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.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.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”.Men walk through a field of tall grass on their way to a mosque for evening prayer in Bamyan, Afghanistan.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.”Sonia Gandhi (left), Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance party of India, poses with Jesse Jackson Sr., Civil Rights Leader in the United States, after addressing the informal General Assembly meeting in observance of the International Day of Non-violence, at UN Headquarters in New York.Secretary-General António Guterres (standing) is about to address the AI Impact Summit Opening Ceremony in New Delhi. The Secretary-General is in India to attend the AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi, India, from 16 to 21 February.A view of the inner dome of the Sheikh-Lut-Allah mosque in Esfahan.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.Countries in the Sahel, a band of land on the southern edge of the Sahara, are still affected by a crisis of alarming proportions. Drought and famine which have manifested themselves since the late 1960s, still continue. School children in Kaona. April 1986.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.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) speaks with Eduardo Kobra, artist, (right) during the special meeting on the commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the Economic and Social Council entitled “ECOSOC80: A Turning Point for Multilateralism”. A stamp was unveiled with a motive of the mural painted by Eduardo Kobra during the event. Mr. Kobra is from São Paulo, Brazil and the mural was a donation from the Permanent Mission of Brazil, tied to the commemoration of the 200th year anniversary of Brazil's Independence (7 September 1822). The theme of the artwork is Sustainable Development, in particular the concept of meeting the needs of the present without compromising Earth’s ability to meet the needs of future generations. The mural was installed on the west façade of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Building in September 2022.Sudanese women, originally from the town of Kutum, pray together for Ramadan in the city of El Fasher, North Darfur.24-year-old Nadik Ibrahim prepares Ramadan dinner in El Fasher, capital of Sudan's North Darfur state.At Hunter College, the Sub-commission on the Status of Women meets. From left to right are: Mrs. Hansa Mehta, India; Mrs. Way Sung New, China; Miss Fryderyka Kalinowski, Poland; Miss Angela Jurdak, Lebanon; Mrs. Marie Helene Lefaucheux, France; and Mrs. Bodgil Begtrup, Denmark and Chairman of the committee.A girls' school in Gaza. December 1990.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.”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.A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

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