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A member of UN Protocol prepares the flags for Secretary-General’s meetings with various Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers.

A detailed view of the gavel as Philemon Yang, President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, opens the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session.

The theme for the general debate of the 79th session of the General Assembly is "Leaving no one behind: acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for present and future generations".

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) speaks with Mahmoud Abbas (centre left), President of the State of Palestine, on their way to a meeting at UN Headquarters.

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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.

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre at podium) briefs reporters at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

" It is impossible to be here and not to feel a broken heart. We are witnessing a paradox," said the Secretary-General. "Behind these walls, we have two million people that is suffering enormously - that has no water, no food, no medicine, no fuel, that is under fire, that needs everything to survive. On this side, we have seen so many trucks loaded with water, with fuel, with medicines, with food. Exactly the same things that are needed on this side of the wall. So these trucks are not just trucks. They are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for so many people in Gaza, " he continued.

A view of penguins at the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica. The penguins are currently laying and incubating their eggs.

Secretary-General António Guterres visited Antarctica to see the deadly impact of the climate crisis. While in Antarctica the Secretary-General saw the Collins and Nelson Glaciers, as well as the Kopaitic Island, which is home to penguins and other species which are being impacted by climate change.

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Caption Description Landscape gardeners are getting the Japanese Peace Bell Garden ready for the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Ichiro Abe Shin (not pictured) designed the Japanese garden at UN Headquarters in 1999. Since then he comes to maintain and trim the garden every year before the annual Peace Bell Ceremony on the International Day of Peace. This year, his colleagues came from Japan to help with the work.

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Production Date 09/12/2023 12:08:45 PM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

Credit UN Photo/Manuel Elías

File size 46.78 MB