GALLERY: Asian leaders at UN

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks during the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 24, 2014. The week-long general debate kicked off here on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO

(140926) -- New York, Sept. 26, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)(cy)

(140926) -- NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala speaks during the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 26, 2014. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)

(140926) -- NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (L front) and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (R front) attend a High-Level meeting on peace keeping during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 26, 2014. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Friday that he has decided to appoint a high- level panel to review UN peace operations to make them more relevant to the fast-changing global security landscape. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)