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13 September 2013

Bishkek - Secretary-General's message to Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

12 September 2013

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks on "Partnership for LDCs: Priority Issues for the Post-2015 Development Agenda" [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks at Special Event to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's Historic Last Address at the United Nations [As prepared for delivery]
Geneva - Transcript of comments made by Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi outside the Inter Continental Hotel, Geneva
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General concerning the letter received from the Government of Syria

12 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

11 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to General Assembly informal interactive dialogue on "The Responsibility to Protect: State Responsibility and Prevention"
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at the Screening of "Planet Ocean" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to General Assembly informal interactive dialogue on "The Responsibility to Protect: State Responsibility and Prevention"

10 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at working breakfast hosted by Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain on "Water and Cooperation: Spain's commitment to the Millennium Development Goals” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to participants of 2013 Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at press conference to launch "A Million Voices: The World We Want"

10 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message to General Assembly Thematic Debate on "The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in the International Financial System"

09 September 2013

New York - Readout for the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.M. Queen Sofia of Spain
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at a reception to honour New York as the host city of the diplomatic and consular community
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at reception in honour of Samantha Power
New York - Secretary-General's press conference upon return from the Russian Federation
New York - Note in response to questions concerning a report on the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld

09 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Rights Award Ceremony honouring Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain
Lusaka - Secretary-General's message to the Fourth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions

08 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message for World Literacy Day

08 September 2013

San Jose - Secretary-General's message to the BYND 2015 Global Youth Summit

06 September 2013

Saint Petersburg, Russia - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the German Chancellor
St. Petersburg, Russia - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with the French President
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Readout of Secretary-General’s meeting with Indonesian President
St. Petersburg, Russia - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Syria [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at high-level Forum on the Culture of Peace [as prepared for delivery]
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Remarks made by Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint Special Representative for Syria, following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
New York - Note to Correspondents on Peace efforts for the Great Lakes region of Africa

05 September 2013

St. Petersburg, Russia - Readout of Secretary-General's meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea
St. Petersburg, Russia - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the President of Kazakhstan
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Charity
St. Petersburg, Russia - Secretary-General's remarks to G20 leaders on Syria [as prepared for delivery]
St. Petersburg - Secretary-General's remarks at a G20 working dinner on "Sustainable Development for All" [delayed in transmission]
St. Petersburg, Russia - Note to Correspondents on Syria
New York - Note in response to the Pope's statement on Syria

05 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Fourth Observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests

04 September 2013

St. Petersburg - Secretary-General's remarks at St. Petersburg University (as prepared for delivery)
Bangkok - Secretary-General's message to Pacem in Maribus XXXIV International Forum
Lund, Sweden - The 2013 Anna Lindh Lecture at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute

03 September 2013

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on Syria
New York - Note to Correspondents on the talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Maldives

03 September 2013

Bled - Secretary-General's message to the Bled Strategic Forum [1-3 September 2013]
Majuro - Secretary-General's message to the 44th Pacific Islands Forum

02 September 2013

Stockholm - Deputy Secretary-General's keynote address at Stockholm World Water Week - "Building Partnerships for Sanitation and Water for All"
New York - Note to Correspondents on the UN Chemical Weapons Investigation

01 September 2013

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s telephone call with Dr. Åke Sellström, Head of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic
New York - Note to correspondents on Camp Ashraf

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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…
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  • SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCLUDES VISIT TO JAPAN…
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