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September 2009 - The following photo essay displays a few of the
images at the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly at UN
headquarters in New York City on 22 September 2009.
This
day marked the beginning UN Summit on Climate Change and a day when some 140
world leaders began their annual meetings at the United Nations.
A
few of the day's photo highlights included
Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China,
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America,
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France,
Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Muammar
Al-Qadhafi, Leader of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and Ali
Abdussalam Treki President of the sixty-fourth session of
the General Assembly.
Opening Session of Summit on Climate Change
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Wide view of the General Assembly Hall during the opening plenary
session of the Summit on Climate Change. Convened by Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon, the Summit aims at mobilizing the highest level political
will needed to reach a fair, effective, and scientifically ambitious
global climate deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen this December. 22 September 2009.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
President of China Addresses Summit on Climate Change
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Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, addresses the
opening plenary session of the Summit on Climate Change. Convened by
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Summit aims at mobilizing the
highest level political will needed to reach a fair, effective, and
scientifically ambitious global climate deal at the United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. 22 September
2009.
UN Photo: Marco Castro
U.S. President Addresses Summit on Climate Change
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Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the
opening plenary session of the UN Summit on Climate Change. Convened
by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Summit aims at mobilizing the
highest level political will needed to reach a fair, effective, and
scientifically ambitious global climate deal at the United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. 22 September
2009.
UN Photo: Marco Castro
President of France Addresses Summit on Climate Change
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Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, addresses the opening plenary
session of the Summit on Climate Change. Convened by Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon, the Summit aims at mobilizing the highest level political
will needed to reach a fair, effective, and scientifically ambitious
global climate deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen this December. 22 September 2009. UN Photo: Marco Castro
President of Bolivia Addresses Media on Climate Change
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Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia,
addresses the media on the issue of climate change. 22 September 2009.
UN Photo: Ryan Brown
Leader
of Libya Visits UN Headquarters (MaximsNewsNetwork)
Muammar
Al-Qadhafi, Leader of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, tours the
Security Council Chamber at UN Headquarters in New York, a day before the
opening of the general debate of the 64th session of the General Assembly. 22
September 2009. UN Photo: Evan Schneider
General Assembly President
Meets President of U.S. (MaximsNewsNetwork)
Ali
Abdussalam Treki (second from left), President of the sixty-fourth session of
the General Assembly, meets with Barack Obama (third from right), President of
the United States of America. Also in attendance are Hillary Rodham Clinton
(second from right), Secretary of State of the United States, and Susan E.
Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations. 22
September 2009. UN Photo: Paulo Figueiras
Secretary-General Meets President of
United States (MaximsNewsNetwork)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Barack Obama,
President of the United States of America. 22 September 2009. UN
Photo: Mark Garten
Secretary-General Greets United States Secretary of State
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) greets Hillary Rodham Clinton,
United States Secretary of State, as she arrives to the United Nations
to attend the Summit on Climate Change. 22 September 2009. UN Photo
Mark Garten
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