Secretary General António Guterres (left) speaks with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, during the UN-EU High-Level Dialogue in La Hulpe, Belgium.A view of a young participant during the celebration of World Kiswahili Language Day 2023 on the theme "Unleashing Kiswahili's potential in the digital era".Antony J. Blinken (centre on screen), Secretary of State of the United States of America and President of the Security Council for the month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity.An elderly couple surrounded by their grandchildren in the Banjara tribal community near Hyderabad.Some 18,000 soldiers from twenty-two countries are on duty with the United Nations Force in the Congo, helping to restore order and calm in the country. A Congolese child is seen in the arms of an Ethiopian soldier, listening over a field telephone. March 1963.Linda Thomas-Greenfield (centre), Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2690 (2023) terminating the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) under resolution 2640 (2022) as of June 30 2023. The resolution requests MINUSMA to immediately start on 1 July 2023 the cessation of its operations, transfer of its tasks, as well as the orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal of its personnel, with the objective of completing this process by 31 December 2023, in close consultation with the Transition Government of Mali.Children swim in a recently constructed open air pool in the center of the City of Reykjavic which is heated from the city's hot water system. The pool is part of a $2 million World Bank project to use water from natural hot springs in commercial and residential areas where density of buildings and population make the use of the system economic.A twelve-man team of agricultural experts, jointly sponsored by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is now in Korea and has begun its six-month assignment of developing a five-year agricultural rehabilitation program in Korea. Among the places visited by the team was the Suwon Experimental Agricultural Farm, where this photograph was taken as Mr. Mark Williamson (left), Head of the Mission, was being shown one of the many varieties of rice grown on the farm.This picture shows Samburu leading cattle to a sale. Samburu, who moved into Kenya from the Nile Valley during the last century, have Egyptian-type features; they usually keep their hair in ghee-stiffened pigtails, wear oche face-dressing and scarlet robes. His fine physique and well-chiseled features, make the Samburu male among the handsomest in Africa.Jack Clark (on screens), Co-founder of Anthropic, briefs the first ever Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence (AI). This meeting, convened by the United Kingdom, addresses the topic “Artificial intelligence: opportunities and risks for international peace and security”. The Secretary-General delivered remarks during the debate stating, “I urge the Council to approach this technology with a sense of urgency, a global lens, and a learner’s mindset.”Rebeca Grynspan (centre), Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), briefs reporters on the launch of the World of Debt Report from the UN Global Crisis Response Group. Also present are Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (right), Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.United Nations personnel (right) facilitates the virtual reality experience “Pathways Colombia” presented by the UN Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC). Former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) combatants, children and others in Mutatá viewed the experience about the peace agreement’s reintegration and reconciliation work.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, briefs reporters on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.Csaba Kőrösi, President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the General Assembly meeting on various agenda items including the report of the United Nations Youth Office, strengthening the United Nations system, global health and foreign policy, and the impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets.A view of a wreath-laying ceremony to remember the 20th Anniversary of the bombing of Canal Hotel in Baghdad and World Humanitarian Day. At second from left is Gilles Michaud, Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, Csaba Kőrösi, President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, and Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support.Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.Dmytro Kuleba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, briefs reporters on the situation in his country.A view of the annual memorial service to honour the United Nations personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the past year, including fallen colleagues from the Funds and Programmes. In 2022, 77 United Nations women and men of 36 different nationalities perished during service to the organization. At the memorial service the Secretary-General stated, “Their service embodied the principle and the promise of the United Nations”.Antony J. Blinken (centre), Secretary of State of the United States of America and President of the Security Council for the month of August, before the start of the Security Council meeting on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity.A view of the Security Council Chamber before the meeting on the question concerning Haiti.

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