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01 June 2013

Yokohama - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Yokohama - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Dioncounda Traoré, Interim President of Mali [scroll down for French version]
Yokohama - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d’Ivoire and Chairman of ECOWAS [scroll down for French version]
Yokohama - Secretary-General's opening remarks to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V)
Yokohama - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at TICAD V session: "Towards the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Yokohama - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at TICAD V session: "Private Sector, Trade and Investment as Engines of Development" [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in Qusayr, Syria

31 May 2013

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing speech to the 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

30 May 2013

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (as delivered to Member States earlier today)
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Appeal of Conscience Foundation Special Awards Dinner
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Myanmar

29 May 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Peacekeepers
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at wreath-laying ceremony on the International Day of Peacekeepers
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers
New York - Secretary-General's Press Encounter after Security Council Briefing on Visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [Scroll down for Spanish version]

28 May 2013

Beijing, People's Republic of China - Secretary-General's Message to the China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services and Global Services Forum
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the opening of "Absence" Exhibit organised by the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations [as prepared for delivery]

28 May 2013

Berlin - Secretary-General's Message to Fifth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport
Quito - Secretary-General's message to Caribbean Regional Seminar on Implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
New York - Secretary-General's message to Meeting of the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Tehran - Secretary-General's message to Consultative Meeting on Syria

27 May 2013

New York/Brussels - Readout of the Deputy Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
New York/Brussels - Readout of the Deputy Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

26 May 2013

Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General's meeting with the President of the Republic of Burundi, H.E. Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza
Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General's meeting with the President of Zambia, H.E. Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata
Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General’s meeting with President of the Republic of Congo, H.E. Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso
Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General’s meeting with the Vice-President of Angola, H.E. Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente
Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General’s meeting with the President of Senegal, H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General’s meeting the President of Nigeria, H.E. Mr. Goodluck Jonathan
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with the South African President, H.E. Mr. Jacob Zuma
Addis Ababa - Secretary-General's remarks at 11+4 Regional Oversight Meeting of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region [as prepared for delivery]
Addis Ababa - Secretary-General's remarks at AIDS Watch Africa event [as prepared for delivery]
Addis Ababa - Note to Correspondents - Communiqué of the first meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Colombia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the fighting in Syria and risk of regional spillover

25 May 2013

Addis Ababa - Readout of Secretary-General’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Minister of Norway
Addis Ababa - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi, Foreign Minister of Mauritania
New York - Secretary-General's message on Africa Day
Addis Ababa - Secretary-General's remarks at ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity / African Union [as prepared for delivery]

24 May 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message on Vesak Day
Kigali - Secretary-General's remarks at Joint Press Conference with World Bank President, Dr. Jim Yong Kim [full transcript]
New York - Note to Correspondents on the meeting of the Permanent Representative of Cyprus and Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Nepal
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the attack in Kabul

24 May 2013

Entebbe - Secretary-General’s press encounter after the meeting with President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Members of the Ugandan Cabinet; Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, also participated
Entebbe - Note to Correspondents following comments by the Secretary-General in response to a question from NHK television in Entebbe, Uganda, about reports relating to remarks made by a senior DPRK Official in Beijing

23 May 2013

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

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