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Appointments of the Secretary-General

Schedule for 1 October 2016

1-9 October 2016

	The Secretary-General will leave for Geneva on 1 October to meet with representatives from the World Economic Forum, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and with UN staff. He will also be meeting with officials of the City of Geneva, as well as the State Council of the Republic and the Canton of Geneva.
	On 3 October, the Secretary-General will hold a press conference and give a major address to the students and faculty of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEID) in Geneva. He will also be addressing the Executive Committee of UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). He will then travel to Bern on 4 October, where he will meet with the Federal Council of Switzerland.
	That same day, the Secretary-General will travel to Belgium to attend the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan hosted by the European Union and the Government of Afghanistan – that will take place on 5 October.
	From Brussels, he will travel on to the Vatican, where he will participate in the First Global Conference on Faith and Sport. He is also expected to have a private audience with His Holiness Pope Francis.
	On 6 October, in Rome, the Secretary-General will meet with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy, as well as with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and other Italian officials.
	On 7 October, he will be in Hamburg, Germany, to attend the 20th Anniversary of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the independent judicial body established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention.
	While in Hamburg, he is also scheduled to receive the National German Sustainability Award and meet with Joachim Gauck, Federal President of Germany, and other senior officials.
	The next day, the Secretary-General will be in Reykjavik, Iceland, to address the Assembly of the Arctic Circle, the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic with participation from governments, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), corporations, universities, environmental associations and indigenous communities. The Secretary-General will receive an Award on behalf of the Assembly for his work in the fight against climate change.
	The Secretary-General will also deliver a speech at the University of Iceland on international peace and security on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1986 Gorbachev-Reagan Summit, and meet with President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson of Iceland, as well as the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Iceland.
	The Secretary-General is expected to be back in New York on 9 October.