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19 March 2014

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on Ukraine [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents on Secretary-General's travel to the Russian Federation and Ukraine

18 March 2014

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the Chairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab Group and the Non-Aligned Movement as well as the Permanent Representatives of Jordan, Egypt and the Permanent Observer of the State of Pales
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Nouri Abusahmain, President of the General National Congress of Libya
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on intent of the United States to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions

18 March 2014

Seoul - Secretary-General's Message to the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE): “Enhancing Cross-Border Education Cooperation with Universities in Asia-Pacific: From Past to Present and the Future”

17 March 2014

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of the Republic of Madagascar
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Asia Week New York Reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Ukraine

16 March 2014

Geneva - Secretary-General's video message for the 130th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) [16-20 March]

14 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Informal Meeting of the General Assembly on Syria
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following Informal Briefing to General Assembly on Syria

13 March 2014

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Andriy Yatsenyuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine, and H.E. Mr. Andrii Deshchytsia, Acting Foreign Minister of Ukraine
New York - Secretary-General's remarks before meeting with Religious Leaders from the Central African Republic [as delivered in French] [scroll down for English version]
Vienna - Deputy Secretary-General's statement at the High Level Review of the Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards a Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem [as prepared for delivery]
Vienna - Deputy Secretary-General's statement at the High Level Briefing on the Conclusions of the Third Informal Civil Society Hearing and the 2014 UNODC Scientific Consultation Addressing Drug Use through a Health-Based Approach [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Burundi

12 March 2014

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with the Foreign Minister of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu
New York - Statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UN and League of Arab States Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi: The destruction of Syria’s cultural heritage must stop
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General -- on Syria
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza

11 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting with the McDonnell International Scholars Academy [as prepared for delivery]
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to the Human Rights Council Panel on the Protection of Civil Society Space

11 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message on the Inauguration of New Courtroom at the United Nations Office at Geneva
Brdo - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks to Seminar on "Promoting a Culture of Mediation and Prevention in the Mediterranean"[as prepared for delivery]

10 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on Ukraine
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Maldives
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Darfur

10 March 2014

Podgorica - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Inauguration of UN Montenegro Premises in Podgorica

08 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message for International Women's Day

07 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the 61st Session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Annual Commemoration of the International Women's Day
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to closing session of high-level event of the General Assembly “The contributions of women, the young and civil society to the post-2015 development agenda”
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the ICC verdict in the trial of Germain Katanga [scroll down for French version]

06 March 2014

New York - Secretary-General's message to UNIS-UN Conference
New York - Note to Correspondents on Robert Serry
Kyiv - Note to correspondents on the briefing to the Security Council on Ukraine by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson

06 March 2014

New York - Message to Launch of United Nations Global Campaign 'Children not Soldiers’

05 March 2014

Paris - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon [delivered by Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs]
Freetown - Secretary-General's Remarks at Closing Ceremony for the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone {as delivered)
Auckland - Secretary-General's message to Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message for High-Level Event of the Human Rights Council on the Question of the Death Penalty
Freetown - Transcript of the Secretary-General's remarks at Joint Press Conference with President of Sierra Leone
Kiev - Transcript of Deputy Secretary-General’s Press Conference at Ukrainian Crisis Media Center [scroll down for Q&A]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's telephone press conference from Kyiv, Ukraine
New York - Note to correspondents in response to questions about Robert Serry

04 March 2014

Geneva - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
Kyiv - Readout of the Deputy Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Andrii Deshchytsia, acting Foreign Minister of Ukraine

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