A view of a participant delivering remarks during the Town Hall Meeting with the UN Secretary General and Civil Society on the occasion of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69/Beijing+30) held in the General Assembly Hall. In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). The main focus of the sixty-ninth session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. The review will include an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.A flower in rain. Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. Kigali has been Rwanda's main economic and cultural city since it was founded in 1907, and became the capital of the country at independence in 1962. 2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months.Coly Seck (centre), Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations, briefs reporters with Members of the newly-elected Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP Bureau). At fourth from left is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.Participants react to the adoption of the draft resolution titled "Political Declaration on the occasion of thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women" during the opening of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69 / Beijing+30). The resolution, adopted by consensus, reaffirms the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, originally adopted in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women, stressing the need to uphold all human rights and fundamental freedoms for every woman and girl, without exception. In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). The main focus of the sixty-ninth session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. The review will include an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.Fishing boats in Rincao, Cabo Verde. The idea behind the concept of the blue economy is to sustainably use the ocean as a tool for lifting people out of poverty, while protecting its valuable ecosystems. The Blue Economy seeks to promote economic growth, social inclusion and preservation or improvement of livelihoods while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability—all issues integral to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.Road-side flower sellers in Cochabamba. [1983]A partial view of the mural "Mankind's Struggle for Lasting Peace" created by José Vela-Zanetti of the Dominican Republic. The theme of the mural is mankind's struggle for lasting peace. The mural is located in the Conference Building at UN Headquarters and was one of the first artworks to be installed at the United Nations.As a result of the fighting and internal unrest currently prevailing in the Katanga Province of the Republic of the Congo, some 35,000 Congolese have sought the assistance of the United Nations until they are able to return to their homes. Swedish guard at the refugee camp which is being maintained by the U.N., studies Swahili with camp children.Two fishermen in their boat in Rincao, Cabo Verde. The idea behind the concept of the Blue Economy is to sustainably use the ocean as a tool for lifting people out of poverty, while protecting its valuable ecosystems. The Blue Economy concept seeks to promote economic growth, social inclusion and preservation or improvement of livelihoods while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability—all issues integral to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.The first group of Philippine combat troops to reach Korea disembark from their transport at Pusan, and are presented with a bouquet of flowers by South Koreans who came to greet them. [No exact date]A view of a participant during the Civil Society Town Hall with the President of the General Assembly. The first part of the event is a dialogue with Philemon Yang, President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, organized in collaboration with the Office of the President of the General Assembly. The second part is a discussion on the role of civil society engagement in the implementation of the Summit of the Future's Pact for the Future and upcoming UN communication priorities.A wide view of the General Assembly Hall during the United Nations observance of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025. This year’s theme is “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment”. On screen at right is IWD host Sade Baderinwa, ABC Eyewitness News anchor. International Women’s Day (IWD) has been around for over a hundred years, as have many of the issues still impacting women’s advancement. Since 1911, IWD belongs to all who care about women’s equality.Peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol along the Blue Line between Ras Naqoura and Labounieh.Liberians celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in Accra on 18 August 2003, which ended their country’s 14-year civil war.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left in front) meets with Abdel Fattah El Sisi (at left in front), President of Arab Republic of Egypt on the sidelines of the Extraordinary Arab Summit on the situation in the Middle East and on Gaza reconstruction held in Cairo, Egypt.A view of the event titled “POWER4Girls: invest in girls, transform the world” on the occasion of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69/Beijing+30) The event is held to accelerate at-scale action to protect and promote the rights, wellbeing, and leadership of adolescent girls, with the ambition to influence how policy and programming work is done across the development-humanitarian ecosystem. The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.A view of the attendance gallery for the Security Council Chamber before the UN Security and Safety Service fully turns on the lights for a meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) arrives at Africa Hall to attend a Town Hall meeting with UN staff in Addis Ababa. The Secretary-General is in Addis Ababa to attend the 38th African Union Summit.Fu Cong (right), Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February, and other members of the Security Council screen a virtual reality project prior to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.Tareq M. A. M. Albanai (at podium), Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, briefs reporters, in his capacity as the current Chairman of the Arab Group, on the situation in Gaza. At second from right is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.

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