Zhang Yesui, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition marking the Universal Children's Day at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York, the US, November 19, 2009. The photo exhibition, jointly sponsored by Xinhua News Agency and the Permanent Mission of China to the UN, exhibited 26 groups of some 100 photos displaying the daily lives of the children of various races and countries. The Universal Children's Day falls on November 20. [Xinhua]

Saad Houry, deputy executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), speaks during the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition marking the Universal Children's Day at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York, the US, November 19, 2009.  [Xinhua]