A member of the Tarumi Violin Program performs during the Peace Bell Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Peace 2024 (21 September). The theme of the International Day of Peace 2024 is Cultivating a Culture of Peace. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. In that declaration the Assembly recognized that peace “not only is the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process where dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are solved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.” The Tarumi Violin Program, founded in 1986, is composed of talented young musicians from the Greater New York Metropolitan area.Philemon Yang (centre), President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, holds up the gavel after it was handed to him by Dennis Francis (right), President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, during the closing meeting of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly. At left is Secretary-General António Guterres.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) arrives in Timor-Leste where he will take part in the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Popular Consultation. Behind the Secretary-General at left is Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-LesteThe statue “Kwibuka Flame of Hope”, a gift from the Republic of Rwanda, was installed on 11 September 2024 in the north garden area at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Kwibuka flame symbolizes the resilience and courage of Rwandans since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, when more than one million people, overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide, were systematically killed following years of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech exacerbating ethnic tensions. The inscription reads: “The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda Remember – Unite – Renew”.Secretary-General António Guterres rings the Peace Bell during the ceremony held at UN headquarters in observance of the International Day of Peace 2024 (21 September). The theme of the International Day of Peace 2024 is Cultivating a Culture of Peace. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. In that declaration the Assembly recognized that peace “not only is the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process where dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are solved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.”UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (right) drinks the Ava, a tradition in Samoan culture, during a trip to Samoa.U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld (left) and Mr. Ralph Bunche, Under-Secretary, having an informal talk while on their way to a meeting of the Assembly's 1st (Political) Committee.UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press in Auckland, New Zealand.Sigrid Kaag (at podium), Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2720 (2023), briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. At right is Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.Members of the United States Delegation arrive at the Palais de Chaillot to attend the Second Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (right) walks with Ernest Gross (left) and Phillip C. Jessup.Secretary-General António Guterres attends the wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.A sign welcoming Secretary-General António Guterres to Timor-Leste. The Secretary-General is visiting the country to take part in the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Popular Consultation.José Javier De La Gasca (left), Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations, speaks with Samuel Žbogar, Representative to the Security Council of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Security Council and President of the Security Council for the month of September, ahead of the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) visits the exhibition on Women in the Resistance 1975 – 1999 in Dili. The Secretary-General visits Timor-Leste where he will take part in the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Popular Consultation.Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, President and CEO of the International Peace Institute, briefs the Security Council meeting on United Nations peacekeeping operations, with a focus on Strengthening UN peacekeeping: Reflections for the future.The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard further statements this afternoon on the annual report of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan of Iran, covering the period 1 April 1965 to 31 March 1966, The High Commissioner presented his report to the Committee yesterday morning. Seen here, before the meeting began, are Mrs. Abdellahi Ould Daddah (left) of Mauritania, and Mrs. Lucile Ramaholimihasc (Madagascar).Samuel Žbogar (left at table), Representative to the Security Council of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Security Council and President of the Security Council for the month of September, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan. At right at table is Claudia Banz, Director of the Security Council Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA). The Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2750 (2024) on Sudan sanctions, reaffirming and renewing earlier measures until 12 September 2025.Samuel Žbogar, Representative to the Security Council of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Security Council and President of the Security Council for the month of September, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).Miss Angie E. Brooks (Liberia), President of the Twenty-Fourth session of the General Assembly, is seen as she participated in a three-way International radio hook-up between New York, Paris and London. With her is Mr. J. Nichols, Chief, International and Satellite Communications Unit, UN Radio and Visual Services Division.A view of the Empire State building and the Manhattan skyline from UN Headquarters.Guy Ryder, Under Secretary-General for Policy and UN lead for the Summit of the Future, briefs reporters on the programme and objectives of the summit (22-23 September).

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