UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave New York
over the weekend for a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
and South Sudan, where dire humanitarian situation attracts global
attention, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Friday.
On Feb 23, the secretary-general will be in Goma, a city in eastern
DRC, where he will visit people impacted by the insecurity and
humanitarian crisis in the region, including those living in internally
displaced persons (IDP) camps, Dujarric said at a daily news briefing
here.
He will then move to Kinshasa, the DRC capital, the next day for the
opening session of the Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference.
"He is also expected to meet with President Joseph Kabila and several
government officials, as well as political and civil society
representatives," said the spokesman.
On Feb. 25, Ban will leave Kinshasa for Juba, the capital of South
Sudan, where he will meet with President Salva Kiir and visit a
Protection of Civilians' site of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS).
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