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UN chief to travel to Europe, spokesman says

Xinhua, September 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave for Geneva on Oct. 1 to meet with representatives from the World Economic Forum, the International Committee of the Red Cross and with UN staff, a UN spokesman said here Wednesday.

Ban will also be meeting with officials of the City of Geneva, as well as the State Council of the country and the Canton of Geneva, Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

On Oct. 3, the secretary-general will hold a press conference and give a major address to the students and faculty of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, he said, adding that Ban will also be addressing the Executive Committee of the UN refugee agency and will then travel to Bern on Oct. 4, where he will meet with the Federal Council of Switzerland.

Also that day, the secretary-general will travel to Belgium to attend the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan hosted by the European Union and the government of Afghanistan, which will take place on Oct. 5, he said.

On Oct. 6, the secretary-general will meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and other Italian officials, he said.

On Oct. 7, the secretary-general will be in Hamburg, Germany, to attend the 20th Anniversary of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the independent judicial body established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention.

While in Hamburg, he is also scheduled to receive the National German Sustainability Award and meet with Joachim Gauck, the president of Germany, and other senior officials, said the spokesman.

The next day, the secretary-general will be in Reykjavik, Iceland, to address the Assembly of the Arctic Circle, the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic with participation from governments, non-governmental organizations, corporations, universities, environmental associations and indigenous communities, he said, adding that Ban will receive an award for his work in the fight against climate change.

The secretary-general will also deliver a speech at the University of Iceland on international peace and security on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1986 Gorbachev-Reagan Summit, and meet with leaders and senior officials of Iceland, he said.

The secretary-general is expected to return to New York on Oct. 9, Dujarric added. Enditem