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24 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the ninth meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

23 November 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau {scroll down for French version]

21 November 2008

Addis Ababa - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Sixth African Development Forum
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 situation in Gaza

20 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's message on Africa Industrialization Day
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations
Seoul - Secretary-General's video message to the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Darfur

19 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks to the Governing body of the International Labour Organization [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on recent reports of increased military activity in Darfur
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - Declaration of a unilateral cease-fire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by the CNDP
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on piracy off the coast of Somalia

19 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's message to Security Council Thematic Debate on Strengthening Collective Security through General Regulation and Reduction of Armaments
Tehran - Secretary-General's message to the First Asian Mayors Forum

18 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks at the inauguration of Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at Palais des Nations

15 November 2008

Strasbourg - Secretary-General's message for European Development Days

15 November 2008

Beijing - Secretary-General's message to Second International CEO Roundtable of Chinese and Foreign Multinational Corporations
Washington, DC - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General After the Summit on the World Economy

14 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Diabetes Day
Washington, DC - The Secretary-General's Remarks at the G20 Financial Summit
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the humanitarian and security situation in Gaza and southern Israel

13 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following his meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at a press conference with Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, following the conclusion of the High-level Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue
Los Angeles, California - Secretary-General's video message to sustainability summit organized by the Los Angeles Business Council

13 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the 2008 meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

12 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to the Governing Council of the International Telecommunications Union
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the Promotion of Inter-Religious and Inbter-Cultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Darfur
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Myanmar

12 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the Tenth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

11 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's press conference
New York - Secretary-General's press conference
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the postponement of the Secretary-General's trip to Los Angeles

11 November 2008

Jakarta - Secretary-General's message to the launch of the Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System

10 November 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the Second Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons' Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War

09 November 2008

Sharm el Sheikh - Statement issued by the Quartet - Remarks by Secretary-General at Joint Press Conference Following the Quartet Meeting

08 November 2008

New York - Secretary General's message to Rotary International Day at the United Nations

07 November 2008

Nairobi - Secretary-General's joint press conference with his Special Envoy to the Eastern DRC, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Special Representative for the DRC, Alan Doss, following the African Union regional summit on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nairobi - Secretary-General's answer at a joint closing press conference of the African Union Regional Summit on the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Tanzanian President and Chair of the African Union
Nairobi - Secretary-General's remarks to the Summit Meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mumbai - Secretary-General's message to the World Federation of United Nations Associations Global Youth Summit
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly on the 60th Anniversary of Peacekeeping

07 November 2008

Beijing - Secretary-General's message to the high-level Conference on Climate Technology Development and Technology Transfer

06 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

05 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's Press encounter following the U.S. elections
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Somalia

04 November 2008

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at launch of the Korean Millennium Village Project
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at lunch organized by the Permanent Mission of San Marino on "How the Financial Crisis is Afecting Small and Medium States" [as prepared for delivery]

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