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UN Secretary-General Ban to visit West Africa
Accra, April 18, Ghanadot/GNA - The UN
Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon accompanied by his wife,
would pay a six-day visit to West Africa from April 18-24, a
statement from the UN Information Centre in Accra said.
The statement said he would make official visits to Ghana,
Liberia, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.
His first stop would be Accra where he is scheduled to
address the opening of the 12th United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and hold talks with President
John Kufuor and Foreign Minister Akwesi Osei Adjei.
The statement said from Accra, he would travel to the
Liberian capital, Monrovia, where he would meet with that
country's Leadership; the Leadership of the UN Mission in
Liberia and the UN Country Team.
From Monrovia, the Secretary-General would travel to
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where a bilateral meeting is
planned with President Blaise Compaore, the Facilitator of
the Inter-Ivorian Dialogue and current Chairman of Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
His final stop is Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, where meetings are
planned with President Laurent Gbagbo; the Prime Minister,
Opposition Leaders and Civil Society.
He would also meet with the Leadership of the UN Operation
in Cote d'Ivoire.
GNA
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