06 August 2016
| The Secretary-General left New York on the evening of Wednesday, 3 August, to begin a series of travels to Brazil, Argentina, the West Coast of the United States and Canada. | |
| He will first go to Rio de Janeiro, where he will take part in the opening of the thirty-first Olympic Games. He will participate on Friday in the relay in which the Olympic Torch is handed over. And that evening, the Secretary-General will attend a meeting for Heads of State hosted by the acting President of Brazil. While in Rio, the Secretary-General will also visit the Olympic Village and and meet with the Refugee Olympic Team, among others. | |
| Over the weekend, he will travel to Buenos Aires, where he will meet on Monday, 8 August, with Argentinian President [Mauricio] Macri and Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra. The Secretary-General and Foreign Minister Malcorra will also speak to the press following their meeting. On Tuesday, he will meet with the Mayor of Buenos Aires, as well as with youth and civil society leaders. | |
| And on Wednesday, the Secretary-General will travel to Los Angeles, in California, where he is scheduled to meet with leaders in the creative community to discuss ways in which they can help to support the goals of the United Nations. He will also meet with the Chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Ed Royce. And while in Los Angeles, he will also participate in a refugee resettlement event hosted by the International Rescue Committee and the Annenberg Foundation. | |
| The following day, he will go to San Francisco, where he will meet with Libba Patterson, who hosted him for a number of days in 1962 during his first visit to the United States. And the Secretary-General will also be meeting with California Governor Jerry Brown as well in California, to thank him for his steadfast support in the fight against climate change. | |
| And on Friday, 12 August, the Secretary-General will travel to Calgary, where he is to deliver a lecture at the University of Calgary that evening. |