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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.

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.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Denver, Colorado, in the late morning of Wednesday, 24 August, for an overnight visit.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Seoul from Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon, 9 August. It was his first trip home since he was reappointed for a second term as Secretary-General.

Accompanied by his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tokyo on the afternoon of Sunday, 7 August. He travelled by bullet train directly to Fukushima, which was hard hit by the March earthquake and tsunami. Upon arrival at the train station in the evening, the Secretary-General was met by Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, in the morning of Sunday, 19 June, on a half-day visit to attend the seventy-ninth annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.