Secretary-General António Guterres (in the background) briefs reporters on his priorities for 2026. "As we begin this year, we are determined to choose actions that generate concrete and positive reactions – as called for in the Pact for the Future. Reactions of peace, of justice, of responsibility, and of progress in our troubled times," said the Secretary-General.Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), stressed the world body’s commitment to support Afghanistan and to back the nascent Government of National Unity, during a debate with Afghan audiences broadcast on state television. On the state broadcaster’s flagship panel show, ""Open Jirga"", Mr. Haysom highlighted the UN’s backing to Afghanistan, responding to questions from a studio audience brought together from across the country’s 34 regions. Mr. Haysom (left) greets audience members.24-year-old Nadik Ibrahim prepares Ramadan dinner in El Fasher, capital of Sudan's North Darfur state.A child plays in the waters of the Niger river. During the Jihadist occupation, in order to stop women from bathing in the river, everybody was forbidden from doing so. With the return of peace to the region, communities have resumed their normal activities.Secretary-General António Guterres is in Pakistan to attend the International Conference on 40 Years of Hosting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, which is being organized by the Government of Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). A view of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) pours water in a glass for Annalena Baerbock, President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, during the special meeting on the commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the Economic and Social Council entitled “ECOSOC80: A Turning Point for Multilateralism”.Sudanese women, originally from the town of Kutum, pray together for Ramadan in the city of El Fasher, North Darfur.A view of penguins at the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica. 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.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) visits a shelter hosting internally displaced persons (IDPs) from areas affected by the ongoing conflict in the Dekwaneh area of Beirut. The UN Secretary-General called on the international community to intensify support for the Government and people of Lebanon, warning that the south of the country “risks being turned into a wasteland.”Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Nawaf Salam, President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon. Mr. Secretary-General arrived from Ankara and landed in Lebanon at a critical and timely moment for the country and the wider region. Upon his arrival, he said this is a visit of solidarity with the people of Lebanon who did not choose this war. They were dragged into it.A view of the inner dome of the Sheikh-Lut-Allah mosque in Esfahan.Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with a wounded Ghanian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeper during his visit to Beirut. The UN Secretary-General called on the international community to intensify support for the Government and people of Lebanon, warning that the south of the country “risks being turned into a wasteland.”In white-ruled South Africa, black people are denied their basic human and political rights; their labour is exploited, their lives segregated, precarious and fearful. In 1982 almost one million of them were to be transferred to another country - Swaziland - without their having any say in the matter whatsoever. That is the tyranny of apartheid, of racism made law, of a system under which a small white minority holds all economic and political power, and dictates in the minutest detail how and where the large black majority will live, work and die. It is this system of institutionalized racial discrimination which defies the principles of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has set South Africa on a collision course with the rest of the world. It must be brought to an end before it erupts into a racial war between ""whites"" and ""blacks"" that would have tragic consequences for the whole world. Poignant courtship in Cape Town. Inter-racial marriage is in fact illegal in South Africa, although resistance to the law is growing. Children, however, don't know about racial discrimination. [Exact date unknown]Men walk through a field of tall grass on their way to a mosque for evening prayer in Bamyan, Afghanistan.UN Messenger of Peace and American musical legend Stevie Wonder performs at this year’s UN Day Concert, “A Message of Peace”.South Sudanese returnees arrive in Juba in their newly-independent country, after many years of displacement during conflict. They are among 3,200 of their co-nationals who were received in Juba’s river port by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner Duer Tut Duer Makuach.In white-ruled South Africa, black people are denied their basic human and political rights. Their work is exploited and their lives are segregated. In 1982 almost one million of them were forced to immigrate to Swaziland without option. That is the tyranny of apartheid, of racism made law, of a system under which a small white minority holds all economic and political power, and dictates how and where the large black majority lives, works, and dies. It is this system of institutionalized racial discrimination which defies the principles of the UN Charter and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has set South Africa on a collision course with the rest of the world. A woman of Soweto, a black township some ten miles away from Johannesburg. All urban blacks are required by law to live in "township" well away from the "white" town and cities that are dependent on their labour.Proclaimed in 2011 by UNESCO and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, World Radio Day marks the day United Nations Radio was established in 1946. Radio is a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and constitutes a platform for democratic discourse. At the global level, radio remains the most widely consumed medium. An audio patch bay with voltage control meters used to monitor audio levels.Peacekeepers from China serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) patrol Terekeka village and the nearby Joarkwes site in South Sudan. A group of women by the water pump pose for a photo.Women dressed for Eid watch as hundreds of Somalis play at Lido beach in Mogadishu on August 8. Somalia today enjoyed a peaceful Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important dates on the Muslim calendar, marking the end of Ramadan. Thousands dressed up and came out onto the streets to enjoy the holiday.

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