A UN staff member signs a condolence book in memory of the United Nations colleagues and other victims of the terrorist attack on the United Nations offices in Algiers, as other staff members wait in line for their turn. 14 December 2007. UN Photo# 166024/ Eskinder Debebe

Youcef Yousfi, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, signs a condolence book in memory of the United Nations colleagues and other victims of the terrorist attack on the United Nations offices in Algiers. 14 December 20 UN Photo# 166023/ Eskinder Debebe

12 December 2007	Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Italy, Ambassador Marcello Spatafory on the situation in Lebanon. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO- 16 minutes
Security Council: Open meeting, Re: The situation in Sierra Leone -Fifth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (S/2007/704). UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - English 10 minutes UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - Original Language 10 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir John Sawers KCMG, on the situation in Kosovo and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 7 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in Kosovo and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO  - 2 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Lebanon and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 1 minute
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Kosovo and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 20 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Italy, Ambassador Marcello Spatafory on Guinea-Bissau and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO  - 15 minutes

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UNITED NATIONS FLAG AT HEADQUARTERS FLIES AT HALF-MAST IN MEMORY OF NINE UNITED NATIONS  OFFICIALS KILLED IN ALGERIA  UN Photo# 14316/Mark Garten

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U.N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Richard Branson, named Citizen of the World by the United Nations Correspondents Association for his strong support of environmental and humanitarian causes. Stephen Schlesinger, historian and MaximsNews Senior Editor/Columnist is among the U.N. press corps offering congratulations. Photo by Gloria Starr Kins, MaximsNews Diplomatic Editor.

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Dr. Max Stamper, Publisher of MaximsNews; Stephen Schlesinger, historian and Senior Editor/Columnist of MaximsNews; Kiyotaka Akasaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Communications; Dr. Susan Roosevelt Weld, Harvard Law School and MaximsNews Columnist at the United Nations Correspondents Association Awards Dinner at U.N. headquarters in New York on 07 December 2007. Photo by Gloria Starr Kins, MaximsNews Diplomatic Editor.

••• UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA) AWARDS CITIZEN OF THE WORLD AWARD TO RICHARD BRANSON - HONOURS INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS: 11/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

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Al Gore delivered his Nobel Lecture on 10 December 2007 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway. He was introduced by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. See a Video of the Nobel Lecture 22 min.  View the video with Windows Media Player » In order to see the video you need Windows Media Player Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2007 The Lecture in Text Format English » Norwegian »

R. K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered his Nobel Lecture on 10 December 2007 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway. He was introduced by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. See a Video of the Nobel Lecture 23 min.  View the video with Windows Media Player » In order to see the video you need Windows Media Player Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2007 The Lecture in Text Format English » Norwegian »

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Achan Ajwal, villager in Juba, Southern Sudan, shows weed from the river, forming her only diet before the World Food Programme (WFP) food distribution. 14 November 2007  UN Photo# 161578/Fred Noy

UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - Monday, 10 December  2007:

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) confers with Richard Holbrooke, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Asia Society Chairman and former Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, on the occasion of the observance of the World AIDS at the St. Bartholomew's Church. UN Photo# 162854/Eskinder Debebe

5 December 2007	Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Italy, Ambassador Marcello Spatafora. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 10 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Mr. Serge Brammertz. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 10 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Sudan, Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad, on the situation in Sudan. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 2 minutes [ Arabic ]
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Italy, Ambassador Marcello Spatafora, and International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo on the situation in Sudan. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 10 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Sudan, Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad, on the situation in Sudan. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 20 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir John Sawers KCMG, on the situation in Sudan and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 4 minutes

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WORLD AIDS DAY by SAVE THE CHILDREN'S CHARLES MacCORMACK: 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WORLD AIDS DAY by SAVE THE CHILDREN'S CHARLES MacCORMACK: 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)>>) 

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