EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) Commissioner-General Karen Abu-Zayd give a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on September 9, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) Commissioner-General Karen Abu-Zayd give a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on September 9, 2009.

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  2. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa (R) adjusts his tie before being called to the podium to deliver a speech during the opening ceremony of the European Commission-League of Arab States liaison office in Floriana, outside Valletta, October 14, 2009. The office was opened by the Secretary-General, European Union External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner (R) and Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi.
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  4. EU External relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaks on the outcome of the Ministerial Week at the UN General Assembly and on the Commission Communication on a new Agenda for EU relations with Latin America at the headquarter in Brussels, on September 29, 2009.
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  7. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (R) welcomes EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner during their meeting in Kiev December 4, 2009. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko assured the European Union on Friday that Kiev would do its utmost to ensure Russian gas flows across Ukraine to Europe without a repeat of the disruption suffered a year ago.
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  10. 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.
  11. 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.
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  13. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  14. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
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