Speeches 2010
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.
A collection of speeches has been published by the International Informatization Academy in Moscow.
9 July 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the lunchtime seminar to mark the 30th anniversary of UNIDIR " Ideas for Disarmament and Security Thinking: Why Research Matters "
9 July 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the 10th Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law
5 July 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the 48th United Nations Graduate Study Programme
14 June 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the Annual High-Level Tripartite Meeting "Gender and Comprehensive Security"
6 June 2010
Director-General's remarks at a reception to mark the closing of the International Weekend and the Making Peace Project
5 June 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the United Nations System-Wide Observance of World Environment Day
4 June 2010
Director-General's remarks at the 11e Rencontre entre les autorités genevoises, vaudoises, de France voisine et la communauté internationale
31 May 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the Roundtable discussion on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 May 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the Ceremony to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
25 May 2010
Director-General's remarks at the Second African Forum for Dialogue
17 May 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the Opening Session of the 63rd World Health Assembly
29 April 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at a Special Seminar organized by the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Services Industriels de Geneve
28 April 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the Inscription of the League of Nations archives in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register and opening of a new exhibition at
the League of Nations Museum
22 April 2010
Director-General’s opening remarks at a photo exhibition organized by the Permanent Mission of Germany
29 March 2010
Director-General's remarks at the annual conference on space security organized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
10 March 2010
Director-General's remarks on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the NPT
24 February 2010
Director-General's opening remarks at the 4th World Congress against the Death Penalty
3 February 2010
Director-General of UNOG meets with the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
27 January 2010
Director-General’s remarks at the International Day of Commemoration
in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
26 January 2010
Director-General of UNOG meets with the
Prime Minister of Viet Nam
19 January 2010
Director-General’s remarks at the inaugural meeting of the 2010 Session of the Conference on Disarmament