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18 July 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message for Nelson Mandela International Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks at High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Ministerial Segment
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on Nelson Mandela International Day [as delivered]
Durban - Secretary-General’s remarks at opening press conference of AIDS2016
Durban - Secretary-General’s remarks to press on the high-level panel on access to medicines
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Bahrain
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on financing of the African Union

18 July 2016

Durban - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy President of South Africa

17 July 2016

Nairobi - Secretary-General’s remarks at the opening of UNCTAD 14 [as prepared for delivery]
Nairobi - Secretary-General’s remarks at joint press conference with President Uhuru Kenyatta

16 July 2016

Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Mr. Idriss Déby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad
Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, African Union High Representative for South Sudan, and H.E. Mr. Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission
Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with USAID Administrator and other U.S. officials
Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Mr. Yoweri Kabuta Museveni, President of Uganda
Kigali - Secretary-General’s remarks at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Extraordinary Summit [as prepared for delivery]

15 July 2016

Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nhial Deng Nhial, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of South Sudan
Kigali - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Youth Skills Day [Scroll down for French version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Briefing to to the General Assembly on Relations between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration [As delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on attack in Nice
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Turkey

14 July 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Adel al-Jubeir, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

14 July 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message to event marking International Criminal Justice Day

13 July 2016

Montevideo - Secretary-General's video message to the Global LGBTI Conference
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Burundi [Scroll down for French version]

12 July 2016

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting H.E. Ms. Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [Scroll down for the Spanish version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-Level General Assembly Thematic Debate: un@70: Human Rights at the Centre of the Global Agenda [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at launch of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children

11 July 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Population Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on South Sudan
New York - Note to Correspondents: In answer to questions asked at the noon briefing on Kashmir
New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in South Sudan

10 July 2016

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on South Sudan
New York - Secretary-General's message for the 26th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

10 July 2016

Singapore - Secretary-General's message to World Cities Summit, Singapore International Water Week and Cleanenviro Summit
Glasgow, Scotland - Secretary-General's message for the Homeless World Cup

09 July 2016

New York - Secretary-General's video message on bicentennial of independence of Argentina

09 July 2016

Warsaw - Secretary-General's message to NATO Summit Meeting on Afghanistan

08 July 2016

Beijing, People's Republic of China - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meetings with H.E. Mr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China and H.E. Mr. Yang Jiechi, State Councillor of the People’s Republic of China
Beijing, People's Republic of China - Secretary-General's remarks at Lunch with "Committee of 100" Chinese Philanthropists
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on South Sudan
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to the Second Global Conference on Climate Change and Health
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Eco Forum Global Annual Conference
New York - Note to Correspondents: In response to the questions on the killings in Dallas
New York - Note to Correspondents: UN Peacebuilding Fund Finances Somalia Infrastructure Projects through Central Bank Funding

07 July 2016

Beijing, People's Republic of China - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meetings with H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China and H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China

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New York, 17 June 2025

  • U.N. CHIEF IS ATTENDING OUTREACH SESSION OF G7 LEADERS’ SUMMIT IN CANADA…
  • GAZA: SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS LOSS OF LIVES OF CIVILIANS SEEKING FOOD…
  • AFGHANISTAN: 8 OUT OF 10 YOUNG WOMEN ARE EXCLUDED FROM EDUCATION AND JOBS…  
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