Travel

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.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Switzerland from Finland on Monday evening, 18 July. In Geneva the following morning, the Secretary-General addressed the third Global Review of Aid for Trade at the World Trade Organization.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Finland on Friday, 15 July, travelling from New York, so that he could participate in a panel on sustainable development with Finnish President Tarja Halonen.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Spain from New York on Wednesday morning, 6 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Switzerland from Spain on Wednesday evening, 6 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo from Geneva early in the morning of Friday, 8 July. After a brief overnight stay, the Secretary-General’s delegation departed to Khartoum, Sudan, where they arrived early on Friday afternoon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, began an official visit to Uruguay on Tuesday, 14 June.