APPOINTMENTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Friday, 24 June 2016
24 - 29 June 2016
On 24 June, the Secretary-General will be in Nice, in France rather, where he will attend the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to support private sector efforts to raise awareness and action for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The following day, on 25 June, the Secretary-General will travel to Paris where he is expected to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. In Paris, he will also meet with President François Hollande and Foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault.
On 26 June, the Secretary-General will be in Kuwait where he is scheduled to meet with the Amir of Kuwait, H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Prime Minister (H.H. Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah); and the Deputy Prime Minister (Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al-Sabah) as well. He will also take the opportunity to meet with his Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, as well as the Yemeni parties participating in the UN-facilitated peace talks in Kuwait.
The following day, he will depart for Israel and the State of Palestine. While in Jerusalem, he will meet with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He will also visit Tel Aviv University where he is expected to receive the George S. Wise Medal, and speak to students and faculty. He will meet with private sector representatives and the University’s research centres focusing on innovation and sustainable development.
On 28 June, the Secretary-General will travel to Gaza, where he will visit a girls’ school run by UNRWA and participate in a meeting of the Gaza central school parliament. He will also visit a reconstruction project and hold a townhall meeting with UN staff working in Gaza.
Later in the day, the Secretary-General is expected to visit the Palestinian city of Rawabi in the West Bank. Also in Ramallah, he will meet with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. And he is expected to receive the Star of Palestine Order and attend Iftar dinner with the two leaders.
And the Secretary-General will then be back in New York late on 29 June.