The Secretary-General will travel to Lima, Peru on Thursday, 8 October, to participate in the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). From there, he will proceed on Saturday, 10 October, to Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the "Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and Defence of Life".
While in Lima, he will meet with the President of Peru, Ollanta Humala, as well as with the President of the World Bank Group, Dr. Jim Yong Kim.
He will also attend several events, including a Development Committee meeting on ‘The World Bank Group Support for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, a Climate Ministerial Meeting and a Small States Forum.
The Secretary-General will leave Lima on the evening of Saturday, 10 October, for Cochabamba, Bolivia, where he will address the "Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and Defence of Life". The event will emphasize the views of indigenous peoples and those involved in social movements.
The Secretary-General will also visit development projects in local communities, alongside the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales.
He will be back on 12 October, on Monday.