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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rings the Peace Bell at the annual ceremony marking the International Day of Peace.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second right) launches the MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012.

The United States, Britain and France said Thursday that Iran’s supply of weapons to the Assad regime in Syria is unacceptable and must stop. U.N. ambassadors for the three powers also criticized the Islamic Republic for failing to stop enriching uranium and not seriously engaging with them and others in talks on its suspect nuclear program.

Moldova's Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca (l) speaking with the representative of the Irish Chair-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, Chisinau, 20 September 2012.

At least 15 people were killed Thursday and many more wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in the Somali capital. Several journalists were among those killed in the attack.

Mark Bowden, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.

Anti-Japan protests throw water bottles towards the Japanese Embassy while marching on a street outside the embassy, Beijing, China.

President of the General Assembly Vuk Jeremic (right) with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of the 67th session of the Assembly.

NATO commanders in Afghanistan are scaling back some joint patrols with Afghan forces, following a spike in the number of 'insider attacks' on international soldiers.

VOA's Scott Stearns interviews Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at VOA in Washington D.C.