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SG/T/2644

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SYRIA, 18 JANUARY

On Sunday, 18 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled from Beirut, Lebanon, to Damascus, capital of Syria.  He was greeted at the airport by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem.

SG/T/2639

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN EGYPT, 14 JANUARY

In January 2009, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set off on a mission to the Middle East that was intended to send a simple and unmistakable message about the crisis in Gaza and southern Israel:  that the fighting must stop, and that Security Council resolution 1860 must be fully respected and implemented.  He visited and met with the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Kuwait.

SG/T/2637

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SWITZERLAND, 12-13 DECEMBER

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, in the morning of Friday, 12 December, from Poznan, Poland, to attend the Human Rights Council’s commemorative session on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

SG/T/2636

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN POLAND, 10-12 DECEMBER

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Poznan, Poland, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 10 December, from New York via a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany, to attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.

SG/T/2635

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN QATAR, 27 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Doha, Qatar, in the evening of Thursday, 27 November, to attend the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus.