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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Walid Al-Moualem, Foreign Minister, Syria , at the 64th General Assembly September 28, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.

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  1. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Tehran November 4, 2009.

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  1. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during the amfAR world AIDS day event at Washington Square Park on December 1, 2009 in New York City.
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  3. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for amfAR Kenneth Cole throw the switch to turn of the lights of Washington Square Park's Arch to commemorate World Aids Day during the amfAR world AIDS day event at Washington Square Park on December 1, 2009 in New York City.
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  5. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for amfAR Kenneth Cole throw the switch to turn of the lights of Washington Square Park's Arch to commemorate World Aids Day during the amfAR world AIDS day event at Washington Square Park on December 1, 2009 in New York City.
  6. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during the amfAR world AIDS day event at Washington Square Park on December 1, 2009 in New York City.
  7. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Walid Al-Moualem, Foreign Minister, Syria , at the 64th General Assembly September 28, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.
  8. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (2ndL) sign documents during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  9. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) attends a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  10. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (R) speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  11. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu talks during a joint press conference with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (not pictured) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the August 19 bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  12. Turkish Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a joint press conference with Syrian counterpart Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem (not pictured) in Istanbul, on September 16, 2009. Turkey has been acting as a peacebroker in the crisis sparked after the bomb attacks in Baghdad whose masterminds, Iraq says, are harboured in Syria. The August 19 truck bombings, dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday,' killed 95 people and wounded 600 at the finance and foreign ministries in the Iraqi capital.
  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.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.

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