An installation ceremony of the national flags of the countries of the newly elected non-permanent members to serve on the United Nations Security Council for the 2025-2026 term is shown being held at UN Headquarters. The five new non-permanent members are Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia. Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, installs the flag of her country.Liberians celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in Accra on 18 August 2003, which ended their country’s 14-year civil war.Members of the Austrian Battalion Ski Patrol about to leave Hotel Base on Mt. Hermon. During the winter, UN Positions on Mt. Hermon become isolated.Coly Seck (at microphone), Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations, briefs reporters with Members of the newly-elected Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP Bureau). At fourth from right is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "Respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uphold international human rights law and international humanitarian law. There is no military solution. It is time for all the signatories of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region to honour their commitments. It is time for mediation. It is time to end this crisis. It is time for peace." said the Secretary-General.Blue helmets and bulletproof vests belonging to peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL).Secretary-General António Guterres (second from left) arrives at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, Lebanon. At left is Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon.Fu Cong (second from left), Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February, and other members of the Security Council screen a virtual reality project prior to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.Papa Thiecoro Dembele, UN Tour Guide from Senegal, speaks to a group of visitors outside the Security Council during a tour of the UN Headquarters.A young boy learns the art of baking. His training, which takes place at a state-run orphanage, is supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). [Exact date unknown]Captain Alois R. Karlbauer (right), Operations Officer, Austrian Battalion, briefing junior officers at Hotel South, on Mt. Hermon. During the winter UN positions on Mt. Hermon become isolated.Coly Seck (centre), Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations, briefs reporters with Members of the newly-elected Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP Bureau). At fourth from left is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.An M-113 and other vehicles are seen at UN Position 12 which is near the village of Arne at the foot of Mt. Hermon. These vehicles had just arrived from Hotel Base on Mt. Hermon. During the Winter UN Positions on Mt. Hermon become isolated.A view of the statue by the Soviet sculptor Evgeny Vuchetich, titled ""Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares"", on a snowy winter day. Located in the North Garden of the UN headquarters, the sculpture is a bronze figure of a man holding a hammer in one hand and, in the other, a sword which he is making into a ploughshare. It symbolizes man's desire to put an end to war and covert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind.Peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol along the Blue Line between Ras Naqoura and Labounieh.Philippe Lazzarini (left), Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, attend the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with peacekeepers as he visits the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, Lebanon.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with Nawaf Salam (centre left), Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon.Fu Cong (right), Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February, and other members of the Security Council screen a virtual reality project prior to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.

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