The United Nations flag is lowered to half-mast at UN Headquarters to honour colleagues killed in Gaza.Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the climate crisis following his recent trip to Chile and Antarctica. "We live in an interconnected world. Melting sea ice means rising seas. And that directly endangers lives and livelihoods in coastal communities across the globe. Floods and saltwater intrusion imperil crops and drinking water – threatening food and water security," said the Secretary-General, and continued: "Leaders must act to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, protect people from climate chaos, and end the fossil fuel age. We need a global commitment to triple renewables, double energy efficiency, and bring clean power to all, by 2030. [...] And we need climate justice - setting the world up for a huge increase in investment in adaptation and loss and damage to protect people from climate extremes."Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti of Indonesia at the ceremony before receiving the UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award, established to recognize the exceptional contributions of women police officers to UN peace operations. Police First Sergeant Rismayanti serves as a Crime Database Officer with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). For over two decades, the Police Division in the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions of the Department of Peace Operations has developed several initiatives to increase the participation of women across the full spectrum of United Nations policing functions as part of its efforts to enhance operational effectiveness and mandate delivery. The United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award is one such initiative.A view of the Japanese Peace Bell Garden with the trees in Autumn colors. The Peace Bell is a gift to the United Nations by the UN Association of Japan.José de la Gasca (front right), Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of December, speaks with Sérgio França Danese (front left), Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, ahead of the Security Council meeting on peace and security in Africa.Sing for Hope performs during the observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November).José de la Gasca, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of December, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia. The Council unanimously adopted resolution 2714 (2023) lifting the previous arms embargo on Somalia.The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) observes the maintenance in Palestine of the cease fire, and assists the parties to the armistice agreements in the supervision of the application and observance of the terms of those agreements. A corps of UN Military Observers (UNMO) is available to assist in investigating any complaints. En route to an out-station in Jordan, UN military observers and a Jordanian Police Corporal (centre) stop to make inquiries of a camel driver.Secretary-General António Guterres (seated at third from right) on his way to the Base General Bernardo O'Higgins in Antarctica. The Secretary-General is visiting Antarctica to see the deadly impact of the climate crisis. While in Antarctica the Secretary-General saw the Collins and Nelson Glaciers, as well as the Kopaitic Island, which is home to penguins and other species which are being impacted by climate change.A view of penguins at the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica. The penguins are currently laying and incubating their eggs. Secretary-General António Guterres visited Antarctica to see the deadly impact of the climate crisis. While in Antarctica the Secretary-General saw the Collins and Nelson Glaciers, as well as the Kopaitic Island, which is home to penguins and other species which are being impacted by climate change.Angeli Achrekar, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, briefs reporters on the World AIDS Day report, entitled: “Let Communities Lead”. World AIDS Day is observed 1 December.AIDS orphans, many of them HIV+, playing in a playground of the Hillbrow's Home in Johannesburg where they live.A refugee family makes the most of the limited space in their prefabricated hut in Baqa'a Camp near Amman. As a result of contributions from governments, voluntary organizations and individuals, prefabricated huts offering better protection against the elements than the canvas tents they replaced, have been set up in the emergency camps in East Jordan. [circa 1970]Secretary-General António Guterres (fourth from right) meets with staff of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The Secretary-General is visiting Chile and Antarctica to see the deadly impact of the climate crisis. While in Antarctica the Secretary-General is expected to stop to see the Collins and Nelson Glaciers, and he will also stop at the Kopaitic Island, which is home to penguins and other species which are being impacted by climate change. The Secretary-General will be accompanied to Antarctica by Gabriel Boric Font, President of the Republic of Chile.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with local communities in order to hear directly from them about the impact of the climate crisis during his visit to the Everest region in Nepal. At third from left in the back is Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) watches as Dilma Rousseff (on screen), President of the New Development Bank, addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security, sustaining peace through common development.The Security Council adopts resolution 2715 (2023) deciding to terminate the mandate of United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission In Sudan (UNITAMS) under resolution 2579 (2021), as of 3 December 2023. The resolution was adopted with 14 votes in favour, and 1 abstention (Russian Federation). A view of council members voting in favour of the resolution.Secretary-General António Guterres visits Antarctica to see the deadly impact of the climate crisis. While in Antarctica the Secretary-General saw the Collins and Nelson Glaciers, as well as the Kopaitic Island, which is home to penguins and other species which are being impacted by climate change.In 1954 UNRWA embarked on a project to anchor the sands and make at least one third of the clay plain beneath them available to cultivation by the refugees. At the end of 1956, over 2,500,000 seedlings had been planted to protect 3,700 dunums of potentially cultivable land in the sand dunes area. A convoy of camels bring the seedlings to an area being reclaimed. Seen in the background are some of the holes in which they will be planted.A Palestine refugee living in Amari refugee camp, West Bank.Ahmad Faisal Muhamad (second from left), Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations and Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, chairs the special meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November). At left is Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, and at second from right is Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly. The event was organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

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