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Ban Ki-moon's visit to Washington and Haiti

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United Nations, 10 March 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary General. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon is visiting the US capital from 10 to 11 March. 
The Secretary-General has left Haiti today, and is on his way to Washington, D.C., where he will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House this afternoon. As I mentioned earlier, he and the President expect to discuss a wide range of issues, including managing the consequences of the global economic crisis, climate change, challenges in Sudan, Afghanistan and the Middle East, non-proliferation and disarmament, human rights, UN reform, and US-UN relations. 
Then, this evening, the Secretary-General will speak at a dinner hosted by the UN Foundation. Tomorrow, he has scheduled meetings with a number of US leaders in Washington.
The Secretary-General wrapped up his trip to Haiti this morning, visiting a factory of about 1,000 workers who were working for the garment industry, and meeting with staff of the UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSTAH.

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http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressbriefing/2009/brief090310.rm

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