Speeches 2013
The Director-General is often invited to speak on the work of the Organization at conferences, seminars and other types of meetings as well as at opening of cultural events. Many of these speeches and statements are made available to the public.
All publicly available speeches and statements are listed in chronological order. If you wish to search for a particular topic and/or event, you can use the regular search function of the website.
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3 April 2013
Table ronde - Technologie, innovation et multilinguisme
2 April 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the Annual UNIDIR Space Security Conference 2013 -
“Enhancing confidence, securing space stability”
27 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of Azerbaijani Cultural Night
27 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the Spring Festival marking the International Day of Nowruz
26 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General, delivered on his behalf by Mr. David Chikvaidze, Chief Librarian, United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening of the exhibition “Libertad, luces del Ecuador: Paintings by Voroshilov Bazante”
22 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General, delivered on his behalf by Mr. Joshua Lincoln,
Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Director-General on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
21 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the celebration of the International Day of Nowruz during his official visit to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
19 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at Turkmen State University, Ashgabat on " The United Nations in a World in Transformation"
18 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the Geneva International Model United Nations Annual Conference on “Science for Peace and Development”, delivered on his behalf by Mr. Joshua Lincoln, Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Director-General
13 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the Reception by B’nai B’rith International and B’nai B’rith Europe to mark their participation in the Human Rights Council
7 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition “Italy’s Civil Society & Institutions: A Partnership for Human Rights”
6 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition "Make me visible: Birth Registration Matters”
6 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the UNOG-DCAF Seminar: "The United Nations and Security Sector Reform: The Way Forward"
5 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition “Viacrucis del Migrante, paintings by Sigifredo Camacho”
5 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General to the Trieste Forum: “Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Economy”, delivered on his behalf by Mr. David A. Chikvaidze, Director of the UNOG Library and Chairman of the Cultural Activities Committee
5 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the Reception to mark the Geneva Launch of the United Nations Security Sector Reform Integrated Technical Guidance Notes
4 March 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition "Faces of Geneva"
26 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the panel discussion “The Power of Empowered Women”
26 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General, delivered on his behalf by Mr. David Chikvaidze, Chief Librarian at the opening of the exhibition "Transport in Motion" organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
25 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the donation ceremony of the artwork "In Women's Hands" by the European Union
20 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the UNOG Library Talk “Connecting the world: Art and the information society”
18 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition “For a Mine-Free World”, marking 20 years of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
14 February 2013
Keynote Address at the Anniversary Commemorative Meeting at the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Russian Federation, Moscow Thursday, 14 February 2013 (English translation, original text in Russian, as delivered).
13 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the “New Approaches to General and Complete Disarmament”: The Strategic Concept for the Removal of Arms and Proliferation Project
13 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the event marking the 40th Anniversary of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
12 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition “History as News: 1898-2012”
6 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General, delivered on his behalf by the Officer-in-Charge, UNOG for the opening of the exhibition “Shared Risks, Shared Responsibility: Opportunities for Cooperation”
5 February 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the UNECE Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration; Team of Specialists on Public-Private Partnerships - Fifth Session.
Delivered on his behalf by Mr. Clemens Adams, Director of the Division of Administration
31 January 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the UNOG Library Talk on “Afghanistan’s Post-Conflict Reconstruction - The Outlook after the 2014 Transition” (en anglais)
29 January 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
28 January 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition "The Power of Civil Society during the Holocaust: The Bulgarian Story 1940-1944”
16 January 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening session of the CIUTI Forum on “Facing the World’s New Challenges: The Role of Translators and Interpreters in Providing Integrated Efficient and Sustainable Solutions”.
15 January 2013
Remarks of the Director-General at the opening of the exhibition “Germany and France: Half a century of friendship and cooperation” (in English and French)
9 January 2013
Remarks by Director-General at the Model United Nations of Lycée-Collège International de Ferney-Voltaire (FerMUN) “ICTs as the way forward in development, peace and prosperity” (as prepared)