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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived for an official visit to Argentina on Monday, 13 June.

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.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Bogota, Colombia, on the afternoon of Friday, 10 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Rome from New York around noon on Wednesday, 1 June. He met there with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Foreign Minister Franco Frattini. The topics discussed included Libya, Somalia, Lebanon, the Middle East, North Africa and nuclear safety.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Paris from Addis Ababa in the morning of Thursday, 26 May. Madam Ban Soon-taek joined him upon arrival.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Abuja, Nigeria, from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in the afternoon of Sunday, 22 May. As soon as he arrived, the Secretary-General visited the Maitama General Hospital.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, from Abuja, Nigeria, in the evening of Tuesday, 24 May. That night, he had a working dinner with Tedros Ghebreyesus, Minister for Health of Ethiopia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Côte d’Ivoire from New York, after a brief stopover in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday morning, 21 May. He landed in the capital, Yamoussoukro, to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Alassane Ouattara.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva from Istanbul on the morning of Tuesday, 10 May. At noon, he attended a round table discussion on strengthening preparedness for nuclear accidents.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, at noon on Saturday, 7 May. That afternoon, he spoke at an award presentation and closing ceremony of the 2011 Global Summit of Women.