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20 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Major Economies Forum
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the press on Sudan
New York - Note to Correspondents: United Nations Takes Next Major Step to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea

18 April 2023

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals Investment Fair

17 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks on Sudan (at the opening of the Forum on Financing for Development)
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of the 2023 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues [as delivered]

16 April 2023

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

15 April 2023

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

14 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Interfaith Moment of Prayer for Peace [as delivered]
Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Side Event, "Enhancing the Role of Multilateral Development Banks in Catalyzing Private Finance and Investment" at World Bank Group - IMF Spring Meetings [as prepared for delivery]
Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-level Panel on Pathways for Peace: Progress on Preventing Conflict [as prepared for delivery]

13 April 2023

Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

12 April 2023

Mogadishu - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Mogadishu - Secretary-General's press conference in Somalia
New York - Note to correspondents: Travel by Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo to China

11 April 2023

Mogadishu - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Baidoa - Secretary-General’s press encounter at ADC IDP Camp in Baidoa, Somalia
New York - Note to Correspondents - on the Black Sea Grain Initiative
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Myanmar

10 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the death of Mr. Benjamin B. Ferencz 
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the 56th Session Of The Commission On Population And Development
New York - Ms. AnneMarie van den Berg of the Netherlands - Assistant Secretary-General for Supply Chain Management in the Department of Operational Support (DOS)

07 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda - 29th Anniversary [scroll down for French version]

05 April 2023

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at Press Launch of the 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations

04 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to symposium on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Livingstone - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the 17th International Association for Official Statistics Conference and 3rd International Statistical Institute Regional Statistics Conference

02 April 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Autism Awareness Day [scroll down for French version]

31 March 2023

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video Message to the 2023 ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

30 March 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Zero Waste [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Zero Waste [scroll down for French version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video Message on the occasion of the Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2023: Imagining a Net Zero ASEAN
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message for the opening of the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Myanmar

29 March 2023

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina [scroll down for Spanish]
Virtual - Secretary-General's video message to the Second Summit for Democracy
London - Secretary-General's video message to the Economist Impact's 8th Annual Sustainability Week
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the request of an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change [as delivered]

28 March 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Countering Terrorism and Preventing Violent Extremism [trilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Azali Assoumani,  President of Comoros and Chair of the African Union
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the interactive dialogue on the report of the Secretary-General on Missing Persons in Syria [as delivered; scroll down for all-Arabic]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the fire at a Mexican migration facility [scroll down for Spanish]

25 March 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (scroll down for French version)
New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (scroll down for French version)
New York - Secretary-General's message on Earth Hour

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