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21 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at General Assembly Ceremony marking the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations [Bilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-English and all-French versions]
New York - Secretary-General's message on International Day of Peace [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video remarks to the Private Sector Forum
New York - Secretary-General's acceptance video message - Concordia Leadership Award - during the 2020 Concordia Annual Summit
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the UNGA 2020 Event “Unlock Big Change: Education – the key to a better future”

20 September 2020

New York - Press Release: UN75: The Future We Want, The UN We Need [scroll down for French]

18 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message for the First International Equal Pay Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at Sustainable Development Goals Moment [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at the SDG Moment [as prepared for delivery]

17 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Yemen [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony on the occasion of the 39th Anniversary of the International Day of Peace [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Virtual Student Observance of the International Day of Peace [as delivered]
Vienna - Secretary-General's video remarks to Austrian World Summit
Istanbul - Secretary-General's Video Remarks to the Istanbul Mediation Conference: "Peace Mediation in the New Normal"
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's message on the occasion of the Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to Correspondents – in response to questions on a recent letter from the Committee to Protect Journalists

16 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level launch of the Global Center for Adaptation's African Office [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's press conference prior to the opening of the 75th Session of the General Assembly

15 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Democracy [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the Virtual 35th International Prayer Breakfast, in recognition of the opening of the 75th UN General Assembly Session
New York - Joint Statement of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization [scroll down for Russian version]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Wreath-Laying Ceremony to Commemorate the 59th Anniversary of the Death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's Remarks at the Closing of the Seventy-Fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly [as delivered]
New York - UN Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video remarks to Global Ireland Conference
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's keynote address at "UN-WOMEN at 10 Years" [as prepared for delivery]

14 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video message for the Church of the Holy Family Service on the evening before the 75th Session commences

12 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the start of intra-Afghan negotiations

11 September 2020

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly and the Security Council on the 2020 Report on Peacebuilidng and Sustaining Peace [as delivered]
New York - Note to correspondents - in response to questions on Libya
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Belarus
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on attacks against journalists

10 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the First Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Facilitation Council Meeting [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening Segment of the United Nations High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Global Education Forum [as prepared for delivery]

09 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-level Virtual Event on the International Day to Protect Education from Attack [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the Conference of Development Banks: "From Pandemic to Recovery"
New York - Secretary-General's press conference to launch the "United in Science 2020" Climate Report
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan

08 September 2020

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's introductory remarks at Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond - High-Level Meeting of Ministers of Finance [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond - High-Level Meeting of Ministers of Finance [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents: Meeting of Ministers of Finance on options to address economic challenges arising from COVID-19 crisis and beyond

07 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video message on International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies [scroll down for French version]
Seoul - Secretary-General's video message for 2020 Korea Global Forum for Peace
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks on the occasion of the Great Green Wall Ministerial Meeting [as delivered]
New York - Note to Correspondents in response to questions related to the inter-Libyan dialogue in Bouznika, Kingdom of Morocco

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