U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer, left, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, look on prior to the start of the opening session of the U.N. climate talks Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer, left, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, look on prior to the start of the opening session of the U.N. climate talks Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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  2. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, greets back to a victim of the train derailment at a hospital in Hua Hin, Prachuabkirikhant province, sothern Thailand Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand's coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said.
  3. Gilles Simon (L) of France talks with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) during a trophy ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
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  5. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) stands next to Russian tennis player Marat Safin (L) during the opening ceremony of ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 1, 2009. Gilles Simon of France tested his chronic sore knee with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of American Kevin Kim while retiring Russian Marat Safin ticked up another tournament loss Thursday as he winds down his career at the Thailand Open.
  6. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer, left, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, look on prior to the start of the opening session of the U.N. climate talks Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.
  7. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  8. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  9. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  10. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  11. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009.
  12. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 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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