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23 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message to Article XIV Conference of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Food Systems Summit
New York - Secretary-General’s Chair Summary and Statement of Action on the UN Food Systems Summit
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at virtual meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Leaders
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Press Conference on 2021 Food Systems Summit
New York - Note to Correspondents: Joint Press Release - Pacific Leaders meet with United Nations Secretary-General
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the passing of John Ruggie

22 September 2021

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of Comoros [scroll down for French]
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. Mr. Faustin Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia, H.E. Mr. Egils Levits, President of the Republic of Latvia, and H.E. Mr. Gitanas Nauseda, President of the Republic of Lithuania
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
New York - Readout of Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Barham Salih, President of the Republic of Iraq
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. Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, and H.E. Mr. Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President of the Dominican Republic  [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Surangel S. Whipps Jr., President of the Republic of Palau
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with Mr. David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Milo Ðukanović, President of Montenegro
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
New York - Secretary-General’s Video Message to the 6th Annual SDG Business Forum
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to U.S.-hosted Global COVID-19 Summit "Ending the pandemic and building back better health security to prepare for the next" [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General’s press encounter at the Security Council stakeout following P5 Foreign Ministers Meeting [bilingual]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the 6th SDG Business Forum
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message for the High-Level Event "Transformative Action for Nature and People"
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to “Food is the Future”

21 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General’s video message on the International Day of Peace [scroll down for French version]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of the Republic of Madagascar [scroll down for French]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova 
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Guillermo Lasso, President of the Republic of Ecuador [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica [scroll down for Spanish version]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Pedro Castillo, President of Peru [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, President of Honduras [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Alejandro Giammattei Falla, President of Guatemala [scroll down for Spanish]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of Poland
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with His Excellency Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus

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