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Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Inger La Cour Andersen (speaking), Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), holds a press conference on the side of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal, Canada. At left is Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. “Humanity’s war on nature is ultimately a war on ourselves. […] It is only by investing in Planet Earth that we can safeguard our future. It’s time for the world to adopt an ambitious biodiversity framework — a true peace pact with nature — to deliver a green, healthy future for all,” said the Secretary-General.A view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, briefs reporters ahead of the Security Council meeting. With her are Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations.A view of participants during the meeting of the Group of Friends on Gender Parity on the Fifth Anniversary of the Gender Parity Strategy.Natalia Kanem (right), Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, brief reporters ahead of the Arria-Formula Meeting of the Security Council on “Marking the Seventh Anniversary of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda”.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) and Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento (centre left), President of the Republic of Honduras, attend a signing ceremony of the “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Honduras and the United Nations Secretariat to Initiate Work on the Establishment of an International, Impartial, Independent and Autonomous Mechanism Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras”. The details regarding the establishment and functioning of the mechanism would be agreed during the future negotiations on the bilateral agreement. This includes with respect to the appointment by the Secretary-General of the mechanism’s leadership, whose independence and autonomy shall be guaranteed.A group of children listens to a UN tour guide during their guided tour at United Nations Headquarters.Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, President of the Security Council for the month of December and External Affairs Minister of India, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on a global counter-terrorism approach.Csaba Kőrösi (centre), President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, briefs the media following the the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security, with a focus on a new orientation for reformed multilateralism.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, at the Biosphere in Montreal, a museum dedicated to the environment. The meeting took place on the side of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal, Canada.Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, holds a press conference on the ending of Pakistan’s Group of 77 (G-77) Presidency.The village of Ogossagou is located 144 kilometres from the town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. The village of Ogossagou has been hosting a temporary operational base (TOB) for over two years with peacekeepers from Senegal serving with the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The objective of this operation is to maintain peace between the communities which, in February 2020, clashed violently, causing several hundred deaths, the majority of which were women and children. The village of Ogossagou is difficult to access by land due to the security situation, terrorist attacks and Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and to the isolation of the village. Recently, calm has returned to Ogossagou with the signing of local agreements between the two communities. A peacekeeper stands guard at a stop on the way to Ogossagou.The village of Ogossagou is located 144 kilometres from the town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. Ogossagou has been the site of two massacres between local ethnic groups in the space of two years, resulting in numerous casualties. For the last two years peacekeepers from Senegal serving with the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has secured a temporary operational base (TOB) in the village. The village of Ogossagou is difficult to access by land due to the security situation, terrorist attacks and Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and to the isolation of the village. Recently calm has returned to Ogossagou with the signing of local agreements between the two communities. A helicopter flies over the village of Ogossagou in central Mali.A view of the ceremony to unveil the Mahatma Gandhi Bust, a gift to the United Nations from India. The plaque says "There is no way to peace, peace is the way". At right is Secretary-General António Guterres, and Csaba Kőrösi, President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. At left Ruchira Kamboj, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) poses for a photo during the Youth Summit of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal, Canada (7 - 19 December 2022).Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces.A view of the Security Council Chamber during the meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan. The Council heard reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.A wide view of the General Assembly’s 53rd plenary meeting, discussing reports of the Second Committee.Secretary-General António Guterres holds an end-of-year press conference. He said that there may be plenty of reasons for despair but “it is a time for resolve, determination, and – yes – even hope.”Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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