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To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (24 October), 
Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, has invited all Member and Observer States to sign the preamble of the UN Charter as a symbolic gesture of recommitment to its principles. The signed poster will be displayed in the General Assembly Hall on 26 October, during the mandated General Assembly UN Day observance event.
A view through a cellphone of the signed Preamble of the UN Charter.Major General Stefano Del Col, Force Commander and Head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), reviews the guard of honor at a ceremony held at UNIFIL headquarters to observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May). The ceremony had a limited attendance in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
The day offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honour more than 3,900 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948, including 102 last year.The General Assembly holds a Special Session in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. During the second day two interactive dialogues is held. The first panel discusses the UN System and the response to COVID-19. The second panel discusses the Road to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the second day of the special session.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Rik Daems, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. [Exact date unknown]Delegates of fifty nations met at San Francisco between April 25 and June 26, 1945. Working on the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, the Yalta Agreement, and amendments proposed by various Governments, the Conference agreed upon the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the New International Court of Justice. The Charter was passed unanimously and signed by all the representatives. It came into force on October 24, 1945, when China, France, the USSR, the United Kingdom, and the United States and a majority of the other signatories had filed their instruments of ratification.
Members of the Russian delegation reading the news of the end of the war. [exact date unknown]Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed virtually visits Colombia and the 
UN Verification Mission in Colombia. The visit was focused on women peace and security and coincided with the 20th anniversary of this agenda in the Security Council this week.
The Deputy Secretary-General (right) meets with Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia. Taking part in the meeting are also: Rosemary DiCarlo (upper left on screen), Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Guillermo Fernández de Soto Valderrama (lower left on screen), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations; Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Director of Planing of Colombia; Carlos Correa, Minister of Environment Colombia; and Claudia Blum, Minister of Foreign Affairs Colombia.A view of the 18th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. An election is held for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Committee.
A delegate casts her ballot.Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the joint informal high-level meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development.The Security Council holds an election of five members of the International Court of Justice.
A view of delegates in the Council chamber ahead of the meeting.A view of the first meeting of the 13th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Assembly hold election for 9 members of the Committee of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
A delegate casts her ballot during the election.Sheila E, American percussionist and singer, briefs reporters on Peace Through Music: A Global Event For Social Justice. With her was Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Mark Johnson, founder of Playing For Change.A view of the flags outside the General Assembly building during the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-fifth session.A wide view of the Security Council meeting that held an election of five members of the International Court of Justice.The General Assembly commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War with a special solemn meeting in commemoration of all victims of the Second World War.
Secretary-General António Guterres (right) speaks with  Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the start of the meeting.Jerry Matthews Matjila, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of December, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Secretary-General António Guterres holds a lecture at Columbia University entitled “State of the Planet”.Peacekeepers from Zambia have been deployed with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the north-east of the Central African Republic since June 2019.
Seen here are 4 peacekeepers from from Zambia speaking with the local population during a patrol of the area to protect the civilians.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) is on his way to attend the second regular session of the World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board meeting on “Breaking the Silos: Pathways to More Integrated Programming, Funding and Implementation”.Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the G20 Riyadh Summit on the theme ”Building an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Resilient Future”.Secretary-General António Guterres is in Pakistan to attend the International Conference on 40 Years of Hosting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, which is being organized by the Government of Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
A view of the Lahore Fort in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.

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