Latest Statements

20 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the General Assembly: Tribute to the Memory of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Late President of the United Arab Emirates [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's video message for Timor-Leste's 20 Years of Independence and the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony [Portuguese only]

19 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the International Migration Review Forum [Bilingual, as delivered, follows; scroll down for all-English]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Conflict and Food Security [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

18 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the launch of the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate 2021 Report [scroll down for languages]

Madrid, Spain - Secretary-General's message to the International Forum of Architects Affordable Housing Activation Forum, 18-20 May 2022 [scroll down for French version]

Jakarta, Indonesia - Secretary-General's message to the Sanitation and Water For All Sector Ministers' Meeting

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Global Food Security Call to Action Ministerial [as delivered]

17 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [scroll down for French version]

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [scroll down for French version]

Kigali, Rwanda - Secretary-General's video message for the Sustainable Energy For All Forum

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Memorial for Madeleine Albright

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on disappearances in Mexico

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

16 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message on the Day of Vesak [scroll down for French version]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on presidential elections in Somalia

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Lebanon’s parliamentary elections

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

15 May 2022

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the killings in Buffalo, New York

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

13 May 2022

Vienna, Austria - Statement by the Secretary-General following the Spring session of the UN's Chief Executives Board meetings

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the death of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates

Farhan Haq