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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, left, and World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, right, pose for a picture with Congo's President Joseph Kabila, at the presidency in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. The U.N. secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital far to the west for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma, where a new U.N. military brigade is being formed to attack rebel groups and bring stability to the mineral-rich region. United Nations Secretary-General Ba
Medical personnel treat a wounded person after a mortar exploded in a neighborhood of Goma, eastern Congo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the United Nations secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma. The mortar killed one person and injured four in the Ndosho neighborhood inside Goma, said Madnodje Mounoubai, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo. Medical personnel treat a wounded p
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, left, talks with Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister Raymond Tshibanda as he is received on arrival at the airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the U.N. secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma. Rebels with the M23 movement continued fighting with government forces just north of Goma on Wednesday in a third day of fighting after a nearly six-month lull, a rebel spokesman said by telephone. United Nations Secretary-General Ba
Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO, arrives for an update meeting on the Influenza A (H7N9) situation during the 66th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. Margaret Chan, director-general of
Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general for Health Security and Environment of the WHO, waits for the start of an update meeting on the Influenza A (H7N9) situation during the 66th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-ge
Margaret Chan (2nd R), director-general of the WHO, addresses the delegates next to Li Bin, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, during an update meeting on the Influenza A (H7N9) situation during the 66th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. Margaret Chan (2nd R), director-gen
Li Bin (R), minister for National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, waits with Liang Wannian, Director-General of the Chinese team leader of China-WHO Joint Mission on H7N9, for the start of an update meeting on the Influenza A (H7N9) situation during the 66th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. Li Bin (R), minister for National H
Li Bin, minister for National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, waits for the start of an update meeting on the Influenza A (H7N9) situation aside of the 66th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. Li Bin, minister for National Healt
Slides are seen during an update meeting on the Influenza A (H7N9) situation during the 66th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. Slides are seen during an update me
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, gestures during an interview with Reuters at the 66th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 194 Member States and is its highest decision-making body. This year marks the 66th World Health Assembly, which takes place from May 20 to 28, 2013. Jim Yong Kim, President of the Worl
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, listens before his address to the 66th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva May 21, 2013. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 194 Member States and is its highest decision-making body. Jim Yong Kim, President of the Worl
Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja (C) holds a bouquet of flowers he received from Palestinian children during his visit to Palestinian University in Gaza City May 21, 2013. During his visit to Gaza on Tuesday, Tuomioja announced an additional 1.5 million euros ($1.93 million) to the General Fund of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to support UNRWA's regular programme to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA said. Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tu
An Indian member of the Friends of Snakes Society displays a snake to Indian youth on International Biodiversity day in Hyderabad on May 21, 2013. The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. An Indian member of the Friends of
Afghan drug addict, Abdul Rahman ,44, smokes opium as his children watch him at his home in Laghman province on May 21, 2013. The number of Afghan heroin addicts tripled to 150,000, according to the United Nations, with 230,000 people using opium in 2012. Afghan drug addict, Abdul Rahman ,4
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy stands on the roof of a Jewish seminary, overlooking worshippers taking part in a special priestly blessing for holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, in this April 21, 2011 file photo. Israel said on May 20, 2013, it had cancelled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem's Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicise a conservation mission. An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy stands
The Dome of the Rock is seen on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, in this September 14, 2010 file photo. Israel said on May 20, 2013, it had cancelled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem's Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicise a conservation mission. The Dome of the Rock is seen on the
US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, attends the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. US Health and Human Services Secret
Keiji Fukuda, WHO Assistant Director- General for Health Security and Environment poses during the 66th World Health Assembly at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva May 20, 2013. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 194 Member States and is its highest decision-making body. Keiji Fukuda, WHO Assistant Directo
Israeli security hold maps as they look on during work on the foundation of a new complex (L) that will include a synagogue, a reception hall and a police station in the Western Wall plaza (facing) of Jerusalem's Old City with the Dome of the Rock mosque and Al Aqsa mosque compound in the background seen on May 20, 2013. Israel said it called off a United Nations investigative mission to Jerusalem's Old City due to start because of Palestinian efforts to politicise the visit, as the UN said it was postponed. Israeli security hold maps as they
Kem Sokha (C), acting president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), participates in a march demanding a free and fair general election in Phnom Penh May 20, 2013. Sokha and other leaders of the CNRP marched with about 5,000 protesters on Monday to the European Union and the United Nations offices to submit a petition for international assistance to monitor the upcoming election on July 28. Kem Sokha (C), acting president of
Kem Sokha (C), acting president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), marches on the street with supporters during a protest to demand a free and fair general election in Phnom Penh May 20, 2013. Sokha and other leaders of the CNRP marched with about 5,000 protesters on Monday to the European Union and the United Nations offices to submit a petition for international assistance to monitor the upcoming election on July 28. The signs (2nd L and 2nd R) read, Kem Sokha (C), acting president of
Afghan drug addicts play music at a drug treatment centre in Laghman province on May 20, 2013. The number of Afghan heroin addicts tripled to 150,000, according to the United Nations, with 230,000 people using opium in 2012. Afghan drug addicts play music at a
China's Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, gestures prior the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. China's Margaret Chan, Director Gen
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan gestures before the opening of the 66th World Health Assembly at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva May 20, 2013. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the WHO's 194 member states and is its highest decision-making body. This year marks the 66th World Health Assembly, which takes place from May 20 to 28, 2013. World Health Organization (WHO) Dir
In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo, an elderly Palestinian refugee woman feeds a baby suffering from heat rash in a house in Gezirat al-Fadel village, Sharqiya, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Cairo, Egypt. As Palestinians around the world recently marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, the refugees in Gezirat al-Fadel say they have it worse than others who fled to Jordan, Syria or Lebanon. Unlike the millions who live in refugee camps in those countries the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) does not have offices in Egypt and so does not offer Palestinian refugees in Egypt assistance. In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo,
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon stands along awaiting to meet Russian President at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Blach Sea resourt of Sochi, on May 17, 2013. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held 'as soon as possible' even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime. Secretary General of the United Nat
View of some members of the Iranian opposition resistance Mujahedeen-e- Khalq group, who have resettled in Albania from Iraq, in a street, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, May 17, 2013. The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. View of some members of the Iranian
Pro Tibetan activists protest on Place des Nations, in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, May 17, 2013. Pro Tibetan activists protest on Pl
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe looks on at the launch of the United Nations national Food and Nutrition Security Policy in Harare, Thursday May 16, 2013. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
A Bangladeshi infant rests as a woman looks out a window of a cyclone shelter center before Cyclone Mahasen made landfall in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The cyclone weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm with at least 18 deaths reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, but officials had prepared for a far greater storm. Bangladesh evacuated 1 million people from coastal areas and the United Nations warned that 8.2 million people could face life-threatening conditions. A Bangladeshi infant rests as a wom