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23 September 2022

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Ms. Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Independent State of Samoa
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Philip Pierre, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy of Saint Lucia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame President of Rwanda
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Micheál Martin, Taoiseach of Ireland 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. John Briceño, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment of Belize
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister, Minister of Communications and the Media and Minister of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.H. Prince Faisal bin Farhan A.F. Al Furhan Al Saud, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Robert Abela, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairperson of the Sovereign Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Luca Beccari, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications of the Republic of San Marino 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, President of the Presidential Leadership Council of the Republic of Yemen
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Úmaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Leaders [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Event Implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to to the 46th Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China [bilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-English]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-level Event on Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Equitable Access To Tests, Treatments and Vaccines [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message for the High-level UNGA77 side event Towards the Elimination of Obstetric Fistula by 2030: A Call for Transformative Action and Strategic Partnerships to Address West and Central Africa’s Protracted Crisis

22 September 2022

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Leaders' Breakfast
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the High-Level Luncheon of the Doha Programme of Action
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least-Developed Countries
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-Level Meeting on the Sahel [French, as delivered, follows. Scroll further down for all-English]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger [scroll down for French version]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Aziz Akhannouch, Head of Government of the Kingdom of Morocco [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with Mr. Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. António Costa, Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Zuzana Čaputová, President of the Slovak Republic 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of the Republic of Madagascar 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati, President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Dritan Abazović, Prime Minister of Montenegro
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, President of Mongolia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Siaosi 'Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga

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