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The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, visited Switzerland on an official visit, arriving in Bern on Sunday, 16 October.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accepted the invitation of United States President Barack Obama to attend a dinner on 13 October in Washington, D.C., in honour of President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled on Wednesday morning, 12 October, from Copenhagen to Sweden. Upon arrival, he headed straight to Uppsala, where he visited the grave of his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, marking 50 years since the then-Secretary-General died in an air crash in Ndola.