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02 June 2021

Santiago - Secretary-General's video remarks to Clean Energy Ministerial meeting

01 June 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]
Lisbon - Secretary-General's video message for the Digital Assembly High-Level Ministerial Conference, 1-2 June 2021
New York - Mr. Bernardo Mariano Junior of Mozambique - Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO), Assistant Secretary-General, Office of Information and Communications Technology 

30 May 2021

Seoul - Secretary-General's video message to the Partnering for Green Growth Summit

29 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message for the International Day of UN Peacekeepers [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Digestive Health Day [scroll down for French]

27 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message to Nevsky International Ecological Congress
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to IKEA Foundation/Purpose/DGC Event: Convening Business Leaders for Vaccine Equity [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony and the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Somalia

26 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the Day of Vesak [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Africa Dialogue Series [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Sudan

25 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on Africa Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development [as delivered]
New York - General Birame Diop of Senegal - Military Adviser in the Department of Peace Operations (DPO) 

24 May 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the World Health Assembly
New York - Kenyan Peacekeeper wins United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2020 Award
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the diversion of a passenger aircraft over Belarus 
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Samoa

22 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Biological Diversity [scroll down for French version]

21 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's Statement to the Global Health Summit [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks to Webinar entitled, "COP15: Road to Kunming, Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth" [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at G7 Climate and Environment Ministerial Meeting [as delivered]
New York - Ms. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee of Ghana - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO)

20 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General’s Remarks to the General Assembly Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East and Palestine [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General’s press stakeout following the ceasefire announcement between Gaza and Israel
New York - Note to Correspondents: Press Statement of the Peacebuilding Commission on Institution-Building
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Session 8 of the 2021 ECOSOC Operational Activities Segment - Unleashing the UN Development System's Regional Assets: The Path Forward [as prepared for delivery]

19 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to UN Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Security in Africa: "Addressing root causes of conflict while promoting post-pandemic recovery in Africa"

18 May 2021

Madrid - Secretary-General's message to the World Tourism Organization's SDG Global Startup Competition
New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks to ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development: Presentation of report and vision for the continuation of UN reform and the implementation of the 2020 QCPR in times of crisis
New York - Note to Correspondents: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock's statement on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks on the occasion of the ECOSOC Operational Activities Segment Presentation of the Report of the Chair of the UNSDG on the Development Coordination Office [as prepared for delivery]

17 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message to the 30th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Paris - Secretary-General's video message to the International Conference to Support the Sudanese Transition

16 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the situation in the Middle East [as delivered]

14 May 2021

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

13 May 2021

Moscow - Readout of the Secretary-General’s virtual meeting with H.E. Mr. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation
Moscow - Secretary-General's Remarks to Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) [As delivered]

12 May 2021

Moscow - Secretary-General's remarks at press encounter with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation
New York - Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

11 May 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the school shooting in Kazan, Russian Federation

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New York, 27 May 2025

  • U.N.: Images coming out of one of distribution points in Gaza are heartbreaking…
  • Gaza: continued bombardment has had horrific impacts on civilians…
  • Crisis in Sudan is worsening, U.N. Humanitarians…  
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