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Michelle Bachelet Jeria, President of Chile, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 23, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.

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  1. Chile's President Michele Bachelet delivers a speech during a session of a World Summit on Food Security organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on November 16, 2009 at its headquarters in Rome. The summit is bringing together more than 60 heads of states and government.
  2. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet wave at the press at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
  3. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet wave at the press at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
  4. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet wave at the press at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
  5. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (2-L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (L) review a guard of honour on their arrival at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
  6. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (2-L) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (L) review a guard of honour on their arrival at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 29, 2009. Cristina Fernandez is in Chile in an official visit.
  7. (L to R) The presidents of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez; Bolivia, Evo Morales; Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez; Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva; Ecuador, Rafael Correa and Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, before the signing of the Bank of the South in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009.
  8. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa (L) chats with his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet during the official picture of the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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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