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04 April 2016

New York - Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's Opening Remarks to Member States on Preparations for the World Humanitarian Summit
New York - Note to Correspondents: Visit of Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs to the Lao PDR

02 April 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Autism Awareness Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

01 April 2016

Washington, DC - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine
Washington, DC - Readout of the Secretary-General’s Meeting with H.E. Mr. François Hollande, President of the French Republic
New York - Note to Correspondents - High-level UN delegation in Indonesia
New York - Note to Correspondents: From the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on Preparations Underway for the Next Round of Peace Talks for Yemen
New York - Note to Correspondents: United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security Holds Twelfth Consultative Meeting in New York, on 22 March 2016

01 April 2016

Washington, DC - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the outcome of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit

31 March 2016

New York - Statement of UN Secretary-General on the latest allegations of abuse in the Central African Republic
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks to Photo Exhibition on Mine Action [As prepared for delivery]
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Transcript of a press encounter with Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, after his meeting of the Humanitarian Access Task Force
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the arrival of the Libyan Presidency Council in Tripoli
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Joint Presidential Statement on Climate Change by the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America

31 March 2016

New York - Secretary-General's message to ECOSOC Partnership Forum
Bordeaux - Secretary-General's message to the Forum d'Avignon

30 March 2016

Geneva - UN Secretary-General's remarks at Opening of High-level meeting on Global Responsibility Sharing for Syrian Refugees [As delivered]
Stockholm - Secretary-General's remarks at Dag Hammarskjöld lecture: “Evolving Threats, Timeless Values: The United Nations In A Changing Global Landscape” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General on peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) [scroll down for Spanish version]
New York - Secretary-General on Myanmar
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at ECOSOC Special Meeting on Inequality [as delivered]
Geneva - Secretary-General's Joint Press Encounter with the High Commissioner for Refugees
New York - Note to Correspondents: Press Statement – ASEAN-UN Secretariat-to-Secretariat Meeting
New York - Note to Correspondents on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic

30 March 2016

Stockholm - Secretary-General’s joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Sweden [Scroll down for Q&A]

29 March 2016

Tunis - Secretary-General’s remarks at Tunisia’s National Conference on Employment [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks at General Assembly Commemorative Meeting to Observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Trade [As Delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at event marking First Anniversary of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Tsunami Awareness Day [as prepared for delivery]
Tunis - Secretary-General's press conference in Tunis [scroll down for Q&A]

28 March 2016

Tunis - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Mr. Mousa Al Kony
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at concert in observance of the International Day of Nowruz [as prepared for delivery]
Tunis - Secretary-General’s press remarks following meeting with the President of Tunisia [in French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Sudan

27 March 2016

Amman - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Abdullah Ensour, Prime Minister of Jordan
Amman - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. King Abdullah II ibn AL-HUSSEIN, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Amman - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine
Amman - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Prime Minister of Turkey
Amman - Secretary-General’s remarks at opening dialogue with youth in Jordan [as prepared for delivery]
Amman - Secretary-General’s press conference in Jordan [with Q&A]
New York NY - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the bombing in Pakistan

26 March 2016

Baghdad - Secretary-General’s address to Iraq’s Council of Representatives
Baghdad - Secretary-General’s press conference following his meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

26 March 2016

Erbil - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government

25 March 2016

Beirut, Lebanon - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai
New York - Secretary-General’s message on International Day of solidarity with detained and missing staff [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery [scroll down for French version]
Tripoli, Lebanon - Secretary-General’s press remarks at Nahr El-Bared camp
Tripoli, Lebanon - Secretary-General’s press remarks at Qobbeh Social Development Centre, Lebanon

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