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06 September 2016

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Informal Interactive Dialogue on "Mobilizing Collective Action: The Next Decade of the Responsibility to Protect" [as delivered]

05 September 2016

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the Sixth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Bled - Secretary-General's message to Bled Strategic Forum
Hangzhou - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.R.H. Prince Mohamad Bin Salman Al Saud, Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hangzhou - Secretary-General’s remarks at G20 Summit session on Inclusive and Interconnected Development [as prepared]
New York - Secretary-General’s message on the International Day of Charity [scroll down for French version]
Beijing - Secretary-General's message to World Philanthropy Forum
Seoul - Secretary-General's message to Opening Ceremony of the International Council on Archives Congress

04 September 2016

Geneva - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks at the International Organization for Migration 5th Global Chiefs of Mission Meeting (GCOMM), Inaugural Dinner [As delivered]
Hangzhou - Secretary-General’s press conference at G20 Summit in China
Hangzhou - Note to correspondents on Gabon
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Philippines

03 September 2016

Hangzhou - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey
Hangzhou - Secretary-General’s remarks at ceremony for the deposit of instruments by China and the United States to join the Paris Agreement [as delivered]
Hangzhou - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America

02 September 2016

Colombo - Secretary-General’s remarks at event in Sri Lanka on SDG16: Sustaining Peace – Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Cheongju - Secretary-General's video message to 2016 Cheongju World Martial Arts Masterships
Colombo - Secretary-General''s press encounter in Sri Lanka [scroll down for Q&A]
Geneva - Note to correspondents from the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
Cernobbio - Secretary-General's message to 42nd Annual Forum "Intelligence on the World, Europe and Italy"
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of the President of Uzbekistan, H.E. Mr. Islam Karimov
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (scroll down for French version)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the terrorist attacks in Pakistan

01 September 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message to High-Level Forum on "Culture of Peace"
Colombo - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Galle - Secretary-General’s remarks at youth event in Galle, Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Coexistence: the Role of Youth
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on the situation in the Gabonese Republic [scroll down for French version]
Shanghai - Secretary-General's video message to the International Finance Forum 2016 Annual Conference
Stockholm - Deputy Secretary-General's key note address “Water is peace, water is life, water is dignity" [as delivered]

31 August 2016

Nay Pyi Taw - Secretary-General’s remarks at the 21st Century Panglong Conference in Myanmar [as delivered]
Pretoria - Secretary-General's video message to 2016 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East
New York - Secretary-General's message to event marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the impeachment of President Rousseff in Brazil
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General following the announcement of the provisional electoral results in the Gabonese Republic [scroll down for the French version]

30 August 2016

Buenos Aires - Secretary-General's message to the Conferencia Internacional de Discriminacion, Igualdad de Oportunidades y Desarrollo
Singapore - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meetings with the President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Singapore
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone calls with H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and Mr. Jean Ping, presidential candidate of the Démocratie nouvelle party [scroll down for French version]
Singapore - Secretary-General’s remarks upon receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters from the National University of Singapore [as prepared]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Nay Pyi Taw - Secretary-General’s joint press stakeout with Myanmar’s State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi [scroll down for Q&A]
New York - Note to Correspondents - Media Stakeout by Virginia Gamba, Assistant-Secretary-General and Head of OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism on the Mechanism’s Third Report
New York - Note to correspondents - Statement by Virginia Gamba, Head of Joint Investigative Mechanism, on the occasion of the briefing to the Security Council on the Mechanism’s third report
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on UNIFIL

29 August 2016

Singapore - Secretary-General’s remarks at Singapore Management University: The Ho Rih Hwa leadership lecture [as prepared]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General following the presidential election in the Gabonese Republic [scroll down for French version]

28 August 2016

Astana - Secretary-General's message to the "Building a Nuclear-Free World" conference
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Western Sahara

27 August 2016

Nairobi - Secretary-General's video message for the Opening Session of the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI)
Nairobi - Secretary-General's video message for TICAD VI Thematic Session: "Promoting Social Stability for Shared Prosperity"

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