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25 March 2024

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.M. King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Martin Griffiths
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade [as delivered]

24 March 2024

Cairo, Egypt - Secretary-General's remarks at press encounter with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry of Egypt [full transcript]

23 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's video message for Earth Hour [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Meteorological Day [scroll down for French version]
Rafah border crossing, Egypt - Secretary-General's press encounter at Rafah border crossing
Al Arish, Egypt - Secretary-General's press encounter in Al Arish, Egypt

22 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Water Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Mr. Robert Petit of Canada - Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on terrorist attack in the Russian Federation  
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Ukraine

21 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Nowruz [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [scroll down for French version]
Brussels, Belgium - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel
Brussels, Belgium - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus

20 March 2024

Seoul, Republic of Korea - Secretary-General's video message for the Third Summit for Democracy
Brussels, Belgium - Secretary-General's press encounter with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
New York - Note to Correspondents - on the Independent Review of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

19 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's video message -on the launch of the World Meteorological Organization's State of the Global Climate Report

18 March 2024

Mons, Belgium - Secretary-General's video message for the 10th European Summit of Regions and Cities
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on Gaza
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Myanmar

16 March 2024

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]

15 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

14 March 2024

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at CSW Side Event "Closing the Gap: Women's Empowerment in the GCC Region" [as delivered]
Austria, Vienna - Secretary-General's video message to the High-level Segment of the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs

13 March 2024

Geneva, Switzerland - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the ECE Regional Forum for Sustainable Development 2024 [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Townhall Meeting with Civil Society on the Occasion of the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message on the Human Development Report 2023-24: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World

12 March 2024

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Haiti [scroll down for French]

11 March 2024

Vienna, Austria - Secretary-General's video message to The European Fundamental Rights Forum "Rights in motion: Embracing human rights for Europe's future"
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Evika Siliņa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Karin Herrera Aguilar, Vice President of Guatemala [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at press stakeout - on the beginning of Ramadan

10 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the Occasion of the Beginning of Ramadan [scroll down for Arabic version]

09 March 2024

New York - Statement of the Secretary-General on Syria

08 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Women's Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Observance of International Women's Day [as delivered]

07 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council – on Sudan [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

05 March 2024

Beirut, Lebanon - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2024 [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness [scroll down for French version]
New York - Ms. Mô Bleeker of Switzerland - Special Adviser on Responsibility to Protect

04 March 2024

New York - Ms. Najla Nassif Palma of Brazil - Victims’ Rights Advocate

03 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Wildlife Day [scroll down for French version]

02 March 2024

Sandy Bay, St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Secretary-General's press encounter in Sandy Bay

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 10 July 2025

  • U.N. BRINGS ABOUT 75,000 LITRES OF FUEL FROM ISRAEL INTO THE GAZA STRIP…
  • ⁠JUNE SAW HIGHEST MONTHLY CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN THREE YEARS – UN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING MISSION IN UKRAINE…
  • U.N. RELIEF WING WARNS THAT SUDAN’S CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO WORSEN…
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