Palestinian children carry banners during a demonstration outside the UN office in Gaza City on March 19, 2008. The demonstration, which was organised by the pro-Hamas National Commission for Child Protection from the Holocaust, called for the international community to defend Palestinian children's rights to be protected from Israeli attacks along with their families. Getty Images logo Getty Images 23 months ago

Palestinian children carry banners during a demonstration outside the UN office in Gaza City on March 19, 2008. The demonstration, which was organised by the pro-Hamas National Commission for Child Protection from the Holocaust, called for the international community to defend Palestinian children's rights to be protected from Israeli attacks along with their families.

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  2. Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Nepal, and head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren (L) speaks at a ceremony to discharge former Maoist fighters 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).
  3. Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Nepal, and head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren (R) arrives at a ceremony to discharge former Maoist fighters 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).
  4. 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).
  5. An Indian policeman patrols outside the United Nations office in Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Authorities sealed off neighborhoods as thousands of armed troops in riot gear warned people to stay indoors in Indian Kashmir's main city Monday in an attempt to block a separatist rally against alleged rights violations by Indian forces.
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  7. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 06: Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea shakes hands with South Korean foreign minister Yu Myung-hwan on February 6, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Pascoe will go to China to fly to Pyongyang, where his trip is scheduled to end next Friday.
  8. Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12.
  9. Lynn Pascoe, under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12.
  10. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. De Boer defended the findings of an U.N. panel on climate change Thursday saying some errors on the pace of retreat of Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn by the world's most authoritative report on global warming.
  11. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. De Boer defended the findings of an U.N. panel on climate change Thursday saying some errors on the pace of retreat of Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn by the world's most authoritative report on global warming.
  12. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 03: A United Nations soldier from Uruguay asks for calm as a long line of women await food at an aid distribution site on February 3, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An estimated three million Haitians have been left homeless or injured by the 7.0-strong earthquake that struck on January 12 and most are still awaiting aid.
  13. A Palestinian woman watches during the visit of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi (not pictured) to the central Gaza Strip February 2, 2010.
  14. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi (L) stands next to Palestinian children during his visit to the central Gaza Strip February 2, 2010.
  15. Briton John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, informs journalists on the humanitarian situation after the earthquake in Haiti, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.
  16. Briton John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, informs journalists on the humanitarian situation after the earthquake in Haiti, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

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