United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon will travel to Egypt to chair a meeting of regional organizations to convene in an effort to ensure continued coordination of the international response to the crisis in Libya. The meeting will be held at the headquarters of the League Arab States in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The Contact Group was established following the London Conference on Libya on March 31. Senior officials expected to attend include the League's Secretary-General Amr Moussa, Chairman of the Commission of the African Union Jean Ping, Secretary-General of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton. On Friday, ki-Moon will begin an official trip that will take him to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia. In Prague, he is expected to meet with President Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister Petr Necas and Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg. Ki-Moon will then move to Budapest for discussions with President Pal Schmitt, Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi. He is also expected to deliver a public lecture at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on the challenges ahead for the UN. BM