Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife, Nane, arrived in São Paulo from New York on Saturday morning, 12 June, for a four-day visit to open the eleventh session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, address a Special Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 and hold a number of bilateral meetings, including one with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Travel
The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., in the morning of Friday, 11 June, to attend the funeral service for former President Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral.
The Secretary-General travelled to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 9 June, to receive an honorary degree from Harvard University and to deliver a commencement address.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan travelled to Virginia in the afternoon of Tuesday, 4 May, to receive a humanitarian award from Refugees International, in an event marking that group’s twenty-fifth anniversary, in McLean, Virginia.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva from Moscow in the afternoon of Tuesday, 6 April.
The Secretary-General arrived in Moscow from Vienna on Sunday afternoon, 4 April, and had an early working dinner with former Prime Minister Evgeni Primakov.
Shortly after his arrival in Vienna on Thursday, 1 April, Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with Heinz Fischer, the former President of the Austrian National Council.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Switzerland on Saturday, 27 March.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Ottawa to begin a state visit in the afternoon of Monday 8 March.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, 21 February, for an official visit to Japan.