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18 January 2023

New York - Note to Correspondents: Update on the Black Sea Grain Initiative
New York - Ms. Inger Andersen of Denmark - Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

17 January 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Burkina Faso [scroll down for French]

16 January 2023

New York - Secretary-General's Spokesperson – on missile attack in Dnipro, Ukraine

15 January 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]

14 January 2023

Abu Dhabi - Secretary-General's video message to the 13th session of the IRENA Assembly: “World Energy Transition – The Global Stocktake”

12 January 2023

New York - The Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Promotion and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: The Rule of Law Among Nations [Bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 & China [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for All-English]
New York - UN Secretary-General's comments to media after his meeting with the Permanent Representatives of the Extended Troika of the Arab Group
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

09 January 2023

Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks at the International Conference on a Climate Resilient Pakistan [as delivered]
Geneva - UN Secretary-General's Press Stakeout with Prime Minister Sharif at the International Conference on a climate resilient Pakistan
Geneva - Note to Correspondents: Co-Chairs Summary International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the extension of cross-border humanitarian aid into Syria
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan

04 January 2023

New York - Lieutenant General Otávio Rodrigues De Miranda Filho of Brazil - Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) 

02 January 2023

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

01 January 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Colombia [scroll down for Spanish]

31 December 2022

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on the passing of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

29 December 2022

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

28 December 2022

New York - Secretary-General's New Year's Video Message 2023 [scroll down for French version]
New York - Mr. Abdullah Abdul Samad Dashti of Kuwait - United Nations Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative

27 December 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness [scroll down for French version]
New York - Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema of the United Republic of Tanzania - Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

24 December 2022

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Burkina Faso [scroll down for French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan

21 December 2022

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with Representatives of the Truth and Justice Charter Group on Syria
New York - Note to Correspondents: United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Press Statement on Burundi configuration
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Haiti [as delivered]
New York - Mr. Michal Mlynár of Slovakia - Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

20 December 2022

New York - Note to Correspondents: Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva - on Taliban banning women from universities
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Afghanistan

19 December 2022

New York - Secretary-General's end-of-year press conference

18 December 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Migrants Day [scroll down for French version]

16 December 2022

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Mali [scroll down for French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention

15 December 2022

Montreal - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Segment of COP-15 [as prepared for delivery]
Montreal - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the High-level Ministerial Breakfast on Biodiversity and Gender: "Accelerating the uptake of a gender-responsive post-2020 global biodiversity framework" [as delivered]
Montreal - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the launch of the SIDS Coalition for Nature event [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the death of a peacekeeper in an incident in Lebanon
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Honduras (scroll down for Spanish)

14 December 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Inauguration Ceremony for Mahatma Gandhi Bust [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council Open Debate on Multilateralism [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on floods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Viet Nam
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Lachin corridor [Armenia/Azerbaijan] 

13 December 2022

Paris - Secretary-General's video message to the International Conference on Ukraine
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Afghanistan

12 December 2022

New York - Remarks to Group of Friends on Gender Parity Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Gender Parity Strategy [as delivered]
Geneva - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit [as prepared for delivery]

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