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Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India.Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia and President of the Security Council for the month of June, briefs reporters on the Council's programme of work for the month.A view of the Secretariat building and the garden at UN Headquarters. In the foreground is the sculpture ""Consciousness"", created by Mongolian artist Ochirbold Ayurzana and gifted to the United Nations by the Government of Mongolia.Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Human Rights Council and Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN Office at Geneva, attends the 30th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the “Grave Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”, at Palais des Nations, Geneva.Men are shown in traditional dress at the national flag-raising ceremony to mark the anniversary of Timor-Leste’s popular consultation, the landmark UN-facilitated referendum which led to independence from Indonesia.A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen). On the screen is Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the Global Roundtable on Extractive Industries with the focus “Transforming the Sector into an Engine for Sustainable Development”. The event will call for concrete solutions on six pressing issues that include circular economy, a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, sustainable revenue from extractive sectors, public and private finance along with a sustainable finance taxonomy for the extractive sector, green technology and the future of local and global environmental damage caused by extractives.Zhang Jun (left), Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of May, greets Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia.A joint delegation from the African Union (AU), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), United Nations and European Union arrived in Bangui for a high-level visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) from 2 to 5 June 2021. Participants included: Bankole Adeoye, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; Mangaral Banté, ECCAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under Secretary-General for Peace Operations; Charles Fries, EU Deputy Secretary-General for the Common Security and Defence Policy; and Rita Laranjinha, EU External Action Service Africa Director. Mathieu Simplice Sarandji, President of the Central African Republic National Assembly, greets members of the delegation. The delegation met with the President, Vice-Presidents and committee chairmen of the CAR National Assembly, and members of the cabinet.For this year’s observance of International Environment Day the United Nations is focusing on the plight of forests worldwide. In Haiti, there remains less than one percent tree cover. Most deforestation is caused by the local population’s need for land to farm, wood to build with, and charcoal to cook with. The result has left immense tracks of land bare to the elements, hastened massive soil erosion and increased land slides and flash flooding. View of deforested land near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visits the peacekeeping memorial at UN Headquarters to pay respect to fallen peacekeepers and to commemorate the International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2021.Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Global Solutions Summit 2021 in a virtual discussion with Martin Schulz, President of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, moderated by Anna Sauerbrey, Head of Opinion Pages, Der Tagesspiegel.Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, visits voting centers in two constituencies of Bangui’s 3rd district during the second round of legislative elections in the Central African Republic. She was accompanied by Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Daniel Sidiki Traoré, as well as the Director of the Mission’s Electoral Assistance Division and the President of the National Elections Authority (ANE). The first round of legislative elections was cancelled in the two constituencies owing to technical problems. A peacekeeper serving with MINUSCA stand guard at a polling station in the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui during the second round of legislative elections – held in constituencies where voting could not take place in the previous election.Secretary-General António Guterres attends the wreath-laying ceremony to Commemorate International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2021 (29 May). The theme for the day is "The road to a lasting peace: Leveraging the power of youth for peace and security".Children at a water point at protection of civilians site 1 in Juba, South Sudan.Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).United Nations Office at Geneva commemorates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.United Nations Office at Geneva commemorates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Thérèse Manirambona, Permanent Mission of Burundi to the United Nations in Geneva; Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva; and Laurent Attar-Bayrou, President of the International Association of Soldiers for Peace, stand in front of the Peacekeeping Memorial.Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, visits voting centers in two constituencies of Bangui’s 3rd district during the second round of legislative elections in the Central African Republic. She was accompanied by Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Daniel Sidiki Traoré, as well as the Director of the Mission’s Electoral Assistance Division and the President of the National Elections Authority (ANE). The first round of legislative elections was cancelled in the two constituencies owing to technical problems. A woman casts her vote in the second round of the country’s parliamentary elections.The General Assembly holds a meeting on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine. Adela Raz (left), Vice-President of the 75th session of the General Assembly and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations, chairs the meeting. At right is Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

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