Arabic Interpreter at work during the fourth session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of nuclear weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction.The humanitarian commitment of the international community was emphatically reaffirmed at a two-day meeting convened in Geneva in July by UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. The 65 nations attending the meeting made substantial commitments of funds and offers of permanent asylum to help solve the immediate and long-term needs of the hundreds of thousands of Indochinese refugees and displaced persons in South-East Asia. The international relief effort is being coordinated by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Cambodian children at the Ban Mai Rut refugee camp near Klong Yai, Thailand. There are about 5,200 refugees in this camp which has a permanent wooden structure and several new ones made of Bamboo poles and thatched roofs and walls. [July 1979]Drought is ravaging the continent of Africa. And famine is a harsh reality for millions of people living there. Emergency food and water supplies are a first necessity. But for the long-term many complex problems – political as well as environmental – have to be solved. People of the Karal Region travelling with all their belongings in search of needed water. [Exact date unknown]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.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.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.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.Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of November, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.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) and Gabriel Boric Font (left), President of the Republic of Chile, visit 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.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.The United Nations flag is lowered to half-mast at UN Headquarters to honour colleagues killed in Gaza.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with Bernard Sanders (left) and Peter Welch, United States Senators from Vermont.The Security Council adopts resolution 2712 (2023) calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip for a sufficient number of days to enable, consistent with international humanitarian law, the full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access for United Nations humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other impartial humanitarian organizations, to facilitate the continuous, sufficient and unhindered provision of essential goods and services important to the well-being of civilians, especially children, throughout the Gaza Strip, including water, electricity, fuel, food, and medical supplies, as well as emergency repairs to essential infrastructure, and to enable urgent rescue and recovery efforts, including for missing children in damaged and destroyed buildings, and including the medical evacuation of sick or injured children and their care givers. The resolution also demands that all parties comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, notably with regard to the protection of civilians, especially children. The resolution was adopted with 12 votes in favour, none against and three abstentions (Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States). A view of Council members voting in favour of the resolution.A view from the Bransfield Strait in Antarctica. 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.Sing for Hope performs during the observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November).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.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.Members of the Security Council observes a moment of silence for Israeli civilians and Foreign Nationals who lost their lives on 7 October in Israel, and all Palestinian civilians who lost their lives in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as UN Staff Members and Journalists who lost their lives in the Gaza Strip ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

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