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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]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-Level Meeting on The Central African Republic [as delivered; scroll down for English version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the Nigeria 60 - Unlocking the diamonds! - The Global Virtual Commemoration
New York - Deputy Secretary-General video message on the occasion of the Kwara State Gender Equality Conference: "Galvanizing the Will to Take Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment"
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Israel-Lebanon maritime negotiation

30 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's Welcome Remarks to High-Level Side Event on the ACT-Accelerator [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to United Nations Biodiversity Summit [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level event on the ACT-Accelerator [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks at Biodiversity Summit [as delivered]

29 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for High-Level Event on Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
New York - Secretary-General's message to Virtual High-Level Meeting of the Group of Friends of the UN Alliance of Civilizations
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's closing remarks to the High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level World Bank Group Virtual Event in Conjunction with the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Secretary-General's joint press conference on the High-level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, with PM Justin Trudeau of Canada and PM Andrew Holness of Jamaica
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Death of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait

28 September 2020

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on the 1 Millionth Death from the COVID-19 Pandemic [scroll down for French and Spanish]
New York - Secretary-General's video message on Leaders' Pledge for Nature
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks at Press Briefing on Meeting on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID 19 and Beyond and Vaccine/ACT-Accelerator [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Note to correspondents on the Nagorno - Karabakh conflict

27 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Tourism Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
New York - Statement by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Yemen Prisoner Exchange Agreement

26 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [scroll down for French version]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message, "Towards a Shared Future for Developing Countries: Promoting Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development Through Deepened South-South Cooperation"

25 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the Early Entry-Into_Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at High-level side event: "Participation, Human Rights and the Governance Challenge Ahead" [as delivered]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Video Message on the occasion of the Solution17 Art for Climate Action
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Event on "Beyond COVID-19, Public private partnerships for the SDGs as a model for building back better" [as prepared for delivery]
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Principality of Liechtenstein as a Member of the UN
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the event on 'International Solidarity in the Face of the Economic Recession Caused by COVID-19: Presentation of the Fund Against COVID-19 Economics (FACE)'
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on launch of the 2020 Progress Report "Protect the Progress - Rise, Refocus, Recover: the 2020 Progress Report on the ‘Every Woman Every Child’ Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health".
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the Wiki Loves SDGs Edit-a-thon

24 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on World Maritime Day [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the 2020 session of the "Bahrain Visions Forum: Shared Visions for a successful future"
New York - Secretary-General's briefing to the Security Council on Global Governance Post-COVID-19
New York - SG's video message for High-Level Side Event on the Gender Dimensions of the Death Penalty
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to High-level Roundtable on Climate Ambition [as delivered]
New York - Secretary-General's video message for the 15th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Responsibility to Protect
New York - Secretary-General's video message for Appeal of Conscience Foundation
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the Event on “Advancing the Global Goals with Artificial Intelligence”
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's video message to the Restless Development's UNGA SDG Action Zone Event - "Past, Present, Futures: Intergenerational Resilience Across Beijing+25”

23 September 2020

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Sign Languages [scroll down for French version]
New York - Secretary-General's video message aired at the SDG Business Forum
New York - Secretary-General's video message for WHO Side Event: “Infodemic Management: Promoting healthy behaviours in the time of COVID-19 and mitigating the harm from misinformation and disinformation”

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New York, 08 August 2025

  • SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY ALARMED BY ISRAELI GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO "TAKE CONTROL OF GAZA CITY"…
  • DOZENS OF CIVILIANS KILLED, MORE THAN 200 OTHERS INJURED IN HOSTILITIES THIS WEEK ACROSS UKRAINE - U.N. RELIEF WING...
  • MOZAMBIQUE: AMID ESCALATING VIOLENCE, U.N. CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND ALLOCATES $4 MILLION TO SUPPORT RESPONSE…
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