The United Nations office in Geneva is the second largest United Nations headquarters, only next to United Nations Headquarters in New York. Thank you for all your strong support to the United Nations, including your very generous support for the Strategic Heritage Project which will make this…

Thank you, President Kim, Distinguished panelists, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to join you today. I thank Professor Klaus Schwab and his team for bringing us together. Last year, I came to Davos seeking your support for an ambitious agenda to transform the global economy,…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Committee of the Red Cross,…

The United Nations is still aiming for the Intra Syrian Talks to start in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday 25 January, but it is likely that this date will slip by a few days for practical reasons. The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will assess progress over the weekend. We hope…

I would like to thank Prime Minister Duncan of Côte d'Ivoire and Prime Minister Dessalegn of Ethiopia and Distuingished Ministers of the United Kingdom and Netherlands. I also recognize Mr. Badr Jafaar. Just three days ago in Dubai we had a very successful launching the…

Thank you very much. I am happy to be back in Switzerland. We just had a very meaningful session at the Annual Conference of Swiss International Cooperation. As I said in my speech, Switzerland is a very valuable Member State of the United Nations supporting the United Nations, the global values…

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to be here among so many champions against hunger, including the Hunger Heroes we honour this evening. Thank you for this opportunity to discuss how to usher in a future without hunger and malnutrition. This is absolutely possible in our world of…

[as delivered] Good afternoon – I just had a good meeting with the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı and my Special Adviser, Mr. Espen Barth Eide. This was my first meeting with both leaders together. It was a very good oppor-tunity for…

Thank you very much for the chance to speak to you today. I especially appreciate Dr. David Nabarro, my Special Advisor on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo, for bringing us together. This is our chance to build on the…

The Secretary-General met today in Davos, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, with H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. The Secretary-General and the Prime Minister exchanged views on the developments taking place in Turkey and in the region. The Secretary-…