United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, in the evening of 16 January. They were the guests a few hours later of Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chief Executive Officer of the Masdar Corporation and Deputy Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, at a dinner in their honour.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, in the morning of Tuesday, 25 January, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Muscat, Oman, during the night of 18 January.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday evening, 29 January. Upon his arrival, the Secretary-General met with a delegation of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), comprising Henry Ajumogobia, Foreign Minister of Nigeria, and James Victor Gbeho, President of the ECOWAS Commission.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cancún, Mexico, on Tuesday, 7 December, to open the high-level segment of the Sixteenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan, late on Monday, 29 November.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Lisbon from New York early on Saturday morning, 20 November. On arrival, the Secretary-General went to Feria Internacional de Lisboa where he attended the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit meeting on Afghanistan.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Seoul early on the morning of Wednesday, 10 November, after a flight from New York. On arrival, the Secretary-General made brief remarks to waiting South Korean media in Korean, outlining the main purpose of his visit — to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit and to ensure that the voices of the world’s most vulnerable people were heard.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his delegation arrived in Shanghai, China, on the afternoon of 30 October. Led by officials of the Organization working at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the Secretary-General visited the pavilions of the United Nations, MeteoWorld, China, Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on the evening of 26 October. The next morning, after an official welcoming ceremony, he met with Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace, the newly built Government office, becoming the first visiting dignitary to be hosted there.
