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.

A view of a dark Secretariat Building and the New York City skyline from across the East River.Arielle Chambers, Multimedia Journalist and Founder of HighlightHER, speaks during the event “International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2023: Scoring for People and the Planet”.Children visit the United Nations Headquarters during UN Kids Day.Wrestlers from Yirol, Lakes State and Bor, Jonglei State meet for a friendly competition promoting peaceful coexistence among cattle keepers. The event was organized by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and South Sudan Wrestling Federation and took place in the city of Juba, South Sudan.

Children attending the event.Secretary-General António Guterres is in Somalia on his annual solidarity visit to a country that observes Ramadan. During the trip he will meet with Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia. He will also visit a camp for internally displaced persons in Baidoa and meet with representatives of Somali civil society, youth groups and other marginalized groups.

The Secretary-General (centre) briefs reporters after his visit to a camp for internally displaced persons in Baidoa. At right is Ari Gaitanis, Chief of Service of Public Information of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).El-Ghassim Wane (standing at left), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), visits the Ménaka Region in Mali, together with officials from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Mr. Wane reviews the troops from Togo and Nigeria serving with MINUSMA in the Ménaka Region in Mali.Children visit the United Nations Headquarters during UN Kids Day.

A child poses for a photo with Sustainable Development Goal 4, access to quality education.Miguel Ceara Hatton (second from left), Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, opens the Interactive Dialogue on “Water for Health: Access to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), including the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation”.Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications, hosts the United Nations Mine Action Symposium on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April).Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, briefs reporters on the situation in Myanmar. At right is Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations.El-Ghassim Wane (not pictured), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), visits the Ménaka Region in Mali, together with officials from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

A MINUSMA convoy led by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) is heading to the internally displaced people's (IDP) site of Tin-Fadimata located in the dunes of Ménaka.A view of two young participants during the Commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda held in Geneva.Alice Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on Genocide, speaks during the opening of the exhibit “Stories of Survival and Remembrance – A Call to Action for Genocide Prevention”. The exhibit is a joint project of United Nations Department of Global Communications and UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect. It is based on a project of Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center and Jim Lommasson.Children listen to a story read by Aurelie Jochimek as they visit the United Nations Headquarters during UN Kids Day.A view of participants during the event “2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation” taking place during the UN 2023 Water Conference.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) and Emine Erdoğan (third from left), First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye, visit the “Memorial Wall for Those Who Lost Their Lives in the Major Earthquakes in Türkiye”.Participants observe a moment of silence during the Commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda held in Geneva.Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, briefs reporters on the draft resolution sponsored by Vanuatu and other Member States requesting an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States in respect of climate change.Javier Zanetti (centre), Inter Vice President, Inter Campus Ambassador, Inter and Argentina former player, poses for a photo with a sustainable development goals football (soccer ball) and participants attending the event “International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2023: Scoring for People and the Planet”.A view of the commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda held at UN Headquarters.

Standing from left to right at table are: Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations; Csaba Kőrösi, President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly; Secretary-General António Guterres; Claver Gatete, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations; and Henriette Mutegwaraba, Survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and founder of the Million Lives Genocide relief fund.

Behind them at the podium is Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications.

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