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Meeting Notes 2012 January 2012 MEETING NOTES 2012 JANUARY 2012 DATE TIME LOCATION Attendees 04/01/12 12:00 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr ai-Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar. 04/01/12 4.15 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with H.E Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz AI-Nasser, President of the General Assembly. 05/01/12 3:30pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. 10/01/12 10.00 am UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with the PR of the Conference of Heads of Gov. of the CARl COM 10/01/12 12.30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Olugbenga Ashiru, Foreign Minister of Nigeria. 11/01/12 N/A UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with H.E. Moses Wetangula, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya. 11/01/12 4.00 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Deputy Special Representative of MONUSCO. 11/01/12 4.15 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting on Sudan and South Sudan. 12/01/12 12.00 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with H.E. Ms. Maria Angela Holguin, Foreign Minister of Colombia. 12/01/12 1.15 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with members of the SC, hosted by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and President of the Security Council. 12/01/12 3.30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with H.E. Mourad Medelci, Foreign Minister of Algeria. 13/01/2012 3:30pm Presidential Note of the SG's meeting with Michel Sleiman, Palace, Baabda, President of Lebanon. Lebanon 13/01/2012 Beirut, Lebanon Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Najib Meiqati, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. 13/01/2012 Beirut, Lebanon Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament. 14/01/12 12.15pm Naqoura, Lebanon Note of the SG's meeting with Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander 14/01/12 4.00 pm Beirut, Lebanon Note of the SG's meeting with H.E. Fouad Siniora, representative of H. E. Mr. Saad Hariri, MP and leader of the opposition. 14/01/12 5.00 pm Beirut, Lebanon Note of the SG's meeting with H.E. Amine Gemayel, former President of Lebanon. 14/01/12 6.30 pm Beirut, Lebanon Note of the SG's meeting with H.E. Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey. 16/01/12 Emirates Palace, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Kim Hwang-Sik, Abu Dhabi Prime Minister of Korea. 16/01/12 10.15am Abu Dhabi Note of the SG's meeting with H.H. Abdallah bin- Zayed AI-Nahyanm, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates. 16/01/12 1.00 pm Abu Dhabi Note of the SG's meeting with H.H. Mohamed bin- Zayed AI-Nahyanm, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE's Armed Forces. 16/01/2012 4:00pm Abu Dhabi Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of China. 16/01/2012 6:10pm Abu Dhabi Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Olafur Grimsson, President of Iceland. 19/01/2012 12:30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with US congressional delegation. 19/01/2012 5:15pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Former Special Envoy to Li~a, Mr. Abdei-Eiah AI-Khatib. 20/01/2012 10:00 am UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Major General Paolo Serra, incoming Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL. 20/01/2012 12.00 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Kodjo Menan, PR of Togo. 20/01/2012 UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of the International Maritime OrganizationjiMOl 23/01/2012 9:30am Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader, and Mr. Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Cypriot Leader. 23/01/2012 11:15 am Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader, and Mr. Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Cypriot Leader. 23/01/2012 1:15pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's lunch with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader, and Mr. Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Cypriot Leader. 24/01/2012 1:30pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's lunch with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader, and Mr. Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Cypriot Leader. 24/01/2012 3:00pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Dervis Eroglu, NY Turkish C__1'Qriot Leader. 24/01/2012 3:45pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader. 24/01/2012 5:00pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Dervis Eroglu, NY Turkish Cypriot Leader. 24/01/2012 5:35pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader. 24/01/2012 6:15pm Greentree Estate, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Demetris NY Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader, and Mr. Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Cypriot Leader. 25/01/2012 9:45am UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Demetris Christofias, Greek Cypriot Leader, and Mr. Dervis Eroglu, Turkish Cypriot Leader. 25/01/2012 UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Derek Plumbly, Special Coordinator for Lebanon . 25/01/2012 3:45pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. George Smitherman, Chairman, G&G Global Solutions, and Mr. Bill Choi, Principal of G&G Global Solutions and Vice-Chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Korea. 26/01/2012 11 :15 am Davos Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Joseph Deiss, President of the 651h General Assemblv. 26/01/2012 12:15 pm Davos Note of the SG's meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman of The Elders. 26/01/2012 7:10pm Davos Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the UK. 29/01/2012 6:00pm Addis Ababa Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Obiang Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea. 30/01/2012 6:00pm Prime Minister's Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Awn AI- Office, Jordan Khasawneh, Prime Minister, Jordan. 31/01/2012 5:00pm Best Eastern Note of the SG's meeting with Palestinian Hotel, Ramallah personalities. February 2012 DATE TIME LOCATION Attendees 01/02/2012 11:30 am King David Hotel, Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Avigdor Jerusalem Liberman, Foreign Minister of Israel. 02/02/2012 9:30pm Mr. Barak's Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Ehud Barak, residence, Defense Minister of Israel Tel-Aviv 03/02/2012 4:00pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Grigol Vashadze, Foreign Minister of Georgia. 06/02/2012 11 :30 am UNHQ Note of the SG 's meeting with Mr. R.M . Marty M. Natalegwa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia. 06/02/2012 12:30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Ambassador Milos Koterec, PR of the Slovak Republic and President of ECOSOC. 07/02/2012 10:20am UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with the PRs of the troop- contributing countries. 07/02/2012 11:45 am UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Abdullah AI Hazaa, SG of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization. 07/02/2012 12:30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with the LDC Bureau Members. 07/02/2012 4:30pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Antti Turunen, UN Representative to the Geneva International Discussions. 07/02/2012 4:30pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Abdurrahman Shalgham, PR of Libya. 07/02/2012 5pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Abdurrahman Shalgham, PRof Libya. 08/02/2012 12:30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting on sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel. 09/02/2012 N/A UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Vuk Jeremic, Foreign Minister of Serbia. 09/02/2012 12:30 pm UNHQ Note of the SG 's meeting with Mr. Ranko Vilovic, PR of Croatia. 09/02/2012 3:30pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Peter Sutherland, SRSG for International Migration and Development. 09/02/2012 3:45pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with representatives of the Global Forum on Migration and Development Quartet (Mexico, Switzerland, Mauritius, Sweden) and with Mr. Peter Sutherland, SRSG for International Migration and Development. 09/02/2012 5pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Eamon Gilmore, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. (Tc'maiste) 10/02/2012 10:45 am UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Hector Timerman, Foreign Minister of Argentina. 10/02/2012 5:15pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Senator Mario Monti, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. 13/02/2012 12:00pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with Mr. Volker Kauder, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and advisor to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 13/02/2012 5pm UNHQ Note of the SG's meeting with the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Ms.
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