This April 8, 2003 file photo shows former US president Bill Clinton (R) being welcomed by then Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. Clinton is to be named UN special envoy to Haiti, a UN official said May 18, 2009, confirming a report carried by The Miami Herald daily. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

This April 8, 2003 file photo shows former US president Bill Clinton (R) being welcomed by then Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. Clinton is to be named UN special envoy to Haiti, a UN official said May 18, 2009, confirming a report carried by The Miami Herald daily.

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  12. 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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