UN Deputy Secretary-General set to begin weeklong official visit to Europe

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette will embark next Monday on a weeklong visit to Europe where she is scheduled to meet with various national and regional officials to discuss issues of mutual concern.

Ms. Fréchette's first stop will be in Poland for 3 days. She expected to meet Government officials, and also deliver an address at the Diplomatic Academy of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On Wednesday, Ms. Fréchette will travel to Strasburg, France, where she will meet with a number of European parliamentarians.

The Deputy Secretary-General will Thursday hold her annual meeting with European Union (EU) officials, at which she will discuss crisis management and specific country and regional issues of concern to both the UN and the EU.

She will concluded her trip Friday with an address to the ministerial meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the EU.