Coly Seck (at microphone), 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 right is Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to 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.David Hogoboom, U.N. Film Cameraman, filming over the Panama Canal for background material in connection with the Security Council meetings being held in Panama City 15-21 March.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.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 the statue by the Soviet sculptor Evgeny Vuchetich, titled ""Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares"", on a snowy winter day. Located in the North Garden of the UN headquarters, the sculpture is a bronze figure of a man holding a hammer in one hand and, in the other, a sword which he is making into a ploughshare. It symbolizes man's desire to put an end to war and covert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind.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.Road-side flower sellers in Cochabamba. [1983]Papa Thiecoro Dembele, UN Tour Guide from Senegal, speaks to a group of visitors outside the Security Council during a tour of the UN Headquarters.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.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.Peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol along the Blue Line between Ras Naqoura and Labounieh.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.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.A handshake ahead of the ministerial forum on strengthening solidarity and social cohesion during the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63).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.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.Secretary-General António Guterres (second from left) arrives at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, Lebanon. At left is Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon.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.

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