United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Tarawa, Kiribati, on Sunday afternoon, 4 September, from Honiara, Solomon Islands. Before landing just before dusk, the aircraft flew low over Tarawa so the Secretary-General could observe the layout of the low-lying and narrow island and gain an appreciation of the scale of the challenge Kiribati faces from rising sea levels.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Honiara from Canberra on Saturday evening, 3 September. En route, his aircraft made a low pass over Gizo and Marovo Lagoon, in the Solomon Islands, so that the Secretary-General could see the effects of deforestation and climate change.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Sydney early on the morning of Saturday, 3 September, after a flight from Paris via Hong Kong.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Paris from New York early on Thursday afternoon, 1 September. He was to attend the “International Conference in Support of the New Libya” along with other world leaders.
