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Philemon Yang (left), President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the high-level debate of the General Assembly on “A second chance: addressing the global prison challenge”
A detailed view of the gavel as Philemon Yang, President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 73rd plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 72nd plenary meeting of the General Assembly. The meeting held the election of the President of the General Assembly for the 80th Session
Ioannis Stamatekos Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of May, chairs the Security Council meeting on threats to International peace and security.
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Kacou Houadja Léon Adom, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Ivorians Abroad of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, briefs the United Nations security Council meeting on protection of civilians in armed conflict.
One North Korean woman described how her father died of starvation. Another said her friends were publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean television dramas. North Korea’s ambassador appeared unmoved. When he got up to speak, he described it as a political scheme and labeled the women as “human scum.”
A view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria). On the screens are Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Coordination Division, Head and Representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva (OCHA).