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05 November 2020

New York - Note to Correspondents: Gearing US$5 billion for countries, UN leaders pledge to boost efforts to save lives and livelihoods and recover better from COVID-19

04 November 2020

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message at the Fourth UN Partnership Meeting for Road Safety - hosted by the SG’s Special Envoy for Road Safety
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the situation in Ethiopia  

03 November 2020

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Côte d'Ivoire (please scroll down for French)
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Contemporary Drivers of Conflict and Insecurity” [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the situation in Ethiopia

02 November 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to Japan International Cooperation Agency Symposium in Memory of Madame Sadako Ogata
New York - Secretary-General’s video message at the opening of UN Police Week
New York - Secretary-General's video message to Civil Society on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the PBC Annual Session: Financing for Peacebuilding
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the International Civil Society Centre: Global Perspectives 2020 Experience-Passion for Inclusion! 
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan  
New York - UN Secretary-General's Spokesman - on Attacks in Vienna, Austria

01 November 2020

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

31 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Cities Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message on the launch of Namibia's International Women's Peace Centre
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the Spotlight Initiative's High-Level Launch for Guyana Country Programme
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Armenia and Azerbaijan

30 October 2020

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Côte d'Ivoire [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to High-Level Event of the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network
Bogotá - Deputy Secretary-General's video message at International Conference on "Emerging Contemporary Responses to Atrocities" - organized by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace
New York - Note to Correspondents: Zambian peacekeeper awarded 2020 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the earthquake in the Aegean Sea

29 October 2020

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the attack in Nice, France [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to "Multilateralism that Delivers" Annual Policy Dialogue co-organized by World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid & Bertelsmann Stiftung
New York - Secretary-General's video message to event organized by the Government of Guyana on its Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China
New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks to 41st meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government [as delivered]
Bogotá - Deputy Secretary-General's video message at Women's Civil Society Organizations' Commemoration of UN Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace & Security
New York - Note to Correspondents: Press Statement by the Chair of the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission

28 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Ministerial Meeting of the OECD Council, 28-29 October
Brussels - Secretary-General's video message to the High-level Dialogue on Sustainable Development at the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Community (G-STIC)  
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Ghana Council on Foreign Relations: "Multilateralism at 75: what next?" [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message at the 31st session of the Regional Conference for Africa - Regional Gender Outlook Launch

27 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Nordic Council
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on ROK President Moon Jae-in’s net-zero announcement

26 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Informal Meeting of the Plenary of the General Assembly – Observance Ceremony in Commemoration of United Nations Day [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the 38th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) [as delivered]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Japanese Prime Minister Suga’s net-zero announcement
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the United Republic of Tanzania
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan

25 October 2020

New York - UN Secretary-General's Spokesman - on Cameroon [scroll down for French]
Berlin - Secretary-General's video message for the World Health Summit
United Arab Emirates - Secretary-General's video message for World Government Summit, 25-26 October 2020
Barbados - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the UN Barbados and Eastern Caribbean United Together: Shaping our Future Concert
New York - UN Secretary-General's Spokesman - on the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan

24 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on UN Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - UN Secretary-General’s Spokesman - on Guinea [scroll down for French]
New York - UN Secretary-General's Spokesman - on the announcement of an agreement between Israel and the Sudan

Noon Briefing Highlights

New York, 11 July 2025

  • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: LEADERS OF TWO ARMED GROUPS COMMIT TO LAYING DOWN THEIR ARMS AND TO REJOIN 2019 PEACE AGREEMENT… 
  • FUEL CRISIS REMAINS ACUTE IN GAZA, DESPITE LIMITED DELIVERIES…  
  • SYRIA HUMANITARIAN FUND RELEASES MONEY TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS FOLLOWING DEVASTATING WILDFIRES…
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