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12 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video remarks to Fourth Meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
New York - Secretary-General video message to the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Fifth Committee: Introduction of the Proposed Programme Budget for 2021 [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for Climate Action Network: ‘World We Want' Public Mobilization Campaign
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Annual Fourth Informal Joint Meeting of the FAO Council, the IFAD Executive Board and the WFP Executive Board
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Spotlight Initiative High-level Launch Event for the Pacific Regional Programme: Together to End Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence in the Pacific

11 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General on the International Day of the Girl [scroll down for French version]

10 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Migratory Bird Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Mental Health Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to World Health Organization's “BIG EVENT” on Mental Health
New York - Secretary-General's message on the Fortieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message for World Mental Health Day
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on humanitarian ceasefire announced in Moscow

09 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Post Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General’s statement on the awarding of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Peace to the World Food Programme
New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks at Mobilizing with Africa II High-Level Event [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the International Day of the Girl
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic

08 October 2020

Tokyo - Secretary-General's video message to the Ministerial Meeting on Universal Health Coverage: "Measuring Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of COVID-19”
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Roundtable Discussion on Women, Peace and Security in Peacekeeping Contexts [Bilingual, as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's launch of "Call to Action" following Roundtable Discussion on Women, Peace and Security in Peacekeeping Contexts [as delivered]

07 October 2020

Bangladesh - Secretary-General's video remarks to Climate Vulnerable Forum
Bonn - Secretary-General's video message to Daring Cities Virtual Forum: Urban Leaders and Climate Change
New York - Secretary-General's video message launching the Policy Brief: COVID and Universal Health Coverage
Bratislava - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the GLOBSEC 2020 Bratislava Forum
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks on the occasion of the Global Maritime Forum's Virtual High-Level Meeting (as prepared for delivery)
New York - Note to Correspondents - in response to questions on understandings reached on Libya

06 October 2020

New York - Deputy Secretary-General’s video message on the occasion of the Virtual C20 Summit: “In Dire Straits: The Need for Collective Action for Water Security”
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Joint SDG Fund UNGA Side Event: "Investing in the SDGs: From Rhetoric to Reality" [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Varosha, Cyprus

05 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Habitat Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's message to "Bridge For Cities 2020" Event
Germany - Secretary-General's video message to Human Rights Festival
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Event on Libya [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message for event marking World Teachers' Day
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of UN system operational activities (QCPR) Briefing to 2nd Committee [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to Correspondents - Co-chairpersons' Summary of the Ministerial Meeting on Libya
New York - UN Secretary-General's Spokesman - on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

04 October 2020

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

03 October 2020

New York - Note to correspondents: Conclusions of Virtual High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Central African Republic [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's video message at the signing ceremony of the Juba Peace Agreement

02 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Non-Violence [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level Meeting to Commemorate and Promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly High-level side event “Building Back Better for Everyone & with Everyone - Protecting and Promoting Civic Space in the Context of a Crisis”

01 October 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Older Persons [scroll down for French version]
Caen - Message video pour le Forum de Normandie Pour La Paix, 1-2 Octobre 2020
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Horasis Forum
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-Level Meeting on the 25th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women [bilingual, as delivered] [scroll down for English]

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New York, 14 July 2025

  • IN PRESS CONFERENCE, U.N. CHIEF SAYS ONLY 35 PER CENT OF S.D.G. TARGETS ARE ON TRACK OR MAKING MODERATE PROGRESS... 
  • GAZA: DESPITE BEING ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE, HOSPITALS CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS AS MUCH AS THEY CAN...  
  • UN DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER REPORTS OF VIOLENCE AND ABDUCTIONS IN SWEIDA... 
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