Latest Statements

18 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Equal Pay Day [scroll down for French version]

New York - Statement of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse – Putting Victims’ Rights and Dignity at the Forefront

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse – Putting Victims’ Rights and Dignity at the Forefront

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Presentation of the Artwork "World in Progress II" [as delivered]

17 September 2021

Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Secretary-General's video message to the 21st Summit of the Council of the Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate [as delivered]

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on the report by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Virtual Student Observance of the International Day of Peace

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the International Day of Peace [as delivered]

16 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the media on the launch of United in Science Climate Report

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer [scroll down for French version]

15 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the United Nations Global Compact Board [as delivered]

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

14 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly [bilingual, as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the 36th Annual Prayer Breakfast

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the closing of the Seventy-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly [bilingual, as delivered]

13 September 2021

Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's video remarks at Holy Family Church Prayer Service

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General in advance of the UN Food Systems Summit

12 September 2021

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the UN Day for South-South Cooperation [scroll down for French version]