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Travel


SG/T/2829

In late January-early February, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled to Switzerland, Ethiopia, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. They arrived in Davos, Switzerland, from New York on Thursday morning, 26 January, where the Secretary-General met with a number of private-sector personalities at the World Economic Forum.

SG/T/2830

On Saturday evening, 28 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Addis Ababa from Zurich to attend the eighteenth ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union.

SG/T/2828

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on the afternoon of Sunday, 15 January, from Beirut. The main aim was to attend the World Future Energy Summit and to launch the Year of Sustainable Energy. He also held a range of bilateral meetings and addressed the closing session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency.

SG/T/2827
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beirut on the afternoon of Friday, 13 January, after an overnight flight from New York and a transfer in Paris. The main aims of the trip were to attend a high-level United Nations meeting on Reform and Transitions to Democracy, visit staff of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and hold bilateral meetings with Lebanese leaders.