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18 May 2021

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
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Myanmar

10 May 2021

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Video Message on the International Day of Argania

09 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the Occasion of Europe Day 2021
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the death of Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Erskine - first UNIFIL Force Commander from 1978 to 1981
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on recent developments in Jerusalem

08 May 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the African Union High Representative for Somalia
New York - Statement attributable to Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan

07 May 2021

New York - Note to Correspondents – on the recent Somalia/Kenya relations 

06 May 2021

New York - Readout of the Secretary-General's phone call with H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Annual Memorial Service to honour United Nations Personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2020 [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at 2021 Petersberg Climate Dialogue [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video remarks at The Futures Festival: Raise Your Hand: A youth-led livestream on education financing 
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the US announcement regarding Covid-19 vaccines

04 May 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Burkina Faso [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's message to Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-Genera's Video Message to the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development “Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk”
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message at Opening of the Food Systems Summit Global Youth Dialogue

03 May 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Tribute to the Memory of H.E. Mr. Idriss Déby Itno, late President of the Republic of Chad [as delivered in French; scroll down for English]
New York - Secretary-General's video message on World Press Freedom Day 2021 - “Journalism as a Public Good: 30 Years of the Windhoek Declaration” [scroll down for French version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on launch of International Organization of Employers/Development Coordination Office Playbook
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the Africa Dialogue Series

01 May 2021

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

30 April 2021

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

29 April 2021

Geneva - Secretary-General's Press Conference following the informal 5+1 meeting on Cyprus
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the virtual launch of the Global Development Hub at Imperial College London [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Resident Coordinator System Review Informal Plenary Consultation [as prepared for delivery]
London - Deputy Secretary-General's Video Message to the Closing Session of the Virtual Commonwealth Learning Week

28 April 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message: "COVID-19: How do we prevent the pandemic from becoming a media extinction event?”
Virtual - Deputy Secretary-General's Video Message to the Second Global Forum of Funders - Missions for Science to Enable a Prosperous Future for All: Building Global Funding Alliances
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message at One Year Commemoration of the UN Nigeria Severe Acute Respiratory Isolation (SARI) Centre
New York - Mr. Alain Noudéhou of Benin - Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Mali

27 April 2021

New York - Note to Correspondents: Opening remarks by Stéphane Dujarric at this morning's UNIS biweekly press briefing – Geneva, 27 April 2021 
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Thematic Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity [as delivered]

26 April 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the 35th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to event on pandemic preparedness and response financing architecture

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