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UN chief to travel to Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa

Xinhua, July 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave New York on Thursday for Kigali, Rwanda, to start his travel to three African countries, which will also take him to Kenya and South Africa, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Wednesday.

In Kigali, the secretary-general will meet with African leaders before flying to Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the fourteenth session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14) on Sunday, and to Durban, South Africa, for the opening the next day of the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016), Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

In the Rwandan capital, where the African Union Summit is currently taking place, the secretary-general is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the African Union (AU) and other participating leaders, including members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), on the situation in South Sudan, he said.

In Nairobi, Ban will speak at the opening of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, on Sunday, the spokesman said. The theme of this session of UNCTAD is "From decision to action: delivering the post-2015 development agenda."

On July 18, the secretary-general will be in Durban, South Africa, for the opening of the AIDS 2016 Conference, he said.

Scientists, policymakers, world leaders, and people living with HIV will discuss together successes and challenges specific to South Africa, as well as current global epidemic trends.

The secretary-general is expected back in New York on July 19, he added. Enditem