Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Secretary General-elect of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon during their meeting in Moscow, 01 November 2006. Moscow is a second capital after Beijing Ban Ki-Moon visits after his election as the UN Secretary General. Getty Images logo Getty Images 39 months ago

Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Secretary General-elect of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon during their meeting in Moscow, 01 November 2006. Moscow is a second capital after Beijing Ban Ki-Moon visits after his election as the UN Secretary General.

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  16. Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Nepal, and head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren (2nd R) shakes hands with discharged Maoist fighters during a ceremony in Dahaban, far west Nepal February 8, 2010. The ceremony marked the last stage in the discharge of former Maoist fighters held in the Maoist army cantonment site 5 in Dahaban, as part of a group deemed "disqualified" by United Nations findings in 2007. A total of 2,394 combatants, considered as 'minors' and 'late recruits' had been discharged since the process began on January 7, 2010, according to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).

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