UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa and Arab foreign ministers to discuss the Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on January 5, 2009. [Xinhua]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki prior to a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on January 5, 2009. UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon met with Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa and Arab foreign ministers to discuss the Gaza crisis on Monday. [Xinhua]