A man sits on his bed at Budiriro Health Center for Cholera during a visit by Ann Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF, to patients in Harare, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Veneman toured a hospital in a crowded Harare neighborhood where her organization has provided funds and medicine to treat cholera victims. The United Nations says the death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 2,201. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

A man sits on his bed at Budiriro Health Center for Cholera during a visit by Ann Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF, to patients in Harare, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Veneman toured a hospital in a crowded Harare neighborhood where her organization has provided funds and medicine to treat cholera victims. The United Nations says the death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 2,201.

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  2. An Indonesian teacher rolls up part of a UNICEF tent as students study at their school after it reopened for classes following an earthquake Padang, West Sumatra province October 5, 2009. Rescue teams combing the rubble of Padang said there was little prospect of finding more survivors from a disaster that authorities say may have killed 3,000 people.
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  6. PARIS - SEPTEMBER 19: Actress Elsa Zylberstein, UNICEF goodwill ambassador delivers a speech on stage during the Peace One Day 10th Anniversary concert at Le Grand Rex on September 19, 2009 in Paris, France.
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  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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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  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.
  13. 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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