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10 October 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Myanmar

09 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Post Day [scroll down for French version]
Kyoto - Secretary-General's video message to the Internet Governance Forum
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on the situation in the Middle East

07 October 2023

Jerusalem - Statement by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - regarding the situation in the Middle East
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the earthquake in Afghanistan

06 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to launch the Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Syria
New York - Mr. Claver Gatete of Rwanda - Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
New York - Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments [scroll down for French and Spanish versions]

05 October 2023

New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint call by the United Nations Secretary-General and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross for States to establish new prohibitions and restrictions on Autonomous Weapon Systems
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Statement attributable to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir O. Pedersen
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on attack in Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region of Ukraine

04 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly consultation on our Common Agenda [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
Estoril - Secretary-General's video message to the Second Sustainable Blue Economy Investment Forum

03 October 2023

New York - United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Press Statement on Liberia

02 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's Message on the International Day of Non-Violence [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's Message on World Habitat Day [scroll down for French version]
Madrid - Secretary-General's video message to the International Climate and Energy Summit
New York - Statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the terrorist attack in Ankara, Türkiye

01 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's Message for the International Day of Older Persons [scroll down for French version]

29 September 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Suicide Bomb Attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

28 September 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Maritime Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Guatemala 

27 September 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Tourism Day: “Tourism and green investment” [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Informal Briefing to the General Assembly one year on from the 2022 Pakistan Floods: Resolution 77/1 on Progress in Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Prevention [as delivered]
New York - Ms. Shoko Noda of Japan - Assistant Administrator and Director, Crisis Bureau of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 

26 September 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-level Meeting Commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

25 September 2023

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Osman Saleh Mohammed, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Yvette Sylla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Madagascar [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Cameroon [scroll down for French]

23 September 2023

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hakan Fidan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ersin Tatar, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Djibouti [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sergei Aleinik, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Global Citizen Festival [as delivered]

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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