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A guardian for international peace and security sits on the Visitors Plaza outside UN Headquarters. The guardian is a fusion of jaguar and eagle and donated by the Government of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is created by artists Jacobo and Maria Angeles.Angela and Jennifer Chun perform at the UN Day Concert 2021 on the theme "Building Back Together for Peace and Prosperity". The Concert is sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Augusto Santos Silva, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic.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, the United States and a majority of the other signatories had filed their instruments of ratification. [No exact date] A view of the documents distribution desk.Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, briefs reporters ahead of the Security Council briefing on refugees.A view of midtown Manhattan skyline as seen from the UN Headquarters.Secretary-General António Guterres is visiting Colombia from 23-24 November to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the signing of the landmark 2016 Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP. The Secretary-General is there to take stock of the major achievements of the peace process as well as the outstanding challenges. Mr. Guterres addresses the fifth year anniversary event of the signing of the Peace Agreement in Bogotá. “The signing of the Peace Agreement, [on the 24 November 2016], generated hope and inspiration in Colombia and the world… After five decades of conflict and suffering, we have a moral obligation to ensure that this peace process is a success.” said the Secretary-General.Marcos De Sá Affonso Da Costa, Force Commander with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), interacts with crew of the South African Aviation unit during an operational tour of various deployments of the Force Intervention Brigade in its joint operations with the Congolese Forces to eliminate Armed groups in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.Secretary-General António Guterres is visiting Colombia from 23-24 November to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the signing of the landmark 2016 Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP. The Secretary-General is there to take stock of the major achievements of the peace process as well as the outstanding challenges. Mr. Guterres (right) arrives in Llano Grande reintegration área for former combatants in Dabeiba, Antioquia, Colombia. At centre right is Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia, and at centre left is Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia..A view of the Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination held during the 30th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.A view of a tree in Autumn colors next to the Japanese Peace Bell. The Peace Bell is a gift to the United Nations by the UN Association of Japan.Secretary-General António Guterres is visiting Colombia from 23-24 November to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the signing of the landmark 2016 Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP. The Secretary-General is there to take stock of the major achievements of the peace process as well as the outstanding challenges. Mr. Guterres (second from left) arrives with his wife Catarina Vaz Pinto to the presidential palace in Bogotá for a lunch hosted by Iván Duque Márquez (right), President of the Republic of Colombia, and his wife María Juliana Ruiz (second from right).A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as Filippo Grandi (on screen), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, briefs the Security Council.Secretary-General António Guterres receives the Path to Peace Award. Mr. Guterres (right) speaks with Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, during the Path to Peace Award Ceremony.Mohammed El-Kurd, activist and Palestinian writer and poet from Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, addresses the special meeting of the General Assembly in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramirez (left), Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of November, speaks with delegates prior to the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security. The theme was titled "Peace and Security Through Preventive Diplomacy: A Common Objective to All the Principal Organs of the United Nations", as proposed in the letter dated 19 October 2021 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2021/888).Abdulla Shahid, President of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly high-level meeting on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.César Núñez, Director of the UNAIDS New York Office, briefs reporters on World AIDS Day (1 December).Waad Al-Kateab, Syrian activist and award-winning filmmaker, addresses the Security Council Arria-formula meeting on Accountability in the Syrian Arab Republic. Security Council members Estonia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, with additional co-sponsors Belgium, Canada, Germany, Georgia, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Qatar, Sweden and Turkey holds an informal briefing on the need for increased efforts by the Council to establish full accountability for the most serious international crimes committed in the Syrian Arab Republic.Luis Carrilho, UN Police Adviser and Director of the UN Police Division, briefs reporters on UN Police Week Events.

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