Portrait of Laurence Niyonangira (left), survivor of the genocide. At right is Xavier Nemeye, ex-perpetrator of the genocide. Both are inhabitants of the Mbyo Village in the Bugesera District of Rwanda. Mbyo Village is a reconciliation village, established as part of Rwanda's "Unity and Reconciliation" initiative to foster national unity and collective progress. These villages represent one of several projects initiated by the Rwandan government in response to the 1994 genocide. Within these villages, survivors of the genocide live alongside repentant ex-perpetrators, promoting coexistence and healing. 2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with Palestinian civilians from Gaza and their families at the General Hospital in Al-Arish, Egypt, speaking with women and children who had been injured during the ongoing conflict in Gaza. "Listening to the testimony of those that have been wounded, that have seen their parents and other members of their family killed or wounded, that have suffered so much, you cannot avoid feeling heartbroken...and to clearly say 'we must silence the guns'; we need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza," he said.A group of children pose for a photo in the Mbyo Village in the Bugesera District of Rwanda. Mbyo Village is a reconciliation village, established as part of Rwanda's "Unity and Reconciliation" initiative to foster national unity and collective progress. These villages represent one of several projects initiated by the Rwandan government in response to the 1994 genocide. Within these villages, survivors of the genocide live alongside repentant ex-perpetrators, promoting coexistence and healing. 2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months.Xavier Nemeye, ex-perpetrator of the genocide and Laurence Niyonangira, survivor of the genocide, works together in the garden of Ms. Niyonangira in the Mbyo Village in the Bugesera District of Rwanda. Mbyo Village is a reconciliation village, established as part of Rwanda's "Unity and Reconciliation" initiative to foster national unity and collective progress. These villages represent one of several projects initiated by the Rwandan government in response to the 1994 genocide. Within these villages, survivors of the genocide live alongside repentant ex-perpetrators, promoting coexistence and healing. 2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months.Gilad Erdan, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. At left is Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).Secretary-General António Guterres (second from left) visits a school for girls run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Wihdat Camp for Palestine refugees in Amman, Jordan. The Secretary-General visits a science class on measurements.The Trust Territory of New Guinea, under Australian administration, consists of the north-eastern part of the island of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and to the northern islands of the Solomon Group. It includes approximately 600 islands, has a land area of 93,000 square miles and an indigenous population estimated at 1,090,332. Highland natives executing a ceremonial dance. The headdresses and shell decorations are very colourful and valuable. These people have come under Administration control comparatively recently.Cows from the local farm in Narrowsburg, New York. International Mother Earth Day is 22 April.A view of staff members in the pharmacy at the health centre in the Wihdat Camp for Palestine refugees in Amman, Jordan. Secretary-General António Guterres (not pictured) visited the health centre while in Jordan. He met with patients as well as midwifes and staff of the health centre, that also performs medical tests and has a pharmacy providing life-saving medication to patients at no charge. The Secretary-General is on a Ramadan solidarity visit to Egypt and Jordan to meet Palestine refugees being served by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).A wide view of the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua in the case on “Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany)” on 8 and 9 April 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Sessions were held under the presidency of Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the Court. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and agencies.Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, briefs reporters on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month.Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, a Cree Chief from Canada, makes a ceremonial call to order prior to an event held on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), under the theme “A Decade in Review: Achieving the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) has a conversation on the Summit of the Future with Vee (Varaidzo) Kativhu, Girls’ Education Activist and Young Leader for the SDGs at the United Nations.A view of delegates and audience attending the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.In defiance of numerous UN decisions the South African Government continues to refuse to withdraw from Namibia It has imposed its policy of apartheid and will not allow the UN Council for Namibia to take over and guide the territory towards independence. The UN Council for Namibia insists that genuine independence is only possible under UN auspices. Ovahimbo mother and child at Epembe in Kaokoland. [Exact date unknown]A detailed view at the start of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.Philippe Lazzarini (at podium), Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs the press on the topics he will address in the upcoming Security Council meeting, scheduled immediately after this press conference. These topics will include the operational challenges UNRWA is confronted with, calls for its dismantlement, and the steps the agency has taken to investigate allegations of staff involvement in the 7 October 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel. Also present is Ian Borg (left), Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Malta, and Ayman Safadi (third from left), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months. The most common transportation in Kigali are motorcycles, in general called "moto".A 21-foot bronze sculpture, given to the United Nations through a grant by the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation in memory of the late Dag Hammarskjöld, arrived today at United Nations Headquarters. The large sculpture is titled ""Single Form"", and is by the renowned English sculptress Barbara Hepworth. It will be installed on a granite plinth on the site of the ornamental pool beside the Secretariat Building. The sculpture is scheduled to be unveiled on 11 June 1964. Workers are seen guiding the Sculpture into position at the pool.A Ladakhi woman, part of the Tibetan ethnic group. [Exact date unknown]Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta and President of the Security Council for the month of April, briefs reporters ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.UN Staff Members and Delegates watch the partial solar eclipse from the garden at UN Headquarters.Yolanda Renee King, youth activist and granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, addresses the 64th plenary meeting of General Assembly held in commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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