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A new approach to EU foreign policy based on leadership and the defence of the EU's interests and values is needed to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing global order, said MEPs on Thursday. Above all, they insist, the EU must be proactive, set priorities and make full use of EU and member states' resources and the opportunities provided by the Lisbon Treaty.

Wide view of the Security Council.

A female cadet salutes during a graduation ceremony at the Police Academy in Bishkek, 26 June 2004. The OSCE's Strategic Police Matters Unit builds up police capacity in several countries of the former Soviet Union.

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland, speaking at the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 24 October 2013.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked U.S. President Barack Obama to end drone strikes on his country during their meeting at the White House. The strikes are widely unpopular in Pakistan.

A U.S. research institute says recent construction work at a North Korean nuclear site suggests Pyongyang may be preparing to conduct a fourth underground nuclear test.

Efforts to end two-and-a-half years of bloodshed in Syria are meeting with complications that could further delay a negotiated settlement.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.