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03 October 2015

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on recent bomb attacks in Nigeria

02 October 2015

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mustafa Akinci, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. François Louncény Fall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea

New York - The Secretary-General met today with Mr. Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Aziz Ghandour, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Samiuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdullah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Erlan Abdyldayev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Retno Marsudi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at High-Level Event on Libya

New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Day of Non-Violence [scroll down for French version]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at special event marking the International Day of Non-Violence [as delivered]

New York - Note to Correspondents -- Communiqué from the High-Level Event on South Sudan (Tuesday, 29 September 2015)

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Somalia’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killings in Roseburg, Oregon

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the trial judgement by a German Criminal Court against FDLR elements

02 October 2015

Mungyeong - Secretary-General's video message for the 6th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Summer Games

01 October 2015

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Leaders

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Omar Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ri Su-yong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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. Miro Cerar, Prime Minister of Slovenia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Charles Flanagan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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. Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Hugo Roger Martínez, Foreign Minister of El Salvador

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajcák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel

New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Day of Older Persons [scroll down for French version]

New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks at Pacific Islands Forum [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Thematic Debate of the General Assembly marking the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations under the theme: "Maintenance of International Peace and Security"

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries [as prepared for delivery]

New York - UN Secretary-General's Remarks at the High-Level Meeting on the Central African Republic [scroll down for bilingual (as delivered) and all-English versions]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the UN Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends Ministerial Meeting

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the OIC Annual Coordination Meeting [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Ministerial Consultative Meeting on the Malian Peace Process [Bilingual version, as delivered]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the submission of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

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