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27 January 2010

Tokyo - Secretary-General's video message for follow-up Conference on the International Year of Sanitation (26-27 January 2010)
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Cyprus

26 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at opening of exhibition "Architecture of Murder" in conjunction with the International Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

25 January 2010

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the bomb attacks in Baghdad
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the forthcoming visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

25 January 2010

Lisbon - Secretary-General's message to UNDP "Match against Poverty"

22 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on Haiti
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to ceremony marking handover of G-77 Chairmanship

21 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with President Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Haiti [revised unofficial transcript]
New York - Secretary-General Remarks at the Opening of the 2010 Session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
New York - Secretary-General's Tribute to Alec Collett [read by Nicholas Haysom, Director, Political, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Affairs, Executive Office of the Secretary-General]

20 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at Mass at Holy Family Church in Remembrance of Those Who Died in Haiti, and Press Encounter Preceding the Ceremony
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at Mass in Remembrance of Those Who Died in Haiti, and Press Encounter Preceding the Ceremony
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Sri Lanka
New York - STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON NIGERIA

19 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following Security Council adoption of resolution on Haiti
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to the Conference on Disarmament
New York - Secretary-General's launch of Global Monitoring Report on Education for All
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to UN Economic and Social Council

18 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on Haiti, following his briefing to the Security Council
Dakar - Secretary-General's mesage to Summit of the World's Regions on Food Security [delivered by David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on lessons learned from the International Compact with Iraq and the way forward
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Guinea [please scroll down for the French version]

17 January 2010

Port-au-Prince - Secretary-General's press conference in Port-au-Prince [please scroll down for Q &A]

16 January 2010

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General - confirmation of death of Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, Hédi Annabi, Principal Deputy Special Representative, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and Acting UN Police Commissioner in Haiti, Doug Coates

15 January 2010

New York - Remarks by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at press encounter on Haiti (full transcript)

14 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at a press encounter on Haiti (questions and answers to follow)

14 January 2010

Yale University, Connecticut - Secretary-General's remarks to Global Colloquium of University Presidents on New Technologies for Meeting Global Challenges [as prepared for delivery]

13 January 2010

New York - Press encounter with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy; Administrator of the UN Development Programme, Helen Clark; Assistant Secretary-General for Peackeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet; Susana
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter after briefing Member States on the situation in Haiti
New York - Press encounter with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy; Administrator of the UN Development Programme, Helen Clark; Assistant Secretary-General for Peackeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet; and Su
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on Haiti and on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations
New York - Secretary-General's briefing to the General Assembly on the Emergency in Haiti

12 January 2010

New York - Statement by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the earthquake in Haiti
New York - Statement from the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy [scroll down for French version]
New York - Readout on the Secretary-General's activities in the evening of 12 January 2010, from the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
New York - Briefing by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet, and Susana Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support [unofficial transcript of English segmen
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the resignation of the Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, David Tolbert

11 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter after informal briefing to General Assembly on "Agenda 2010" [unofficial transcript]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at ribbon-cutting ceremony for the temporary North Lawn Building
New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Year of Biodiversity [2010]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the infomral session of the General Assembly entitled "Agenda 2010"
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Guinea

09 January 2010

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Fifth Anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

08 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting with heads of the IAEA, OPCW and CTBTO-PrepCom [as prepared for delivery]

06 January 2010

New York - Secretary-General's press stakeout on Afghanistan (full transcript)
New York - Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on Afghanistan

31 December 2009

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Bhutto Commission

29 December 2009

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Thailand/Lao People's Democratic Republic

27 December 2009

New York, USA - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the One Year Anniversary of “Operation Cast Lead”

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