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A view of the visitor's lobby of the General Assembly building during the high-level week of the seventy-second session.
A detail view of the Trusteeship Council Chamber during the Summit of the Future Action Day Two.
The flags outside UN Headquarters are raised manually by UN Security Officers every weekday morning at approximately 8 am and lowered every weekday at around 4 pm, except in cases of bad weather. The 193 Member States of the United Nations are each assigned a flagpole, organized in English alphabetical order from north to south at UN Headquarters. In 2015, its non-member observer States (Holy See and the State of Palestine) got assigned their own flagpoles. On weekends, only the UN flag is raised. However, during UN General Assembly high-level week held in September each year, the flags of the UN and the world remain flying around the clock. 

A view of UN Security Officers in the process of raising flags at UN Headquarters.
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Headline A View of the Seal of the United Nations 
Caption Description A view of the seal of the united Nations behind the podium in the General Assembly Hall. 
Unique Identifier UN7768681 
NICA ID 55748 
Production Date 02/21/1991 9:40:29 AM 
City/Location New York
Country United States of America
Credit UN Photo/Milton Grant
File size 2.48 MB