Breadcrumb Home About Director-General All Director-General's Activities All Activities The below speeches are a curated selection from various official events and are posted as prepared. Year - Any -20252024 30 September 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks at the Beyond Lab Event: "What's Next on Accounting for the Future?" Beyond Lab Event at Building Bridges Week 2025: What’s Next on Accounting for the Future? Tuesday, 30 September 2025 at 2.00 p.m. Room Lausanne, Varembé Conference Centre (CCV) Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues and friends, It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this latest... 16 September 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks for Airline Night 2025 Airline Night 2025 Tuesday, 16 September 2025, at 6.15 p.m. H.200 (Townhall Steps), Palais des Nations Delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Kira Kruglikova, Director, Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues and partners, I hope... 10 September 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks at the Geneva Peace Talks 2025 Geneva PeaceTalks 2025: “Peace is possible” Wednesday, 10 September 2025, at 3.00 p.m. Room XVII, Palais des Nations Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues and friends, Welcome to the Geneva PeaceTalks 2025, here at the Palais des Nations – the very heart of International Geneva! I warmly thank our... 08 September 2025 Speech Director-General's Opening remarks at the Exhibition “Sports. Crowds. Power.” Opening of the exhibition “Sports. Crowds. Power.” Monday, 8 September 2025, at 1.00 p.m. Salles des Pas Perdus, Palais des Nations Ambassador Leendertse, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour to welcome you all to the opening of this exhibition: Sports. Crowds. Power. Let me take... 05 September 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks at the Briefing for the Like-Minded Group on the UN80 Initiative Special Briefing for the Like-Minded Group on the UN80 Initiative Friday, 5 September 2025 at 10.00 a.m. Room XXIV, Palais des Nations Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to the Permanent Mission of China for convening this special briefing at such... 26 August 2025 Speech Director-General's message for the opening of the Cultural Exchange Event "Echoes of War, Vision of Peace" Cultural Exchange Event “Echoes of War, Vision of Peace” by the China Media Group Tuesday, 26 August 2025 Liverpool, United Kingdom Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Greetings from the United Nations Office at Geneva for the opening of the cultural exchange event “Echoes of War, Vision of Peace”... 19 August 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks on World Humanitarian Day 2025 World Humanitarian Day 2025 – Commemoration Ceremony Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 4.00 p.m. Outside Room XX Palais des Nations, Building E, 3rd Floor Dear humanitarian workers, Dear survivors of attacks on humanitarian workers, Dear families and friends of colleagues lost in humanitarian service... 29 July 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks at the inaugural session of the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament and the official reopening of the Assembly Hall Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to reopen the Assembly Hall Tuesday, 29 July 2025, at 3.00 p.m. Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations Distinguished Speakers of Parliament, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour to welcome you all to the Palais... 28 July 2025 Speech Director-General's remarks at the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Monday, 28 July 2025, at 10.00 a.m. ILO, route des Morillons, 4 Excellencies, Dr. Tulia Ackson [ IPU President], Ms. Maja Riniker [ President of the National Council of Switzerland and President of the Summit], Distinguished... 24 July 2025 Speech Director-General's message for the Opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit Opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit Thursday, 24 July 2025 Zhengzhou, China Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, It is a great honour to extend warm greetings from the United Nations Office at Geneva for the opening of the Shanghai... Pagination Previous page ← Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page → To explore the archive of speeches given by Ms Tatiana Valovaya, please click the link to the UN Archives Geneva Platform.
