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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Germany early on Wednesday, 30 May, to attend a Quartet meeting on the Middle East.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 2 May.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived by air in Damascus from Doha on Tuesday morning, 24 April, for an official visit.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Doha from Geneva late on Sunday afternoon, 22 April, to open the Seventh Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Zurich from Rome on the afternoon of Thursday, 19 April, to begin a three-day visit to Switzerland.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Rome from New York early on Wednesday, 18 April, and started his official visit to Italy with a meeting with the President, Giorgio Napolitano, followed by one with the Foreign Minister, Massimo D’Alema. 

On Tuesday, 27 March, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Saudi Arabia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Israel from Egypt on Saturday, 24 March.  He was greeted upon arrival by Israel’s Minister for Defence, Amir Peretz.  After making brief remarks at Ben Gurion airport, the Secretary-General travelled to his hotel in Jerusalem.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a one-day visit to Iraq, which was previously unannounced, where he met with Prime Minister Nouri Kamel al-Maliki to discuss the United Nations commitment to help the people of Iraq. 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Lebanon from Saudi Arabia in the evening of Thursday, 29 March.  He made brief remarks to the press on arrival at Beirut airport.