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22 May 2014

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on China
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Ukraine

22 May 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message to the High-Level West Africa Coast Initiative (WACI) Donor Conference

21 May 2014

Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka
Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Yang Jiechi, State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
Shanghai - Secretary-General's remarks to the Fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) [as delivered]
Astana - Secretary-General's video message to the VII Astana Economic Forum and World Anti-Crisis Conference
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks to the General Assembly High-Level Event on "Contributions of North-South, South-South, Triangular Cooperation & ICT Cooperation & ICT for Development to the Post-2015 Development Agenda" [As Delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali [scroll down for French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on recent attacks in Nigeria

21 May 2014

Nadi - Secretary-General's message to the Pacific Regional Seminar on Implementation of theThird International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism : Accelerating Action

20 May 2014

Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mamnoon Hussain, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Thailand
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Balkan floods

20 May 2014

Istanbul - Secretary-General's message to UN-OIC General Meeting on Cooperation

19 May 2014

Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
Beijing - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
Shanghai - Secretary-General's remarks at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Launch of R!se Initiative on Disaster Risk Reduction [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the elections in Iraq
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau [Please scroll down for French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the forthcoming elections in Malawi

19 May 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message to side event during 18th session of High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation India-Brazil-South Africa Forum Fund
New York - Secretary-General's message at unveiling of Plaque Commemorating 10th Anniversary of Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Wangari Maathai

18 May 2014

Shanghai - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

17 May 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Colombia {scroll down for Spanish}

16 May 2014

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Federica Mogherini, Foreign Minister of Italy
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau {scroll down for French}

15 May 2014

Addis Ababa - Secretary-General's video message to the IFPRI 2020 Policy Consultation and Conference 'Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition'
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Families
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Turkey
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Afghan Presidential elections

15 May 2014

Brdo - Secretary-General's video message to seminar on the ratification and implementation of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 15-16 May

14 May 2014

Stockholm - Readout of the Secretary-General’s audience with His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty Queen Silvia
Stockholm - Readout of the Secretary-General’s audience with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Stockholm - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden
Stockholm - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Ms. Anne C. Richard, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
Stockholm - Secretary-General’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Sweden (as delivered)
Stockholm - Secretary-General’s remarks at press briefing with Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden {scroll down for Q&A}

13 May 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message on Vesak Day
New York - Transcript of press briefing with the Secretary-General and Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative for Syria

12 May 2014

Khartoum - Secretary-General's video message for Third China-Africa People's Forum
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 13th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
New York - Secretary-General's Briefing to the Security Council on South Sudan

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