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07 December 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Civil Aviation Day [scroll down for French version]
Seoul/New York - Secretary-General's video message to the 2021 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting
New York - Secretary-General’s video message to Global Forum for Children & Youth
Tokyo - Secretary-General's video message to Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit

06 December 2021

New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks at event to commemorate the Late President Jorge Sampaio of Portugal [as delivered]
New York - Ms. Stephanie Williams of the United States - Special Adviser on Libya 
New York - Ms. Sara Beysolow Nyanti of Liberia - Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and Resident Coordinator in South Sudan
New York - Mr. George William Okoth-Obbo of Uganda - Special Adviser on Responsibility to Protect 

05 December 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Volunteer Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Mali [Scroll down for French]
New York - UN Secretary-General's Remarks at the Annual Chanukah Celebration - Lighting of the Menorah

04 December 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Second Session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

03 December 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to Correspondents: United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Press Statement on Chad [English/French]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on The Gambia

02 December 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to launch the 2022 Global Humanitarian Overview
New York - Note to correspondents: Final Joint Communiqué of the Fifth African Union-United Nations Annual Conference

01 December 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on World AIDS Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's Press Conference with Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, following the AU-UN Conference
Sofia - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the opening plenary of the High Level Conference on Demographic Resilience: Pathways for Societies to Thrive in a World of Rapid Demographic Change

30 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare [scroll down for French version]
Budapest - Secretary-General's video message to the Planet Budapest 2021 Sustainability Expo and Summit
Madrid - Secretary-General's video message to the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO)
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 and China
New York - Note to Correspondents: United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Press Statement on The Gambia

29 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [scroll down for French version]
Vienna - Secretary-General's video message to the Nineteenth Session of the UNIDO General Conference
New York - Secretary-General's Statement on travel restrictions related to COVID-19
Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland - Secretary-General's video message to the 70th Anniversary of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Second Session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction [as delivered]
Dakar - Secretary-General's video message to the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation [bilingual follows; scroll down for all-English]
Geneva - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Building Bridges Summit [as delivered]
Geneva - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Briefing to Member States [as prepared for delivery]
London - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the 120th Annual Lecture at the Royal African Society: “Africa in a just transition: Investing in a sustainable recovery” [as prepared for delivery]

27 November 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the trilateral meeting between the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation

26 November 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Somalia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Solomon Islands

25 November 2021

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the AWLN Men’s Summit on Positive Masculinities

24 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message at event marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (25 November) [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)
Colombia - UN Secretary-General's remarks at Colombia's Peace Agreement's fifth year anniversary event [as delivered in Spanish]
Bogotá - Secretary-General's remarks during joint press conference with Colombia President, Iván Duque [with Q&A]

23 November 2021

Antioquia - Secretary-General's remarks at Llano Grande Reintegration Area in Colombia [as delivered in Spanish]
Apartadó - Secretary-General's remarks on the anniversary ceremony of the Peace Agreement in Colombia [as delivered in Spanish]
New York - Note to Correspondents on Venezuela [scroll down for Spanish]

22 November 2021

Dubai - Secretary-General's video message to the Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit
New York - Secretary-General's video message to virtual Ministerial Event: Accelerating the Level of Commitment to Fight Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery During the Global COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
Colombia - Declaración del Secretario General a los medios de comunicación a su llegada a Colombia [deslice el cursor hacia abajo para ver la versión en inglés]
Colombia - Note to Correspondents: Secretario General inició su Visita a Colombia para Conmemorar el Quinto Aniversario del Acuerdo Final de Paz

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New York, 04 August 2025

  • U.N. CHIEF IN TURKMENISTAN TO ATTEND 3RD U.N. CONFERENCE ON LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES…
  • AID THAT ENTERS GAZA REMAINS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE STARVING POPULATION; U.N.  CONVOYS CONTINUE TO FACE IMPEDIMENTS ON THEIR WAY TO DELIVERING AID…
  • CLASHES OVER THE WEEKEND IN AS-SWEIDA GOVERNORATE HINDER U.N. ACCESS AND AID DELIVERY… 
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