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A UN Security Officer stands at the entrance of the General Assembly Hall during the sixth day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-sixth session.BTS, Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture of the Republic of Korea, makes remarks and performs during the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment. The SDG Moment serves to place a spotlight on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is held at the beginning of the United Nation’s General Assembly’s High-Level Week. It takes place as the world experiences a deeply uneven response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which risks creating a two-tier recovery with significant implications for the advancement of the SDGs, especially in developing countries.Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September, and Alicia Guadalupe Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, Co-chairs of the Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security, brief reporters ahead of the meeting of the Security Council on Somalia.Abdulla Shahid, President of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, makes closing remarks during the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session.A view of press and photographers waiting for delegations to arrive during the first day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-sixth session.The Interspecies Assembly, a public art project commissioned by ART 2030, a non-profit organization which unites art with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will project the filmwork, Vertical Migration, onto the northern façade of the UN Secretariat building nightly from 22 to 24 September. The projections was created by SUPERFLEX, a Danish art collective. It shows the movement of Siphonophores in the ocean’s deep sea. The marine creatures, which function not as a single, physically connected body but a colony of organisms keeping an underwater society alive, illustrate the necessity and impact of working together, and in harmony with nature.Abdulla Shahid, President of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, briefs reporters after the completion of the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session.Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on peace and security in Africa.Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Syria.A view of the UN emblem on a glass door outside the General Assembly Hall.Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaks at the Global Citizen Live event in Central Park in New York City.Geraldine Byrne Nason (centre), Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September, discusses with Members of the Security Council ahead of the meeting on the situation in Libya. The Council unanimously adopted resolution 2599 (2021) extending until 31 January 2022 the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (right) meets with Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).Secretary-General António Guterres addresses a virtual Pre-COP26 ministerial plenary meeting.Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in Afghanistan. "Despite financial shortfalls, logistical challenges, and an increasingly complex geo-political situation, we are undertaking a massive humanitarian operation in the country. I am particularly proud of the work of our colleagues, the vast majority of whom are Afghan nationals," said the Secretary-General.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.A UN Staff member walks to the cafeteria during the fourth day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-sixth session.A view of Abdulla Shahid, President of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the corridor at UN Headquarters during the third day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session.Edith Lederer, Associated Press chief correspondent for the United Nations, asks a question during the briefing by Andrew Kirkwood, Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations in Myanmar, on the situation in Myanmar.The Sun rises behind Long Island City skyscrapers at dawn of the first day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-sixth session.Foundation work in progress on the site of the new United Nations International School by the East River in New York City. The site projects into the East River at the end of 25th street and has been leased from the City of New York for 99 years at a cost of a dollar a year. Eleven-and-one half million dollars from the Ford Foundation will cover the cost of construction and purchase the equipment for the school. The Rockefeller family has contributed one million dollars for the site fill and the foundation structure. The building will be a six story structure designed with many cantilevers. It will have a separate auditorium and will act as a community centre as well as an academic institution, providing facilities for kindergarten through the twelfth year.Shukria Dini (on screens), Co-founder and Executive Director, Somali Women’s Studies Centre, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia.Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and and President of the Security Council for the month of October, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with a focus on diversity, state building and the search for peace.Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar (left) meeting today at Headquarters with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Bishop Desmond Tutu (right) of South Africa, and Mrs. Tutu.

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