United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew from Bangkok, Thailand, to the epicentre of the earthquake in China on Saturday morning, 24 May, to express his condolences and solidarity to the Chinese people and Government and to witness for himself the rescue efforts, following the 12 May earthquake that took at least 60,000 lives in China’s Sichuan Province.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bangkok in the afternoon of Wednesday, 21 May, en route to Myanmar to see for himself the areas and people affected by Cyclone Nargis. From Bangkok, he would also travel to the epicentre of the earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Atlanta, Georgia, on the evening of Wednesday, 7 May, as part of his ongoing efforts to reach out to major American cities and citizens, and also to make progress on global health, one of his top priorities for 2008 and beyond.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to London from Geneva on Thursday, 1 May, to chair a meeting of the principals of the Middle East Quartet on Friday.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled from Vienna, Austria, to Bern, Switzerland, in the afternoon of Sunday, 27 April.
United Nations Secretary-General and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Vienna, Austria, in the morning of Friday, 25 April, from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 April.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Ban Soon-taek, flew from Monrovia, Liberia, to Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso in the afternoon of Tuesday, 22 April.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled from Accra, Ghana, to Monrovia, Liberia in the afternoon of Monday, 21 April.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Accra, Ghana, late in the evening of Saturday, 19 April, at the beginning of a visit to West Africa that would also take him to Liberia, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire.
