13.04.2011 - 06:33 [ United Nations Organisation (UNO) ]

UN chief heads to Qatar and Egypt for international meetings on Libya

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to the Qatari capital, Doha, tomorrow to participate in the first meeting of the International Contact Group on Libya..
The Contact Group was established following the London Conference on Libya of 31 March 2011…
On Thursday, Mr. Ban will travel to Egypt..at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Senior officials expected to attend include the League’s Secretary-General, Amre Moussa; the Chairman of the Commission of the African Union, Jean Ping; the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu; and Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
On Friday, the Secretary-General will start an official trip that will take him to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia.