U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana, or Presidential Palace, Thursday July 2, 2009 in Singapore. Ban is in the city-state for a two-day visit en route to Yangon _ Myanmar's commercial capital _ the same day Suu Kyi's trial resumes. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana, or Presidential Palace, Thursday July 2, 2009 in Singapore. Ban is in the city-state for a two-day visit en route to Yangon _ Myanmar's commercial capital _ the same day Suu Kyi's trial resumes.

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  1. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at a Tokyo hotel on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  2. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) is greeted by Fujio Mitarai, the leader of Japan's largest business group Keidanren, prior to their talks at Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  3. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) shakes hands with Fujio Mitarai, the leader of Japan's largest business group Keidanren, prior to their talks at Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo on October 7, 2009. Lee is now here on a four-day visit to Tokyo.
  4. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong answers question from reporters during a news conference on the Asia Pacific leaders' summit to be hosted in mid-November at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore on November 3, 2009. The United States plays an 'indispensable' role in the Asia Pacific despite the rise of regional powers China and India and should be part of any new regional grouping, Singapore's leader said.
  5. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong answers question from reporters during a news conference on the Asia Pacific leaders' summit to be hosted in mid-November at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore on November 3, 2009. The United States plays an 'indispensable' role in the Asia Pacific despite the rise of regional powers China and India and should be part of any new regional grouping, Singapore's leader said.
  6. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong answers question from reporters during a news conference on the Asia Pacific leaders' summit to be hosted in mid-November at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore on November 3, 2009. The United States plays an 'indispensable' role in the Asia Pacific despite the rise of regional powers China and India and should be part of any new regional grouping, Singapore's leader said.
  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. 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.
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