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31 October 2023

Pokhara - Secretary-General's press encounter at Pokhara airport, Nepal
New York/Kathmandu - Secretary-General’s statement - on the situation in Gaza

30 October 2023

Nepal - Secretary-General's video message on Glaciers from the Mount Everest Region
New York - Note to Correspondents: Passing of Professor Saleemul Huq
Abu Dhabi - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the Pre-COP28 [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Mr. Marcos Athias Neto of Brazil - Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Services of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New York - Ms. Kirsi Madi of Finland - Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

29 October 2023

Kathmandu - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with the Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’

28 October 2023

Doha - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Brazzaville - Le Secrétaire Général - Message Vidéo Diffusé à l’occasion du Sommet des Trois Bassins
Doha - UN Secretary-General's statement – on the situation in Gaza

27 October 2023

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General - on the humanitarian situation in Gaza [scroll down for Arabic version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at First Plenary meeting of the Resident Coordinator system funding model and of the Funding Compact [as delivered]
New York - Dr. Felipe Paullier of Uruguay - Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs

26 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General’s press conference launching High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence 
New York - Secretary-General's Advisory Body Members - Artificial Intelligence

25 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Women, Peace and Security [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the High-level Pledging Event of Invest-in-Women Global Summit
New York - Secretary-General’s press encounter on the situation in the Middle East
Brussels - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at European Union Global Gateway Forum [as prepared for delivery]

24 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on United Nations Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Middle East [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the United Nations Day Concert [as delivered]

23 October 2023

Rome - Secretary-General's video message to the 51st Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS51)
Nassau - Secretary-General's video message on the 50th Anniversary of the Bahamas' Membership of the United Nations

22 October 2023

New York - Note to Correspondents: MINUSMA withdrawal from northern bases [scroll down for French version]

21 October 2023

Cairo - Secretary-General's remarks to Cairo Summit for Peace
Cairo - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the situation in the Middle East

20 October 2023

Rafah - Secretary-General's press encounter in front of the Rafah Border Crossing in Egypt
El-Arish - Secretary-General's press encounter at the El-Arish Airport in Egypt

19 October 2023

Cairo - Secretary-General's press encounter after meeting with the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim
New York - Note to correspondents – in response to questions on Venezuela
New York - Note to Correspondents: Measures imposed by Annex B of Resolution 2231 (2015) concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran [scroll down for French version]
New York - Ms. Andrea Cook of the United Kingdom - Executive Director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group System Wide Evaluation Office

18 October 2023

Beijing - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meetings with the authorities of the People’s Republic of China  
Samarkand - Secretary-General's video message to the UN World Tourism Organisation General Assembly
Beijing - Secretary-General’s remarks at the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
Beijing - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Forum on the Green Silk Road for Harmony with Nature
Vila Real de Santo Antόnio - Secretary-General's video message to the United Nations Inter-Agency Games
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish]

17 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the situation in Gaza

16 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Food Day [scroll down for French version]
Port-au-Prince - Note to Correspondents: United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča’s visit to Haiti
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the death of Martti Ahtisaari

15 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General’s statement on the situation in the Middle East

14 October 2023

New York - Note to Correspondents:  on Mali/MINUSMA [scroll down for French version]

13 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on the situation in the Middle East

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 24 April 2024

  • GAZA: W.H.O. REPORTS CHALLENGES TO SUPPORT HOSPITALS WORKING TO RESTORE OR STRENGTHEN SERVICES…
  • TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, SAYS U.N. INTERIM FORCE IN THE COUNTRY…  
  • U.N.H.C.R. LAUNCHES CLIMATE RESILIENCE FUND…
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