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18 August 2020

SG/SM/20210

Secretary-General Expresses Concern over Pre-Election Violence in Côte d’Ivoire

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

18 August 2020

SG/SM/20211

Condemning Military Mutiny in Mali, Secretary-General Demands Immediate Release of Arrested President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Cabinet Members

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

18 August 2020

SG/SM/20209

Secretary-General Takes Note of Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s Verdict in relation to Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s Assassination

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

17 August 2020

SG/SM/20208

Secretary-General Calls for Enduring Support to Terrorism Victims, Warns of Pandemic-Related Cuts, on International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, observed on 21 August:

14 August 2020

SG/SM/20206

Secretary-General Urges Unconditional Access to Oil Tanker ‘Safer’ for Mitigation of Environmental Risks Facing Yemen, Wider Region

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

14 August 2020

SG/SM/20207

Secretary-General Spotlights Peaceful Expression Rights amid Demonstrations in Belarus

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

13 August 2020

SG/SM/20205

Secretary-General Welcomes Joint Statement Suspending Israel’s Plans to Annex West Bank, Expresses Hope for Renewed Talks towards Two-State Solution

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

12 August 2020

SG/SM/20204

Inequalities, Global Poverty Could Grow for Years, Secretary-General Warns at Security Council Teleconference on ‘Pandemics and Sustaining Peace’

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council open videoconference on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Pandemics and the Challenges of Sustaining Peace”, today:

11 August 2020

SG/SM/20203

Secretary-General Calls on Protest Organizers in Bolivia to Allow Aid Delivery, Welcoming Readiness of Government, Political Parties for Dialogue

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

10 August 2020

SG/SM/20202

Commending Drive to Help Lebanon after Fatal Port Explosion, Secretary-General Calls on Member States for Robust Support

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to a briefing on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, in New York today: