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(LtR) UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, hold a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.

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  1. (LtR) UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, hold a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
  2. (LtR) High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, hold a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
  3. Sweden's Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billstrom, right, is seen during his press conference along with United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres, left, during the European Union Justice and Home Affairs Council of Ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels Monday Sept. 21, 2009.
  4. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (L), Sweden's Immigration Minister Tobias Billstroem (C) and EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot (R) hold a news conference at the end of a EU justice and home affairs ministers meeting in Brussels September 21, 2009.
  5. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (R) and Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri attend a press conference in Rabat on September 11, 2009.
  6. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (R) and Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri attend a press conference in Rabat on September 11, 2009.
  7. Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, speaks during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
  8. Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, speaks during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
  9. (LtR) UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, hold a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
  10. (LtR) High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, hold a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
  11. Sweden's Immigration Minister Tobias Billstroem (L) and EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot (R) hold a news conference at the end of a EU justice and home affairs ministers meeting in Brussels September 21, 2009.
  12. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (L), Sweden's Immigration Minister Tobias Billstroem (C) and EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot (R) hold a news conference at the end of a EU justice and home affairs ministers meeting in Brussels September 21, 2009.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  14. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.

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