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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Sydney on the evening of 7 September after a flight from Auckland.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Auckland late on the evening of Monday, 5 September, after a flight from Tarawa, Kiribati.
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.