Cherry blossoms in full bloom at the UN Headquarters against a backdrop of the Secretariat building
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Jorge Arreaza, Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The General Assembly of United Nations observes a moment of silence for the lives lost in the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. At left at dais is María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, and at right is Kenji Nakano, Chief of the General Assembly Affairs Branch of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM)
Amal Clooney, Barrister, addresses United Nations Security Council meeting on women and peace and security, with a focus on sexual violence in conflict
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, chairs the interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on harmony with nature in commemoration of International Mother Earth Day
Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefs reporters as a guest at the noon briefing
A view of the flag of the United Nations and the flags of Member States along First Avenue, as seen through cherry blossoms in the foreground
Muna Luqman, Chairperson for Food for Humanity, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Nadia Murad, Nobel Laureate and Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Ms. Murad gave a copy of her book “The Last Girl” to the Secretary-General
A view of the sculpture entitled “Sphere within a Sphere”, by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro, at the visitors entrance to the UN Headquarters