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This United Nations handout photo shows UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) as he meets with Foreign Minister U Nyan Win in the VIP lounge at the airport, July 3, 2009 in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Greek Premier George Papandreou (not pictured) give a press conference after their meeting in Athens on November 4, 2009. Ban is in Greece to attend the third Global Forum on Migration and Development Government meeting.
  8. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Greek Premier George Papandreou (not pictured) give a press conference after their meeting in Athens on November 4, 2009. Ban is in Greece to attend the third Global Forum on Migration and Development Government meeting.
  9. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Greek Premier George Papandreou give a press conference after their meeting in Athens on November 4, 2009. Ban is in Greece to attend the third Global Forum on Migration and Development Government meeting.
  10. Greek Premier George Papandreou (R) listens as Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon speaks during their press conference in Athens on November 4, 2009. The world urgently needs a climate deal out of a summit in Copenhagen next month to forestall forced migration that is already occurring in Asia and Africa, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today at the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development Government meeting.
  11. Greek Premier George Papandreou (L) speaks with Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon before their meeting in Athens on November 4, 2009. The world urgently needs a climate deal out of a summit in Copenhagen next month to forestall forced migration that is already occurring in Asia and Africa, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today at the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development Government meeting.
  12. Greek Premier George Papandreou (L) speaks with Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon before their meeting in Athens on November 4, 2009. The world urgently needs a climate deal out of a summit in Copenhagen next month to forestall forced migration that is already occurring in Asia and Africa, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today at the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development Government meeting.
  13. Japanese Foreign Minister Kazuo Kodama (3rd L), Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung (2nd L), Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (L), Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong (3rd R), Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thong Loun Sisolith (2nd R) and Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win (R) stand for a group photo during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh on October 3, 2009. The meeting between foreign ministers from the Mekong River region and Japan was held to promote greater cooperation.
  14. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (4th L), Japanese Foreign Minister Kazuo Kodama (3rd L), Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (2nd L), Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung (L), Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong (3rd R), Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thong Loun Sisolith (2nd R) and Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win (R) stand for a group photo during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh on October 3, 2009. The meeting between foreign ministers from the Mekong River region and Japan was held to promote greater cooperation.
  15. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) greets Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win (L) during a private meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, 230km (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 2, 2009.
  16. Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win arrives at a private meeting with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen at a hotel in in the Siem Reap province, 230km (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 2, 2009.

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