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12 October 2013

Reykjavik, Iceland - Secretary-General's video message for the inaugural Assembly of the Arctic Circle
New York - Note to Correspondents -- Statement by Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Capsize of Boat Carrying Migrants
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Darfur

11 October 2013

Brunei Darussalam - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Brunei Darussalam - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of the Girl Child
New York/Singapore - Statement by the Secretary-General on the Awarding of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
New York - Secretary-General’s video transcript on United Nations Security Council’s endorsement of his chemical weapons mission proposal (in letter dated 7 October 2013)
New York/Singapore - Secretary-General's video transcript on awarding of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
New York - Press release by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations on the advance team in Syria

10 October 2013

Brunei Darussalam - Readout of Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia
Brunei Darussalam - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
Brunei Darussalam - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Mental Health Day
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Libya

10 October 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Friends of UNFPA Gala for the Health and Dignity of Women and Girls
Bandar Seri Begawan - Secretary-General's opening remarks to the fifth ASEAN-UN Summit (as delivered)
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam - Secretary-General's press conference [full transcript]

09 October 2013

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the value of postal services - for World Post Day
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Sixth Committee meeting on Agenda Item "The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels"
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Sorensen Distringuished Lecture on the United Nations [as prepared for delivery]

09 October 2013

Washington, DC - Secretary-General's message to ECOWAS meeting on the Sahel

08 October 2013

Budapest - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E Mr. Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
Budapest - Readout of the Secretary-General’s working lunch with H.E. Mr. János Áder, President of Hungary
Budapest - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Chairman of the UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
Budapest - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with the Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), H.E. Mr Lamberto Zannier
Budapest - Readout of the Secretary-General’s dinner with H.E. Mr. János Martonyi, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary
Budapest - Secretary-General's opening remarks at Budapest Water Summit [as prepared for delivery]
Budapest - Secretary-General's remarks at Budapesti Corvinus University [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Maldives

08 October 2013

Budapest - Secretary-General's remarks at joint press encounter with President János Áder of Hungary
Istanbul - Secretary-General's message to 2013 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East

07 October 2013

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Sixth High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Habitat Day
New York - Note to Correspondents on the Secretary-General's letter to the Security Council
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Egypt

07 October 2013

Rome - Secretary-General's message to Committee on World Food Security

06 October 2013

Damascus - Note to Correspondents: Syria Chemical Weapons Destruction Begins
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic

04 October 2013

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at World Habitat Day event: "Resilient Design for Sustainable Urbanization"
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Global Migration Group Event on "Adolescents, Youth and Migration"
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks at Closing of the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development [As prepared fro delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Egypt

03 October 2013

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Najib Mikati, Caretaker Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
Damascus - Press Release from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations

02 October 2013

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Mr. Osman Mohammed Saleh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
New York - Secretary-General's message on International Day of Non-Violence

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 22 August 2025

  • U.N. CHIEF ON FAMINE IN GAZA: IT IS A MAN-MADE DISASTER, A MORAL INDICTMENT AND A FAILURE OF HUMANITY ITSELF.  THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOT TOMORROW, IT IS NOW…
  • EVOLUTION OF SECURITY SITUATION IN THE D.R. CONGO HAS NOT MATCHED THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT, U.N. TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL…
  • SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCLUDES VISIT TO JAPAN…
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