Travel

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.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday, 12 May, in the morning, for his first official visit to the country. The Secretary-General first met Michaëlle Jean, the Governor-General of Canada, at her residence, Government House. They discussed the situation in Haiti, the Millennium Development Goals, including maternal and child health, women’s empowerment, as well as the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived from New York in Washington, D.C., on Monday, 12 April, to attend the Nuclear Security Summit chaired by United States President Barack Obama.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Austria from a five-nation visit to Central Asian countries on Wednesday, 7 April.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Semey, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, 6 April, on the last leg of a week-long tour of Central Asia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Monday, 5 April, with Madam Ban Soon-taek. This was the fourth stop in a week-long visit to Central Asia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Nukus, Uzbekistan, on Sunday morning, 4 April, on the third stop of his week-long visit to Central Asia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday morning, 3 April, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek. This was the second leg of the Secretary-General’s week-long visit to Central Asia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in the evening of 1 April 2010, on the first leg of a week-long tour of Central Asia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sirte, Libya, on Friday, 25 March 2010, to participate in the Summit meeting there of the League of Arab States. He was greeted at the airport by the country’s leader, Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi, who welcomed his attendance at the Summit, which Colonel Qadhafi chaired.