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.Mayada Adil (right), Young Leader for the SDGs from Sudan, and Richa Gupta, Young Leader for the SDGs from India, pose for a photo during the event “Torchbearers for the SDGs: Meaningful Youth Engagement and the 2030 Agenda”. The event is held during the SDG Mobilization Day, the first day of the SDG Action Weekend.Secretary-General António Guterres 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.” “Let us be determined to heal divisions and forge peace. Determined to uphold the dignity and worth of every person. Determined to realize the Sustainable Development Goals and effectively leave no one behind. Determined to reform multilateralism for the 21st century and come together for the common good,” said Secretary-General.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”.Landscape gardeners are getting the UN Headquarters and the Japanese Peace Bell Garden ready for the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Ichiro Abe Shin (left) designed the Japanese garden at UN Headquarters in 1999. Since then he comes to maintain and trim the garden every year before the annual Peace Bell Ceremony on the International Day of Peace. This year, his colleagues came from Japan to help with the work.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 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.”View of delegates' lounge at United Nations Headquarters, showing stacked briefcases of delegates attending the current (15th) session of the UN General Assembly.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) greets Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, after the closing segment of 2023 SDG Summit. The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the SDG Summit, is held on 18-19 September 2023 during the UN General Assembly high-level week at UN Headquarters. The Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist, briefs the press during the Climate Ambition Summit.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.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.Josep Borrell Fontelles (left), High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, greets an attendee to the Security Council meeting on the letter dated 13 September 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. At right is Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.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.Michael Douglas, United Nations Messenger of Peace, stops by the “Non-Violence” sculpture during his visit to UN Headquarters to attend the International Day of Peace Youth Observance.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).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.Melissa Fleming (right), Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, and Natalie Portman, Actress and Activist, pose for a photo after their "fireside chat" on gender equality in the SDG Media Zone. Volodymyr Zelenskyy (centre right), President of Ukraine, greets Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) before addressing the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre of photo) is in Cuba to attend the G 77+China Summit in Havana. While in Havana the Secretary-General will meet with Miguel Díaz Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, and other senior Cuban officials, as well as with UN Staff in Cuba.Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania and President of the Security Council for the month of September, chairs the Security Council meeting on upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. Behind at right is Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations.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.Mamadi Doumbouya, President of the National Committee for the Reconciliation and Development, President of the Republic of Guinea, Head of State, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.Mehmet Özhaseki (left), Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change for the Republic of Türkiye, talks with Hilmi Türkmen, Mayor of Üsküdar Municipality (Istanbul), during the press briefing on the upcoming World Cities Day 2023, which will take place in Istanbul on 31 October under the theme ‘Financing sustainable urban development,’ and zero-waste initiatives.Achim Steiner (right), Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), briefs reporters on the upcoming SDG Summit and the High-Level Week of UNGA78. At left is Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

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