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.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.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).Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed briefs reporters on the outcome of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly debate.Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the high-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. At left is Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa.Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, addresses the Security Council meeting on upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, delivers closing remarks to the 78th General Assembly Debate.A silhouette of a delegate in the General Assembly Hall on the fourth day of 78th General Assembly Debate.View of delegates' lounge at United Nations Headquarters, showing stacked briefcases of delegates attending the current (15th) session of the UN General Assembly.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.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.Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Independent State of Samoa, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.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.”Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses 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”.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”.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”.Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist, briefs the press during the Climate Ambition Summit.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.Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Public Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.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).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).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.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.

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