U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (L) walks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (C) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) after a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (L) walks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (C) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) after a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

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  1. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (L) walks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (C) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) after a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
  2. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon watches as Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (2nd L) shakes hands with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) after a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
  3. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon gestures between Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) during a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
  4. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stands between Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) during a news conference at a U.N. compound of the ethnically-split capital of Cyprus in Nicosia, February 1, 2010. Ban said on Monday leaders of divided Cyprus had pledged to work on a peace deal as soon as possible to end decades of estrangement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
  5. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso talks to Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) ahead of their meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, January 6, 2010.
  6. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso poses with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) ahead of their meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, January 6, 2010.
  7. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso poses with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) ahead of their meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, January 6, 2010.
  8. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomes Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) ahead of their meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, January 6, 2010.
  9. In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, welcomes from Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat before their meeting in Turkish occupied northen divided capital of ethnically split Cyprus. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's trip to Cyprus was meant as a diplomatic jolt to lumbering talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically-split island from a man whose own homeland of Korea has suffered the indignity of division for more than a half-century. Instead, a diplomatic gaffe over red carpets and presidential offices poured water over Ban's first-ever visit to the island and put into question whether he succeeded in re-energizing negotiations that have produced only marginal results in 17 months.
  10. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seen after receiving an honorary doctor's degree from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Moscow on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Russia and the United Nations vowed Thursday to resuscitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, whose prospects collapsed following Israel's announcement it would build new Jewish homes in east Jerusalem.
  11. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seen after receiving an honorary doctor's degree from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Moscow on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Russia and the United Nations vowed Thursday to resuscitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, whose prospects collapsed following Israel's announcement it would build new Jewish homes in east Jerusalem.
  12. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speak during a meeting in Moscow's Kremlin on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
  13. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev enter a hall for talks in Moscow's Kremlin on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
  14. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev enter a hall for talks in Moscow's Kremlin on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
  15. Russia�s President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) walk during their meeting, with Russia�s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the background, in Moscow's Kremlin March 18, 2010. The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships have no alternative to eventual direct negotiations, Ban said on Thursday, repeating criticism of plans for more Jewish homes near East Jerusalem.
  16. Ban Ki-moon, left, shakes hands with Nikolai Bordyuzha in Moscow, Thursday, March 18, 2010. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has signed a cooperation agreement along with Nikolai Bordyuzha, the head of the Collective Treaty Organization. The Moscow-dominated alliance includes Russia and six other former Soviet republics.
  17. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) speaks at a press conference with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) after talks in Moscow on March 18, 2010. The United Nations and a Moscow-led regional security group seen as a Russian counterpart to NATO signed their first cooperation agreement.
  18. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Collective Security Treaty Organisation General Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha during their meeting in Moscow March 18, 2010. The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships have no alternative to eventual direct negotiations, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday, repeating criticism of plans for more Jewish homes near East Jerusalem.

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