Activities of Secretary-General in Uganda, 19-21 January

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Kampala, Uganda, from Switzerland on Friday night, 19 January.

On Saturday morning, he had a briefing with his team, then around noon, the Secretary-General held a bilateral meeting with Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania.  He then held a meeting with Vo Thi Anh Xuan, the Vice-President of Viet Nam.

The Secretary-General also held a bilateral meeting with Sergey Vershinin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation, as well as a bilateral meeting with Riyad Al-Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine.

Separately, he held a meeting with Mohamed Younis A Menfi, President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya, followed by a meeting with Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda.

The Secretary-General then delivered his remarks to the Non-Aligned Movement, during the closing ceremony.  (See Press Release SG/SM/22111.)

After addressing the summit, the Secretary-General held a meeting with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of India, and another meeting with Mohammad Mokber, First Vice-President of Iran.

On Sunday morning, the Secretary-General had a briefing with his team, after which he attended the Third South Summit of the Group of 77 and China. (See Press Release SG/SM/22112.)

He then held a meeting with Yvan Gil Pinto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, then another meeting with Hasan Mahmud, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.

Afterwards, the Secretary-General held a press encounter.  He then conducted a live interview with Al-Jazeera.

In the afternoon, the Secretary-General held a town hall meeting with the UN staff in the country.

The Secretary-General left Uganda for Nairobi, Kenya, that afternoon.  That night he left Nairobi and arrived in New York early on Monday morning, 22 January.