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Millennium development goals summit and UN general assembly

Millennium Development: Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks to the media at the opening
Israel's president, Shimon Peres, speaks to the media on the first day of the millennium development coals summit at the United Nations in New York Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Millennium Development: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the opening of the summit
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, attends the opening of the summit Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Millennium Development: French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during the summit
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, speaks during the millennium development goals summit Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Millennium Development: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses the summit
Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, addresses the audience at the UN Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
Millennium Development: Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, second right, is escorted in
The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, second right, is escorted in to address the summit Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images
Millennium Development: Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during the summit
Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, addresses those attending in New York Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Millennium Development: A television reporter does a standup report outside the media centre
A television journalist reports from outside the media centre at the UN headquarters in New York Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters
Millennium Development: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou attends the summit
The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, applauds a speech at the summit Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
Millennium Development: Members of the Swaziland delegation listen during the summit
Members of the Swaziland delegation listen to an address Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Millennium Development: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the summit
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, addresses the summit Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
Millennium Development: Members of the Middle East Quartet meet during the summit
Members of the Middle East quartet join Ban Ki-moon (centre). From left: Tony Blair; US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton; Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov; and the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Millennium Development: Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda speaks
Paul Kagame, Rwanda's president, speaks during the summit Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA
Millennium Development: Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg shakes hands with Ban Ki-moon
The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, shakes hands with Ban Ki-moon Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
UN Development Summit: President Obama Addresses Millennium Development Goals Summit At UN
Barack Obama shakes hands with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon before addressing the millennium development goals summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York City Photograph: Getty Images
UN Development Summit: U.S. President Barack Obama alongside a Secret Agent
Barack Obama walks out from behind a curtain alongside a secret service agent upon his arrival at a Democratic party fundraiser in New York Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
UN Development Summit: US President Barack Obama delivers his speech to the Summit
Barack Obama delivers his speech during the summit on the millennium development goals at the United Nations in New York Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
UN Development Summit: US President Barack Obama delivers his speech to the Summit
Barack Obama delivers his speech during the summit on the millennium development goals at the United Nations in New York Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
UN Development Summit: Nick Clegg walks to the podium to address the summit
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg walks to the podium to address the summit on the millennium development goals at the United Nations headquarters in New York Photograph: Richard Drew/AP
United Nations Summit: Hillary Clinton talk to Susan Rice during Obama speech
The US secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton (right), and the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice (left), listen to President Barack Obama's address to world leaders during the UN general assembly on 23 September 2010 in New York Photograph: Michael Nagle/Getty Images
United Nations Summit: Michelle Obama listens as President Obama speaks at the 65th UNGA
Michelle Obama listens as her husband President Barack Obama speaks at the 65th session of the United Nations general assembly Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
United Nations Summit: President Barack Obama addresses the UNGA at United Nations
President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations general assembly in New York Photograph: Henny Ray Abrams/AP
United Nations Summit: U.S. President Obama speaks alongside China's Premier Wen
US president Barack Obama (right) speaks to the press alongside Chinese premier Wen Jiabao at the United Nations in New York Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
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