United Nations Photo - Behind The Scenes

Linked assets

A view of the sun rising behind Long Island City and the sculpture, "Good Defeats Evil", by Zurab Tsereteli, in the north garden area of UN Headquarters. The sculpture depicts St. George slaying the dragon. The Dragon here is made from actual parts of a Soviet SS-20 and an American Pershing II nuclear missiles, and represents the specter of nuclear war. The sculpture was presented to the UN by the Soviet Union in 1990 and commemorates the dismantling of the missiles under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed 8 December, 1987 by Presidents Ronald Reagan of the United States and Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union.

A view of participants in the press briefing with co-signatories of the letter calling for a halt to arms transfers to Israel.
Behind is a view of Picasso’s Guernica tapestry.

A detail of the “Non-Violence” or “Knotted Gun” sculpture by artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on the UN Visitors Plaza.

Then Secretary-General Kofi Annan said about the sculpture in 1999, “It has enriched the consciousness of humanity with a powerful symbol that encapsulates, in a few simple curves, the greatest prayer of man; that which asks not for victory, but for peace.”

Unique ID UN7ALB50399

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.

British Commando units attached to the United Nations forces in Korea have made several daring raids deep into enemy territory. During one such raid, Commandos of the 41st Royal British Marines swarm ashore from amtracks 8 miles south of Songjin, North Korea, where they destroyed a stretch of railroad track breaking an important enemy supply line.

A street scene in Wonsan City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The photo was taken during Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos’ five-day mission in the country to assess food aid needs.

Unique ID UN7ALB50362

Conceptually similar

Scene at UN Headquarters in New York

04/10/2019 08:26:14

Unique ID UN746687

Detail of Non-Violence Sculpture at UN Headquarters

10/10/2023 16:05:52

Unique ID UN71006836

"Non-Violence"

04/27/1993 11:29:27

Unique ID UN7778811

United Nations Receives Gift of Sculpture from Luxembourg

09/30/1988 20:59:57

Unique ID UN7574982

UN Headquarters in Haze from Wildfire Smoke

06/07/2023 14:11:02

Unique ID UN7988775

Similar tones

View images with similar tones

Headline Scene from UN Headquarters in New York

Caption Description Olumuyiwa Ogunbamow and his son Adefie (5), visiting from Nigeria, take photos in front of the “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture on 9 October, birthday of musician & activist John Lennon. The sculpture, a gift to the United Nations from Luxembourg, was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd in response to the shooting of John Lennon in New York City in December 1980.

Unique Identifier UN763565

NICA ID 781915

Production Date 10/09/2018 11:14:51 AM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

Credit UN Photo/Kim Haughton

File size 4.30 MB