United Nations General Assembly

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Russian representative Vitaly Churkin delivers remarks Feb. 13, 2012, during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters to discuss the human rights situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23, 2011. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the assembly shortly after Abbas. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2011, at U.N. headquarters. (Associated Press)

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Israel's seats in the General Assembly hall sit empty while President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.

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President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, is escorted to his address during the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice wait for President Barack Obama to address the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , right, listens to President Barack Obama address to the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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First Lady Michelle Obama, center, listens as her husband U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN on September 23, 2010 in New York. ( UPI/Monika Graff )

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