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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech during the 39th Plenary Assembly of the World Federation of U.N. Associations in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.

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  1. In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, welcomes from Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat before their meeting in Turkish occupied northen divided capital of ethnically split Cyprus. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's trip to Cyprus was meant as a diplomatic jolt to lumbering talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically-split island from a man whose own homeland of Korea has suffered the indignity of division for more than a half-century. Instead, a diplomatic gaffe over red carpets and presidential offices poured water over Ban's first-ever visit to the island and put into question whether he succeeded in re-energizing negotiations that have produced only marginal results in 17 months.
  2. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat shake hands before their speak to the media at the U.N. controlled buffer zone separating the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Nicosia, the divided capital of ethnically split Cyprus, on Feb. 1, 2010. Ban's first-ever visit to Cyprus is seen as a personal show of support for the open ended talks between the island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
  3. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (L) walks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (C) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) after a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
  4. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, reacts to the media as Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat watch, before they speak to the media at the U.N. controlled buffer zone separating the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Nicosia, the divided capital of Cyprus, Monday Feb. 1, 2010. Ban's first-ever visit to Cyprus is seen as a personal show of support for the open ended talks between the island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
  5. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat shake hands before their speak to the media at the U.N. controlled buffer zone separating the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Nicosia, the divided capital of ethnically split Cyprus, on Feb. 1, 2010. Ban's first-ever visit to Cyprus is seen as a personal show of support for the open ended talks between the island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
  6. Security escort U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, as he arrives at a U.N. compound before meeting with Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, at the U.N. controlled buffer zone separating the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Nicosia, the divided capital of ethnically split Cyprus, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Ban Ki-moon praised Cyprus' rival leaders Monday for their efforts to reunify the ethnically divided island, expressing confidence that a decades-old deadlock can be broken.
  7. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Larnaca, Cyprus on Sunday Jan 31 2010. Ban is on a two day visit to the island to help encourage slow-moving peace talks between the estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on Cyprus, split in a 1974 Turkish invasion sparked by a short-lived Greek inspired coup.
  8. Two security officials, right, escort the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, after he was welcomed by Cypriot foreign minister Marcos Kyprianou, center left, and with UN Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, third left, after arriving at Larnaca airport to re-energize slow-moving talks to reunify the ethnically split island of Cyprus, Sunday, Jan 31, 2010. Ban's first-ever visit to Cyprus is seen as a personal show of support for the open ended talks between the island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
  9. Lynn Pascoe (2nd 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, poses upon his delegation's arrival at an airport in Pyongyang February 9, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency.
  10. 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).
  11. 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).
  12. 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).
  13. 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.
  14. 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 talks 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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