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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the morning of Thursday, 27 May, after flying overnight from New York to attend the Alliance of Civilizations Forum, which was starting on Friday.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, in the morning of Friday, 21 May, to hold bilateral talks with Turkish leaders and attend a major international conference on Somalia.