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TOKYO - SEPTEMBER 30: Heinz Fischer (L), Federal President of the Republic of Austria, holds a copy of a book by Richard Nicolaus Eijiro Coudenhove-Kalergi presented to him by newly elected Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama (not pictured) at the premier's official residence Septem...

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Austria President Heinz Fischer speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters September 24, 2009 in New York City. The council approved a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on nuclear nations to disarm.

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Former and US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (L) greets Austrian President Heinz Fischer as he attends an UN Security Council meeting, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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Austrian President Heinz Fischer addresses the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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Austrian President Heinz Fischer addresses the UN Security Council, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.

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From left: Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Austrian First Lady Margit Fischer pose during an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on September 15, 2009.

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L), his wife Maria (C) and his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer (R) chat during an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on September 15, 2009.

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) and his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer shake hands during an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on September 15, 2009.

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) and his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer (R) stand in front of an honor guard during an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on September 15, 2009.

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) and his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer (R) walk in front of an honor guard during an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on September 15, 2009.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon shakes hands with Austrian President Heinz Fischer as he arrvies at the Vienna International Center for a ceremony celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the center on August 28, 2009.

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(From L) Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Austrian President Heinz Fischer and the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa pose at the Vienna International Center during a ceremony celebrating the...

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) gestures next to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a celebration ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of Vienna's UN headquarters, the Vienna International Centre, in Vienna August 28, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) talks to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a celebration ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of Vienna's UN headquarters, the Vienna International Centre, in Vienna August 28, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gesture during a celebration ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of Vienna's UN headquarters, the Vienna International Centre, in Vienna August 28, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) and Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva review a guard of honour in Vienna July 24, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) welcomes Portugal's President Cavaco Silva for an official visit in Vienna July 24, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) welcomes Portugal's President Cavaco Silva for an official visit in Vienna July 24, 2009.

Austria's President Heinz Fischer (R) and his wife Margit pose with children dressed in traditional Bregenzerwald region clothes during the opening of the 64th annual Bregenz festival in Bregenz, July 22, 2009.

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C) smiles with his Austrian counterart Heinz Fischer (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Kiev on July 7, 2009 at the start of his official visit to Ukraine.

Lebanese composer and singer Marcel Khalife (R) presents his latest album to Austrian President Heinz Fischer (C) as Karen Abu Seid (L), the commissioner-general of UNRWA, looks on at the presidential palace in Vienna July 1, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) welcomes Lebanese composer and singer Marcel Khalife at his office in the presidential palace in Vienna July 1, 2009 Khalife is in Vienna performing a concert to mark the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Re...

Designated leader of Austrian trade union OeGB Erich Foglar (2nd R) talks to President Heinz Fischer (R) next to Social Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer (L), Vice Chancellor Josef Proell (2nd L) and Chancellor Werner Faymann during a trade union meeting in Vienna June 30,2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) and his German counterpart Horst Kohler attend a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the "Iron Curtain" in Budapest June 27, 2009.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) and Finnish President Tanja Halonen attend a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the "Iron Curtain" in Budapest June 27, 2009.