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Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Nadia Murad, President and Chairwoman of Nadia’s Initiative, Nobel Peace Laureate and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Goodwill Ambassador.Secretary-General Kofi ANNAN (second from right) and HAN Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) (second from left), President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly are in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. The President of the fifty-sixth General Assembly accept the award on behalf of the United Nations. To the right of the Secretary-General is Nane ANNAN, and to the left of the President of the fifty-sixth session of the General.Assembly is Mrs. Seung-soo is left.A detail of the nameplate for Ukraine ahead of the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM), addresses the General Assembly meeting on prevention of armed conflict.Secretary-General António Guterres meets with United States Senators. From left to right: Joni Ernst of Iowa, Susan Collins of Maine, Secretary-General, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.As a result of the fighting and internal unrest currently prevailing in the Katanga Province of the Republic of the Congo, some 35,000 Congolese have sought the assistance of the United Nations until they are able to return to their homes. Swedish guard at the refugee camp which is being maintained by the U.N., studies Swahili with camp children.Iván Duque Márquez (centre), President of the Republic of Colombia, briefs reporters following the Security Council meeting on the situation in Colombia. On the right is Guillermo John Roque Fernández de Soto Valderrama, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN, and on the left is Emilio José Archila, Presidential Advisor for Stabilization and Consolidation of Colombia.Member states vote at the General Assembly's 12th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, 1st plenary meeting. The working group considered the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identified possible gaps and how best to address them, including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures.A wide shot of the Security Council chamber while Hilina Berhanu (on screen), civil society briefer, briefs the Security Council meeting on women and peace and security.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) launches the Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments. Speaking is Catherine McKenna, chair of the group.Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (on screen), President of Bolivia, addresses the Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature to Commemorate International Mother Earth Theme: Contributions of Ecological Economics and Earth-centered Law in Harmony with Nature.Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He arrived in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, in the eastern DRC. This is the first stop on his three-day visit to the DRC that will take him to Goma and Kinshasa. A view of some of the internally displaced persons (IDP) in the camp in Roe, 80 km from Bunia, in the territory of Djugu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 65,000 and 70,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) live here, under the protection of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), in the largest IDP camp in Ituri.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the National University of Córdoba in Argentina (UNC). In awarding this distinction, the University wished to highlight the Secretary-General’s lifelong work for the global good, in particular his unwavering commitment to protect the victims of conflicts and displaced people, his dedication to fighting climate change and his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNC is an Argentinian institution of higher education founded in 1613, with nearly 140,000 students. The award was handed over by the rector of the university, Dr. Hugo Juri (right). On the left is Dr. Cecilia Cravero, Director of the Virtual Campus Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and wife of Hugo Juri.The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings (by video link) in the case concerning the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia) at the Peace Palace in The Hague, starting on 1 April 2022. The sessions are held under the presidency of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the Court. The Court’s role is to settle legal disputes submitted to it by States (its judgments are final and binding) and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and agencies. A wide view of Members of the Court on the second day of hearings.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia.Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, briefs reporters on the Security Council programme of work for the month.A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as Volodymyr Zelenskyy (on screen), President of Ukraine, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine.The United Nations commemorates Earth Hour by turning off the lights at UN Headquarters and other buildings around the world. Earth Hour is a global initiative commemorated annually on the last Saturday of March to focus attention on people-driven solutions to protect the planet and build a sustainable future. Noting that climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution threaten lives, jobs and health the world over, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Saturday that it was essential “to make peace with nature.” A view of a dark Secretariat Building and the New York City skyline from across the East River.The General Assembly adopts a resolution on suspension of the rights of the membership of the Russian Federation in the Human Rights Council during the 10th plenary meeting of the General Assembly Eleventh Emergency Special Session on Ukraine. The resolution was adopted with 93 votes in favour, 24 against and 58 abstentions.Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in Ukraine in front of the “Non-Violence” sculpture at the UN Headquarters. "Inspired by Holy Week and all that it represents, I urge all parties – and all champions of peace around the world -- to join my Easter appeal. Save lives. Stop the bloodshed and destruction. Open a window for dialogue and peace and keep faith with the meaning and the message of Easter," said the Secretary-General.

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