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Secretary-General António Guterres (left) speaks with Csaba Kőrösi, President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, ahead of the commemorative General Assembly meeting to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the theme: “Fighting slavery’s legacy of racism through transformative education”.Miguel Ceara Hatton (second from left), Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, opens the Interactive Dialogue on “Water for Health: Access to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), including the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation”.A wide view as Emomali Rahmon (centre left at dais), President of the Republic of Tajikistan, and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (centre right at dais) open the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028.Wrestlers from Yirol, Lakes State and Bor, Jonglei State meet for a friendly competition promoting peaceful coexistence among cattle keepers. The event was organized by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and South Sudan Wrestling Federation and took place in the city of Juba, South Sudan. Children attending the event.The Director of the Security Council signals the beginning of the Security Council meeting on the impact of development policies in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns initiative, under the theme Peace and security in Africa.Domingos Estêvão Fernandes, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nation and President of the Security Council for the month of March, chairs the Security Council meeting on the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) addresses the General Assembly on the request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. "Climate justice is both a moral imperative and a prerequisite for effective global climate action. The climate crisis can only be overcome through cooperation – between peoples, cultures, nations, generations," said the Secretary-General.A view of participants during the event “2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation” taking place during the UN 2023 Water Conference.The United Nations commemorates Earth Hour by turning off the lights at UN Headquarters and other buildings around the world. Earth Hour is a global initiative commemorated annually on the last Saturday of March to focus attention on people-driven solutions to protect the planet and build a sustainable future. A view of a dark Secretariat Building and the New York City skyline from across the East River.A view of participants at the dais during a break in a meeting of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028. Standing in centre is Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, briefs reporters on the draft resolution sponsored by Vanuatu and other Member States requesting an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States in respect of climate change.Secretary-General António Guterres (second from right) meets with camp residents at the Jeddah Rehabilitation Centre, in the Ninewa Governorate, Iraq. The Secretary-General is visiting Iraq to underscore the UN’s commitment to support Iraq in the consolidation of its democratic institutions and advancing peace, sustainable development and human rights for all Iraqis. The Secretary-General called for inclusive dialogue and praised the Government’s ambitious and forward-looking reform agenda as well as its efforts to allow the Iraqis outside the country to return. The Secretary-General met with government officials in Baghdad as well as with Kurdistan Regional Government officials in Erbil. He also met with youth and women’s rights groups, and visited the National Museum of Iraq and a Rehabilitation Centre for internally displaced people (IDP's).A view of a Water Action sign at UN Headquarters during the UN 2023 Water Conference.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) greets King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands during the opening of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028.One of the main purposes of the United Nations Conference-Exposition on Human Settlements to be held in Vancouver, Canada, in June 1976, will be to bring to the world's attention the nature and relative importance of the problems of human settlements against a background of widespread concern for the whole of our earthly environment - natural and man-made. Two of the most critical problems of society today - made increasingly urgent by the rapid rise in the world's population - are the shortage of adequate housing and the deterioration of the conditions under which people live and work. Village women marching a long distance to a common well. [c. 1974]As an opening of the UN Water Conference, Water Advocate and Ultramarathon Runner, Mina Guli finishes her 200th marathon in a year at the UN Headquarters and hands over a SDG6 flag signed by people across the world to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan.Masses of ice on Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, in southeast Iceland.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) and Emine Erdoğan (third from left), First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye, visit the “Memorial Wall for Those Who Lost Their Lives in the Major Earthquakes in Türkiye”.Cristina Duarte (left), Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General, briefs the Security Council meeting on the impact of development policies in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns initiative, under the theme Peace and security in Africa. At right is Mirko Manzoni, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Mozambique.

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