International Criminal Court
New York - Secretary-General's message to High-Level Ministerial Event: "Tunisia: Reforms and Investment Opportunities"
New York - Secretary-General's message to Conference on Israeli Innovation and Technology in Africa
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Gabonese Republic [scroll down for French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Yemen

21 September 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hugo Martínez Bonilla, Foreign Minister of El Salvador
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Augustine Phillip Mahiga, Foreign Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. János Áder, President of Hungary
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana, President of the Republic of Madagascar
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Idriss Déby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Tammam Salam, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Bakir Izetbegović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Peace [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at High-Level Event on Entry into Force of the Paris Agreement [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's closing remarks at High-Level Event on the Entry into Force of the Paris Agreement [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on Colombia [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the situation in Syria [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Unveiling Ceremony for Staff Recreation Facility [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at panel on "The Death Penalty and Victims" [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of the CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message at Making Every Woman and Girl Count event
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Peacebuilding Fund Pledging Conference: 'Invest in Sustaining Peace' [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Second Meeting of the High-Level Panel on Water [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-level side event of the LGBT Core Group "#Path2Equality: Global Leaders discuss progress towards LGBT Equality" [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at High-Level Meeting on Somalia [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Closing Remarks at Pledging Conference for the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund [as prepared for delivery]
New York - UN Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to High-level meeting on Leveraging Innovative Finance to Address Refugee Crises in Middle Income Countries [as prepared for delivery]

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