The Summit is convened by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and aims to deliver new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear on confronting climate change, as well as to boost ambition and accelerate action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on 23 September 2019
Young people around the world have been organizing protests to demand action on climate change. Millions walked out of their schools and workplaces last Friday as part of demonstrations leading up to the Youth Climate Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) poses for a photo in front of the Peace Bell at the annual ceremony held at UN headquarters on 20 September in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters following the start of the Seventy-fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Ragu Nay Myint from a Yangon-based humanitarian assistance group that helps Hindus chastised international organizations for ignoring the plight of the Hindus in Rakhine
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) speaks at the thirty-fourth Annual International Prayer Breakfast
Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Yemen
The Secretary-General visited the Abaco islands together with the Bahamian Prime-Minister Hubert Minnis. They toured the stricken areas in a helicopter provided by the Dutch Royal Navy which dispatched one of its ships to assist in the emergency
Hurricane Dorian, a category five hurricane, swept the Bahama islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama on 1 September 2019. At least 43 people died following the passage of Dorian that stalled over the Bahamas for nearly two days with winds of 200 mph, becoming one of the worst disasters in the nation’s history
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) installation on the lawn of United Nations headquarters.