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  1. TOKYO - SEPTEMBER 30: Heinz Fischer (L), Federal President of the Republic of Austria, holds a copy of a book by Richard Nicolaus Eijiro Coudenhove-Kalergi presented to him by newly elected Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama (not pictured) at the premier's official residence September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Fischer is on an official working visit to Japan thru 3 October.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Austria President Heinz Fischer speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters September 24, 2009 in New York City. The council approved a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on nuclear nations to disarm.
  3. Former and US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (L) greets Austrian President Heinz Fischer as he attends an UN Security Council meeting, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
  4. Austrian President Heinz Fischer addresses the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
  5. Austrian President Heinz Fischer addresses the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
  6. From left: Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Austrian First Lady Margit Fischer pose during an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on September 15, 2009.
  7. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) talks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during an UN Security Council meeting, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. US President Barack Obama arrives to chair a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009. At Right is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
  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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