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23 March 2009

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

20 March 2009

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the entry into force of the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia

18 March 2009

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Report of the AU-UN Panel on Financing of African Peacekeeping Missions
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to General Assembly thematic debate on the right to education in emergency, post-crisis and transition situations caused by man-made conflicts and natural disasters
New York - Deputy secretary-general's message to a Special Event on the Convention on Cluster Munitions

17 March 2009

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Madagascar [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Darfur: Attack against UNAMID peacekeepers

15 March 2009

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Transfer of Authority from EUFOR to MINURCAT

13 March 2009

New York - Secretary-General's message to the 31st Annual Lions Day at the UN (as prepared for delivery)

12 March 2009

New York - Secretary-General's press conference
New York - Secretary-General's press conference

12 March 2009

Dar es Salaam - Deputy Secretary-General press conference
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Madagascar (please scroll down for French translation)

11 March 2009

Dar es Salaam - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on Navigating the Shifting Tides of Globalization (keynote speech to joint IMF-Government of Tanzania conference on 'Changes:Successful Partnerships for Africa's Growth Challenges')

10 March 2009

Washington, DC - Secretary-General's remarks to the press following meeting with US President Barack Obama
Port-au-Prince - Secretary-General's press encounter with former U.S. President William J. Clinton [unofficial transcript]
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's statement on his meeting with US President Barack Obama

10 March 2009

Cairo - Secretary-General's message to the UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People

09 March 2009

Port au Prince - Secretary-General's remarks to the press at Palais National

07 March 2009

Monrovia - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security

06 March 2009

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on US President invitation for the Secretary-General to visit Washington D.C.

05 March 2009

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the UNIS/UN Conference "Food Crisis : A Global Challenge"
New York - Secretary-General's remarks on International Women's Day
New York - Deputy Secretary-General remarks on the launch of the Secretary-General's database on violence against women
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Sudan
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Sri Lanka

04 March 2009

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks tot he Joint Dialogue of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the ICC arrest warrant for President Al-Bashir of Sudan

03 March 2009

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the American Bar Association's Day at the United Nations
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Haiti

02 March 2009

Sharm el Sheikh - Secretary-General's remarks to International Conference on the Palestinian Economy and Gaza Reconstruction
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Commission on the Status of Women
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at a ministerial lunch on gender architecture
Sharm el Sheikh / New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau [scroll down for French version]

01 March 2009

Kigali - Secretary-General's press encounter following meeting with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda (Q&A to follow)

01 March 2009

Kibati Camp (near Goma) - Statement to the press during visit to Kibati Camp for internally displaced persons
Goma - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the commencement of the functioning of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

28 February 2009

Goma - Secretary-General's press encounter after visiting the Healing Africa - Clinic for victims of sexual violence

27 February 2009

Dar es Salaam - Secretary-General's press conference
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Bangladesh
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on thei

27 February 2009

Arusha - Press encounter by the Secretary-General upon visiting the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [unofficial transcript]

26 February 2009

Dar es Salaam - Secretary-General's lecture entitled "Dealing with a Changing World - African Solutions to Africa's Challenges" (scroll down for Question and Answer session)
Dar es Salaam - Secretary-General's lecture on Dealing with a Changing World - African Solutions to Africa's Challenges

25 February 2009

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Francophonie

25 February 2009

Pretoria - Secretary-General's press conference with President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa [unofficial transcript]

24 February 2009

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Darfur: Government of Sudan and JEM release of prisoners

23 February 2009

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Myanmar
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to special event on Philanthropy and the Global Public Health Agenda
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Qatar donation to Gaza

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