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17 March 2022

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Fathi Bashagha of Libya
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Part 1) [Bilingual, as delivered, follows; scroll further down for all-English]

16 March 2022

New York - Note to Correspondents: Pledge result High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen 2022 and cohosts' quotes
New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at Town Hall Meeting with Women's Civil Society at the Commission on the Status of Women [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen [English, as delivered, follows; scroll down for Arabic version]

15 March 2022

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Video Message to the 15th Forum for the Future of Agriculture
Beirut, Lebanon - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks to High Level Dialogue Ministries of Planning and Finance in Conversation: Towards greater coherence for Building Back Better and delivering the SDGs [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the death of former President of the Republic of Zambia, Rupiah Bwezani Banda
New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks to the Group of Friends on Gender Parity [as delivered]
Beirut, Lebanon - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2022 Opening Session [as delivered]

14 March 2022

New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Commission on the Status of Women [bilingal, as delivered, is followed by all-English and all-French versions]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Press on the war in Ukraine [as delivered]

13 March 2022

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s telephone call with H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey

11 March 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Closing Session of the General Assembly on "Our Common Agenda" [as delivered]
Antalya, Turkey - Secretary-General's video message to Antalya Diplomacy Forum
New York - Statement by the Secretary-General - on Syria

10 March 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly Fifth Consultation on Our Common Agenda [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French versions]
Antalya, Turkey - Secretary-General's video remarks to the 8th Istanbul Conference on Mediation

09 March 2022

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Briefing to Member States on the Transforming Education Summit
New York - Note to Correspondents - on Ukraine
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of Poland
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Secretary-General's message to the Sixteenth Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, 9-10 March 2022
New York - Secretary-General's statement on the COVID-19 pandemic, two years on

08 March 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Women's Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Video Message for United Nations Observance of International Women's Day
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Mali [scroll down for French version]

07 March 2022

San José, Costa Rica - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening ceremony of the Fifth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development [as delivered]
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's call with H.E. Mr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

05 March 2022

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's call with H.E. Mr. Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of the State of Libya

03 March 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Wildlife Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the Conference on Central Asia co-operation & the UN Joint Plan of Action for the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Opening Session of the Fourth CARICOM-SICA Summit [trilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English]
Kigali - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2022 [as prepared for delivery]
Nairobi, Kenya - Secretary-General's video message to UNEP@50: Special Session of the UN Environment Assembly

02 March 2022

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Libya
Nairobi, Kenya - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at United Nations Environment Assembly Flagship Side Event on Marine Litter [as delivered]
Nairobi, Kenya - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Leadership Dialogue of the United Nations Environment Assembly: Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals [as delivered]
Nairobi, Kenya - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of the High-Level Segment of the Resumed Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's press remarks following vote of General Assembly on Ukraine

01 March 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to launch the flash appeal for Ukraine [as delivered]

28 February 2022

Nairobi, Kenya - Deputy Secretary-General’s speech during engagement with Kenyan private sector leaders [as prepared for delivery]
Coimbra - MENSAGEM VIDEO POR OCASIÃO DA ENTREGA DO PRÉMIO DA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to the Press Conference Launch of IPCC Report [scroll down for languages]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video remarks at the opening of the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council [scroll down for translations]

26 February 2022

New York - Note to Correspondents - Secretary-General's travels
New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine

25 February 2022

New York - Secretary-General's press remarks following Security Council meeting on Ukraine

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 12 August 2022

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