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22 November 2021

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Third Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action To Combat Trafficking In Persons [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the Africa Water and Sanitation Conference

21 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [scroll down for French version]

20 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on Africa Industrialization Day

19 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Toilet Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to Correspondents on Ethiopia
Bangkok - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the Second Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to Sanitation for All: World Toilet Day, hosted by the New York Permanent Mission of Singapore and co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of India and Nigeria
New York - Ms. Caroline Ziadeh of Lebanon - Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

18 November 2021

Oslo - Note to correspondents: Joint Press Statement by the Middle East Quartet Envoys
New York - Opening Remarks at the Official Launch of the African Women Leaders Network Mentoring Programme

16 November 2021

Brussels - Secretary-General's video message to UNRWA Conference
New York - Secretary-General's message to the UN International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security Through Preventive Diplomacy [trilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Path to Peace Award Ceremony (as prepared for delivery)
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to launch the regional strategy for accelerating social protection coverage in Africa
New York - Lieutenant General Cornelis Johannes Matthijssen of the Netherlands - Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Uganda
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Ethiopia

15 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the UN on the occasion of the Gala Evening 2021
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to UNAIDS Structured Financing Dialogue
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to Model UN Conference

14 November 2021

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the 17th International Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition

13 November 2021

Glasgow, United Kingdom - Secretary-General's statement on the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26

12 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Paris Conference on Libya [bilingual; scroll down for english, french and arabic versions]
New York - Secretary-General's video message on the 75th Anniversary of UNESCO
New York - Ms. Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa of Fiji - Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security

11 November 2021

Paris - Secretary-General's video message to the Paris Peace Forum [as prepared for delivery; French only]
Glasgow, United Kingdom - Secretary-General's remarks to Global Climate Action High-Level Event - as delivered
Addis Ababa/New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint Communiqué - United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security Holds its Twentieth Consultative Meeting on 5 November
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the death of Frederik Willem de Klerk, Former Deputy President and former State President of the Republic of South Africa 

10 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message at the launch of UNESCO Report entitled "Reimagining our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education"
Glasgow, United Kingdom - Secretary-General's video message for the Caring for Climate High-Level Meeting

09 November 2021

Niagara Falls - Secretary-General's message to the International Federation on Ageing 15th Global Conference on Ageing: "Rights Matter"
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the 19th Conference of the Heads of Military Components
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the United Nations Police Week
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award Ceremony
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security [trilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-english]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the Reykjavik Global Forum

08 November 2021

Strasbourg - Secretary-General's video message to the 9th World Forum for Democracy: "Can Democracy Save the Environment"
New York - Note to Correspondents: Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide - on the situation in Ethiopia

07 November 2021

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

06 November 2021

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

05 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Tsunami Awareness Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Note to correspondents – in response to questions about the World Bank

04 November 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic [scroll down for French version]
London - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Sudan
Nairobi - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the 12th High Level Retreat on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa
New York - Mr. Colin Stewart of Canada - Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

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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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