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The Security Council holds an election of five members of the International Court of Justice. A view of delegates in the Council chamber ahead of the meeting.Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of November, chairs the Security Council meeting that held an election of five members of the International Court of Justice.Pascale Christine Baeriswyl (left), new Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, pays a courtesy call to Secretary-General António Guterres.A view of the meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. An election of eleven members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is held to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2020. Conference officers carry ballot boxes.A view of delegates attending the meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. An election of eleven members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is held to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2020.A view of the flags outside the General Assembly building during the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-fifth session.Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed virtually visits Colombia and the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. The visit was focused on women peace and security and coincided with the 20th anniversary of this agenda in the Security Council this week. The Deputy Secretary-General (right) meets with Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia. Taking part in the meeting are also: Rosemary DiCarlo (upper left on screen), Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Guillermo Fernández de Soto Valderrama (lower left on screen), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations; Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Director of Planing of Colombia; Carlos Correa, Minister of Environment Colombia; and Claudia Blum, Minister of Foreign Affairs Colombia.A wide view of the General Assembly meeting that held election of members of the International Court of Justice. A delegate casts his ballot.Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of November, chairs the Security Council meeting that meeting that heard a Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan. The Council unanimously adopted resolution 2550 (2020) extending until 15 May 2021 the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).The UN Day Concert 2020 entitled ""Reimagine, Rebalance, Restart: recovering together for our shared humanity"" was recorded at La Scala Theater in Milan, Italy. The concert included a performance featuring Roberto Bolle, accompanied by other world class performers as well as the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala. A number of classical, modern and reimagined dances, curated specifically for the UN Day Concert, was performed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the concert was pre-recorded and screened today in the General Assembly Hall. Secretary-General António Guterres (right) and Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, attend the screening of the concert.Jean-Pierre Lacroix (on screen), Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council meeting on the Sudan and South Sudan and the situation in Abyei.Peacekeepers from Zambia have been deployed with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the north-east of the Central African Republic since June 2019. Seen here are 4 peacekeepers from from Zambia speaking with the local population during a patrol of the area to protect the civilians.A general view of the Nahr El Bared Camp, near Tripoli, one of the largest camps in Lebanon, where more than 6,000 refugees live in tents. Snow lies on the nearby mountains of Lebenon for four months of the year, and violent storms are frequent throughout the Winter, but the refugees ,coming mainly from the mountain regions of Palestine, bear the hardships of tent life with great courage and forbearance. [Exact date unknown]A wide view of the Security Council meeting that held an election of five members of the International Court of Justice.Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the General Assembly meeting that heard a report of the International Court of Justice.Major General Stefano Del Col, Force Commander and Head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), reviews the guard of honor at a ceremony held at UNIFIL headquarters to observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May). The ceremony had a limited attendance in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The day offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honour more than 3,900 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948, including 102 last year.Secretary-General António Guterres is in Pakistan to attend the International Conference on 40 Years of Hosting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, which is being organized by the Government of Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). A view of the Lahore Fort in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.A view of campaign material on a desk in the General Assembly Hall during the elections of members of the International Court of Justice.To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (24 October), Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, has invited all Member and Observer States to sign the preamble of the UN Charter as a symbolic gesture of recommitment to its principles. The signed poster will be displayed in the General Assembly Hall on 26 October, during the mandated General Assembly UN Day observance event. A view through a cellphone of the signed Preamble of the UN Charter.Associated Press reporter William Oatis interviewing the well-known actress Audrey Hepburn at U.N. Headquarters a few moments before she records a program for U.N. Radio.

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