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.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.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.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.An installation ceremony of the national flags of the countries of the newly elected non-permanent members to serve on the United Nations Security Council for the 2025-2026 term is shown being held at UN Headquarters. The five new non-permanent members are Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia. Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, installs the flag of her country.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]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.Members of the Austrian Battalion Ski Patrol about to leave Hotel Base on Mt. Hermon. During the winter, UN Positions on Mt. Hermon become isolated.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.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.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with Nawaf Salam (centre left), Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon.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.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.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.A young boy learns the art of baking. His training, which takes place at a state-run orphanage, is supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). [Exact date unknown]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.The staff of the United Nations and Marc Chagall donated a stained glass panel designed by the French artist as a memorial to Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others who died in a plane crash in Africa, 17 September 1961, while on a peace mission. The panel is 15 feet wide and 12 feet high. It is predominantly blue in colour. In it Chagall sought to express the simplicity and beauty of the ideals of peace and brotherhood for which the UN was founded. Symbols of peace and love can be found throughout the panel. In the centre is the figure of a young child being kissed on the cheek by an angelic face which emerges from a mass of flowers; the right hand side suggests mankind's yearning for peace, its prophets and its victims, and symbols of law. On the left are depicted motherhood and people struggling for peace.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 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.Window cleaners at work at United Nations Headquarters. A crew of some fourteen men works full time washing the Headquarters' 6,600 windows.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.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with peacekeepers as he visits the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, Lebanon.Peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol along the Blue Line between Ras Naqoura and Labounieh.Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.A handshake ahead of the ministerial forum on strengthening solidarity and social cohesion during the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63).Philippe Lazzarini (left), Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, attend the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "Respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uphold international human rights law and international humanitarian law. There is no military solution. It is time for all the signatories of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region to honour their commitments. It is time for mediation. It is time to end this crisis. It is time for peace." said the Secretary-General.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.Fu Cong (second from left), 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.Road-side flower sellers in Cochabamba. [1983]Blue helmets and bulletproof vests belonging to peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL).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.Captain Alois R. Karlbauer (right), Operations Officer, Austrian Battalion, briefing junior officers at Hotel South, on Mt. Hermon. During the winter UN positions on Mt. Hermon become isolated.

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