Top envoys representing their respective

Beijing, CHINA: Top envoys representing their respective countries join hands before a dinner together on the eve of the resumption of Six-Party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program, 17 December 2006, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The talks, which involve the two Koreas, host China, the United States, Japan and Russia, started in 2003 in an effort to stop the DPRK acquiring nuclear weapons. From left to right are: South Korea's Chung Yung-Woo; Japan's Kenichiro Sasae; USA's Christopher Hill; China's Wu Dawei; North Korea's Kim Kye-Gwan; and Russia's Sergey Razov. AFP PHOTO /POOL/ Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)