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22 September 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Yun Byung-se, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to SDG Advocacy Group [as prepared for delivery]
New York - The Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level Side Event “Beyond the World Humanitarian Summit: Advancing the Agenda for Humanity” [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks to the ASEAN-UN Ministerial Meeting [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at opening of the High-level Segment of the General Assembly to Commemorate the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level Event on the Humanitarian Situation in South Sudan [as delivered]
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

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