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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]Masses of ice on Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, in southeast Iceland.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.A view of a Water Action sign at UN Headquarters during the UN 2023 Water Conference.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.A view of the Empire State Building through the glass doors at UN Headquarters.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy (centre left), President of Ukraine. Mr. Guterres is in Kyiv, Ukraine, to negotiate the continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal between Ukraine and Russia brokered last year to allow for the export of grain from both countries.Matt Damon (front) and Gary White, co-founders of the organization Water.org are interviewed by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications. Water.org is an international nonprofit organization that helps people living in poverty get access to safe water and improved sanitation through affordable financing.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 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.Filippo Grandi (left), UN High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks during the Interactive Dialogue on “Water for Health: Access to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), including the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation”.Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, makes an announcement on Climate, Peace and Security. At right is Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations. With her was also the Permanent Representatives of Mozambique and Switzerland.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, briefs reporters on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.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”.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”.A view of participants in the World Down Syndrome Day Conference entitled “With Us Not For Us” (on the occasion of World Down Syndrome Day).Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City, addresses the commemorative General Assembly meeting to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the theme: “The urgency of combating racism and racial discrimination 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”.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.A view of participants during the event “2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation” taking place during the UN 2023 Water Conference.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.José Alfonso Blanco Conde, Permanent Representative of Dominican Republic to the United Nations, shows his shirt during the event to launch the 2022 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Report on Trafficking in Persons.

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