Secretary General’s Statements

Statements issued in 2024

Statement on International Women’s Day (March 2024)

Statement on the death of Alexei Navalny (February 2024)

Statements issued in 2023

Statement on the situation in Guatemala (September 2023)

Statement on Ukraine’s Independence Day (August 2023)

International Youth Day (August 2023)

Statement on the Anniversary of the Warsaw Declaration (June 2023)

Cuba: Statement on the Inter-American Commission decision concerning the deaths of Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero (June 2023)

Statement on World Press Freedom Day (May 2023)

Statement on the International Women’s Day (March 2023)

Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Military Invasion of Ukraine (February 2023)

Statement on the Right to Education of Women and Girls in Afghanistan  (January 2023)

Statements issued in 2022

Human Rights Day (December 2022)

Statement on the Situation in Myanmar (November 2022)

Statement on Eights Months since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (October 2022)

Statement on UN General Assembly Debate on Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity (October 2022)

Statement following the CoD Civil Society Pillar meeting on the margins of UNGA (September 2022) 

Statement on International Day of Democracy (September 2022)

Statement on International Youth Day (August 2022)

Statement on Punitive Action against Civil Society in Taiwan (August 2022)

Statement on execution of pro-democracy and opposition leaders in Myanmar (June 2022)

Statement on World Press Freedom Day (May 2022)

Statement on the Situation in the Republic of Mali (May 2022)

Statement on International Women’s Day (March 2022)

Statement on the War Against Ukraine (February 2022)

Statement on the Situation in Ukraine (February 2022)

Statement on the Situation in Myanmar (February 2022)

Statement: The True Contest of Democracy versus Authoritarianism (January 2022)

Statement on the Situation in Mali (January 2022)

Earlier Statements

Statement on Illegitimate Sentencing of Political Prisoners by the Lukashenka Regime (December 2021)

Statement on International Human Rights Day 2021 (December 2021)

Statement on Myanmar (December 2021)

Statement on Nicaragua’s Presidential Elections (November 2021)

Statement on the Situation in the Republic of Sudan (November 2021)

Statement on International Day of Democracy (September 2021)

Statement on Cuban Civil and Political Rights (September 2021)

Statement on the Situation in Afghanistan (August 2021)

Statement on the attack in the U.S. Capitol (January 2021)