The Secretary-General will leave for Japan and the Republic of Korea on Saturday, 6 August.

While in Japan, he will visit Fukushima to see first-hand the devastation caused by the March earthquake and tsunami in the city of Soma. He will visit an evacuation centre and speak with students at a high school in Fukushima City.

In Tokyo, he will meet with Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto.

The Secretary-General will then travel to the Republic of Korea, where he will launch the Global Model United Nations Conference in Incheon. He will also address the opening of the Academic Impact forum in Seoul.

He will meet with President Lee Myung-bak and Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, the speaker of the National Assembly, and the National Assembly’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Working Group, as well as with members of the Global Compact Korea network.

The Secretary-General will return to New York on Sunday, 14 August.

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