A view of a participant during the event “Breaking Down the Barriers to Leave No One Behind”. The event acts as a reminder that the midpoint review of the SDGs is an opportunity to renew the commitments towards the transformative aspirations of the 2030 Agenda and is held during the SDG Mobilization Day, the first day of the SDG Action Weekend.The blue, green and gold General Assembly Hall - 165 feet long by 115 feet wide with a 75-foot ceiling - occupies the second, third and fourth floors of the General Assembly building. Representatives of each Member State sit behind leather-covered tables facing a raised speakers' rostrum and podium. At the podium sits the President of the General Assembly, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations to his right and the Under Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs to his left. Above and behind the speakers' rostrum are large panels listing the Member States of the Organization, where the results of votes are displayed. These panels are part of a mechanical voting system which permits delegates to vote by pressing buttons on the tables in front of them. A delegate pressing the button on the table in front of him during the voting in the Assembly Hall.Participants at the General Assembly High-level Week photograph a UN Canine Unit dog. The Unit's dogs and handlers are responsible for explosives detection and conducting sweeps throughout UN Headquarters. Canine Unit Security Officer Richard Johnson is at right.Nanaia Mahuta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Local Government of New Zealand, addresses the meeting on ministerial consultations on funding arrangements for responding to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including a focus on addressing loss and damage. The ministerial consultations will garner political engagement to advance consideration and understanding of possible outcomes at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event is co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist, briefs the press during the Climate Ambition Summit.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) greets Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil, during the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit 2023. The latest scientific assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has once again highlighted the urgency to act on the climate crisis. To accelerate action by all, and hear from “first movers and doers,” Secretary-General António Guterres is convening a Climate Ambition Summit at UN Headquarters on the side of the General Assembly Debate. The Summit represents a critical political milestone to demonstrate that there is collective global will to accelerate the pace and scale of a just transition to a more equitable renewable-energy based, climate-resilient global economy.A view of drones projecting images over the East River advocating awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change ahead of the SDG Summit and the General Assembly Debate at UN Headquarters (18 – 19 September).The Security Council adopts resolution 2699 (2023), authorizing Member States that have notified the Secretary-General of their participation to form and deploy a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission with a lead country, in close cooperation and coordination with the Government of Haiti, for an initial period of twelve months following the adoption of this resolution. The cost of implementing this temporary operation will be borne by voluntary contributions and support from individual Member States and regional organizations, and in strict compliance with international law, including, international human rights law, as applicable, to support the efforts of the Haitian National Police to re-establish security in Haiti and build security conditions conducive to holding free and fair elections. The resolution was adopted with 13 votes in favour; none against; and 2 abstentions (China, Russian Federation). A view of council members voting in favour of the resolution.Participants chant to end tuberculosis during the closing segment of the second high-level UN meeting on the fight against tuberculosis on the theme of “Advancing science, finance and innovation, and their benefits, to urgently end the global tuberculosis epidemic, in particular, by ensuring equitable access to prevention, testing, treatment and care”. The first-ever high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis was held in 2018 on the theme of “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”.speaks during the commemoration of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons on the theme of “Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations”.Secretary-General António Guterres (front right) meets with Ban Ki-moon (front left), Former Secretary-General of the United Nations.American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations today where they attended a ceremony in their honour at the north Plaza of the United Nations General Assembly Building. The astronauts waving from the car before departing from the United Nations site. They are left to right: Neil Armstrong, Col. Michael Collins and Col. Edwin E. Aldrin (back to camera). In the foreground is Secretary-General U Thant.A view of a purse during the event “Breaking Down the Barriers to Leave No One Behind”. The event acts as a reminder that the midpoint review of the SDGs is an opportunity to renew the commitments towards the transformative aspirations of the 2030 Agenda and is held during the SDG Mobilization Day, the first day of the SDG Action Weekend.A view of a participant posing for a photo holding an “End Tuberculosis” frame in front of a display showing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at UN Headquarters Hall on the fourth day of 78th General Assembly Debate.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with Nadia Murad (right), President and Chairwoman of Nadia’s Initiative, Nobel Peace Laureate and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Goodwill Ambassador; and Amal Clooney, Barrister, Co-Founder and Co-President of the Clooney Foundation for Justice.Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), delivers the report of the Secretary-General on MONUSCO to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).A silhouette of a delegate in the General Assembly Hall on the fourth day of 78th General Assembly Debate.A view of participants of the Sustainable Fashion Show during the International Day of Peace Youth Observance. The theme of the International Day of Peace 2023 is “Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals”.Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the opening of seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly Debate on theme “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all.”N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, Minister of India without Portfolio, and Sir Mohamed Zafrullah Khan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, read the news of the tragic death of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India. The Security Council interrupted its consideration of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir to devote its meeting today to the memory of the assassinated Indian leader.A view of Little Amal next to the “Non-Violence” or “Knotted Gun” sculpture by artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on the UN Visitors Plaza. Little Amal is the giant puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee girl. Since July 2021 she has travelled over 9,000 km across 12 countries representing all children fleeing war, violence and persecution and each with their own story, Little Amal’s urgent message to the world is “Don’t forget about us”. She is an international symbol of compassion and of human rights and carries a message of hope for displaced people everywhere, especially children who have been separated from their families.

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