United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday afternoon, 30 January. They immediately visited Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa.
On Sunday evening, 28 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Addis Ababa from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the eve of the opening of the African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital.
In the early morning of Saturday, 27 January, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Paris, France, following refuelling stops in Cairo, Egypt and Entebbe, Uganda.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Paris from Brussels in the evening of Wednesday, 24 January.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began his travels to Europe and Africa early on Wednesday, 24 January, when he arrived in Brussels, where he held a series of meetings with key officials of the European Union, NATO and the Belgian Government.
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SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING ANNOUNCEMENT OF CEASEFIRE IN GAZA,
COMMENDS EGYPT FOR EFFORTS TO CALM SITUATION
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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In address to National Assembly of Democratic Republic of Congo, Secretary-General
reaffirms un determination to support peace efforts
(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)
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Secretary-General welcomes resolution of differences in Guinea-Bissau
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISRAEL,
CALLS FOR SWIFT ACTION BY PALESTINIAN SECURITY TO PREVENT FURTHER ATTACKS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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Through unity of purpose, ‘there is no limit to what we can achieve’,
Secretary-General tells African Union summit
Following is the text of the address by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa today:
