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30 September 2015

New York - Secretary-General's message to ceremony marking the formal establishment of SIDS Dock [delivered by Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet]

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Tomislav Nikolic, President of the Republic of Serbia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Mr. Tammam Salam, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Dr. Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, President of the Republic of Yemen

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. José Maria Pereira Neves, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cabo Verde

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Dunya Maumoon, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Maldives

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Niermala S. Badrising, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at World Humanitarian Summit Side Event

New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at Security Council Ministerial Meeting: "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Settlement of Conflict in the Middle East and North Afircan and Countering the Terrorist Threat in the Region. [As Delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Ministerial Meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Palestinian Flag-Raising Ceremony

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Meeting on Migration and Refugee Flows

New York - Discours du Secrétaire général à la réception pour la Francophonie [in French]

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Introductory Remarks at High-Level Panel Debate: " Uniting Around the Principle of Humanity" [As prepared for delivery]

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at Ministerial Meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at the High-Level Event entitled "Strengthening cooperation on migration and refugee movements in the perspective of the new development agenda"

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to press following High-Level Meeting on Migration and Refugee Movements [with Q&A]

New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement by the Middle East Quartet Principals

30 September 2015

New York - Secretary-General's message to Ministerial Breakfast on the High Level Review of Women, Peace and Security

New York - Secretary-General's Message to the Ministerial Roundtable on the Responsibility to Protect

New York - Secretary-General's Message to High-Level Side Event on Climate Change and Security

29 September 2015

New York - Secretary-General's message to a Fairer Future For All: Fighting Inequalities and Discrimination at the Heart of the 2030 Agenda [delivered by Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet]

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania

New York - Readout of the meeting of the Secretary-General’s Partnership Group on Myanmar

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.M. King Willem-Alexander and H.M. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President of the Republic of Colombia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Filip Vujanovic, President of Montenegro

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, President of the House of Representatives of Libya

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the five Permanent (P-5) Members of the United Nations Security Council

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Second Vice-President of Republic of Equatorial Guinea

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. James Alix Michel, President of the Republic of Seychelles

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Raymond Tshibanda N’tungamulongo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

New York - Secretary-General's final meeting with the MDG Advocacy Group [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Meeting on South Sudan

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Ninth Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Leaders' Summit Countering Violent Extremism

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the meeting of the Partnership Group on Myanmar [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Sixth Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region [bilingual, as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High Level LGBT Core Group Event "Leaving No-One Behind: Equality & Inclusion in the Post-2015 Development Agenda"

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at the High=level Meeting on South Sudan [as prepared for delivery]

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Informal Ministerial Level Meeting on the Syrian Crisis [as prepared for delivery]

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