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Philippines: M7.4 Earthquake Strikes Coast, Tsunami Warning Issued 2

A tsunami warning has been issued as a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the eastern side of Mindanao island, the southeastern coast of the Philippines on Friday, October 10, prompting local authorities to warn of life-threatening tsunami waves.

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Kan meets with African Union Commission chief Ping

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks to discuss cooperation between Japan and the regional organization on economic development as well as peace and security on the continent.

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants pose for a commemorative photo on July 7, the opening day of the three-day G-8 summit at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido. From L to R: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ghana's President John Kufuor, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. (Pool photo)

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G-4 may have to delay vote on resolution pending AU summit

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, who flew into New York on July 26 after talks between G-4 foreign ministers and African Union representatives in London, speaks with journalists following a meeting with U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping at the U.N. Headquarters later in the day. The Group of Four countries aspiring to become permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are likely to abandon plans to take their resolution to expand the U.N. Security Council to a vote by the end of this month, diplomats and Japanese officials said.

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G-4 may have to delay vote on resolution pending AU summit

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) and U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping pose for photos prior to their meeting at the U.N. Headquarters on July 26.

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Ping has Security Council reform alternative if necessary

NEW YORK, United States - United Nations General Assembly President Jean Ping speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 18.

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Ping presents draft on U.N. reform, seeks broader representation

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping speaks about the first draft of the U.N. reform at a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3.

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Ping to arrange meeting to ease tension over U.N. reform

NEW YORK, United States - Jean Ping (R), president of the 59th session of the U.N. General Assembly, and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) pose for photos prior to their talks at the U.N. headquarters on April 29. Ping told Machimura that he will try to host a meeting between two groups of U.N. member states supporting different models of U.N. reforms.

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Kawaguchi relays Japan's support for UNSC reform

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L), who now serves as adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Jean Ping, president of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 13 prior to their talks.

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(2)President Roh meets with Gabonese foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping (L) is in talks with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Nov. 25.

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(1)President Roh meets with Gabonese foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping (L) is greeted by South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun for talks at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Nov. 25.

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N. Korea 'very positive' about 6-party talks: U.N. figure

SEOUL, South Korea - Jean Ping (L), president of the U.N. General Assembly, shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong Young in Seoul on Nov. 24. Ping, who recently visited Pyongyang, said he has received a ''very positive message'' from North Korea regarding the resumption of six-party talks on the North's nuclear ambitions.

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Next U.N. assembly head visits Hiroshima peace museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. General Assembly President-designate Jean Ping of Gabon (2nd from L) listens to an explanation by Minoru Hataguchi (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, at the museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 21.

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Gabonese Foreign Minister meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their meeting in Tokyo on May 19.

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N. Korea 'very positive' about 6-party talks: U.N. figure

SEOUL, South Korea - Jean Ping (L), president of the U.N. General Assembly, shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong Young in Seoul on Nov. 24. Ping, who recently visited Pyongyang, said he has received a ''very positive message'' from North Korea regarding the resumption of six-party talks on the North's nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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(2)President Roh meets with Gabonese foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping (L) is in talks with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Nov. 25. (Kyodo)

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(1)President Roh meets with Gabonese foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping (L) is greeted by South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun for talks at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Nov. 25. (Kyodo)

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Kawaguchi relays Japan's support for UNSC reform

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L), who now serves as adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Jean Ping, president of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 13 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Ping to arrange meeting to ease tension over U.N. reform

NEW YORK, United States - Jean Ping (R), president of the 59th session of the U.N. General Assembly, and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) pose for photos prior to their talks at the U.N. headquarters on April 29. Ping told Machimura that he will try to host a meeting between two groups of U.N. member states supporting different models of U.N. reforms. (Kyodo)

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Ping presents draft on U.N. reform, seeks broader representation

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping speaks about the first draft of the U.N. reform at a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3. (Kyodo)

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G-4 foreign ministers meet U.N. General Assembly president

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping (C) meets Group of Four foreign ministers -- (from L to R) Germany's Joschka Fischer, Japan's Nobutaka Machimura, India's Natwar Singh and Brazil's Celso Amorim -- to discuss their U.N. Security Council expansion plan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ping has Security Council reform alternative if necessary

NEW YORK, United States - United Nations General Assembly President Jean Ping speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 18. (Kyodo)

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G-4 may have to delay vote on resolution pending AU summit

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) and U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping pose for photos prior to their meeting at the U.N. Headquarters on July 26. (Kyodo)

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G-4 may have to delay vote on resolution pending AU summit

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, who flew into New York on July 26 after talks between G-4 foreign ministers and African Union representatives in London, speaks with journalists following a meeting with U.N. General Assembly President Jean Ping at the U.N. Headquarters later in the day. The Group of Four countries aspiring to become permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are likely to abandon plans to take their resolution to expand the U.N. Security Council to a vote by the end of this month, diplomats and Japanese officials said. (Kyodo)

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Next U.N. assembly head visits Hiroshima peace museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. General Assembly President-designate Jean Ping of Gabon (2nd from L) listens to an explanation by Minoru Hataguchi (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, at the museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 21. (Kyodo)

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Kan meets with African Union Commission chief Ping

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks to discuss cooperation between Japan and the regional organization on economic development as well as peace and security on the continent. (Kyodo)

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Gabonese Foreign Minister meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their meeting in Tokyo on May 19. (Kyodo)