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Riyad Mansour (right), permanent observer of the Palestine Authority to the United States, smiles before Palestine votes for the first time during the 53rd Plenary Meeting of the U.N. General Assembly's 68th session on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, at the United Nations headquarters. The General Assembly elected Koffi Kumelio A. Afande of Togo as a permanent judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. (AP Photo/United Nations, Amanda Voisard)