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US President Barack Obama listens to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressing the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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  1. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., center, talks as Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-D.E., left, Rep. Susan Davis, D-C.A., second left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., second right, and Rep. Jane Harman, D-C.A., listen during a press conference at the Saban Forum in Jerusalem, Monday Nov. 16, 2009. The Palestinians officially asked the European Union on Monday to back their move to have the U.N. Security Council recognize an independent Palestinian state without Israeli consent. The U.S., which champions a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, would likely veto any such resolution if it were to reach the Security Council.
  2. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed ElBaradei, at the start of an UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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  7. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 03: Musician Stevie Wonder is escorted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before speaking at the United Nations Messenger of Peace induction ceremony at the United Nations on December 3, 2009 in New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 03: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the United Nations Messenger of Peace induction ceremony for Stevie Wonder at the United Nations on December 3, 2009 in New York City.
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  16. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the UN Security Council as US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon look on, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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