Kenji Nakano, Chief of the General Assembly Affairs Branch, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), signals the start of the 23rd plenary meeting of the General Assembly that heard a report of the International Atomic Energy Agency.Secretary-General Kofi Annan today departs from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he co-chaired a donor pledging conference for the African Union forces on the ground in Darfur, to go to Sudan. He is scheduled to meet with Sudan's leadership and visit to the south as well as the western Darfur region.The cornerstone of the United Nations Permanent Headquarters, was laid on United Nations Day - 24 October - at a special open-air General Assembly meeting held on the site of the Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York. The ceremony, marking the Fourth Anniversary of the United Nations, was attended by President Harry S. Truman who was the principal speaker. Secretary-General Trygve Lie deposited in the stone copies of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. General view of ceremony.Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar making a point at his first general press conference since taking office on 1 January. The conference was held at UN Headquarters this morning.For some time to come the poorer countries of the world will have to rely on agriculture to raise their living standards and supply the capital they need to create industries. Agricultural production must therefore be increased. This requires tractors, fertilizers, new and better seeds, vast irrigation schemes, and land reform. A young goat-herder with his animals in the more fertile Delta area of Senegal. [No exact date]Senegalese UN Police (UNPOL) officers get ready for their daily patrol on the streets of Gao, Mali.A peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is taking part in a training exercise, near Bunia in Ituri, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Secretary-General António Guterres attends the annual awards dinner of the UN Correspondents Association (UNCA). Behind him is Ashley Judd, Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), who was presented with the 2019 UNCA Global Citizen of the Year during event.Rising life expectancies and declining birth rates throughout the world are creating an increasing proportion of old people to young. By the year 2000 there will be nearly 600 million people over 60 years old, twice the 1970 figure. In the developing world, and to a lesser extent elsewhere, the traditional roles and support structures for elderly are being eroded by rapid social and economic change. Between 26 July and 6 August, 1982, a special UN-sponsored World Assembly on Aging will be held in Vienna to discuss the long-range future of the world's elderly. Issues on the agenda include health, housing and the environment, social welfare, income security, education and the family, and the role of the elderly in development. Banjara tribal women near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. [Exact date unknown]The new Secretary-General designate of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld (right) of Sweden, arrived in New York by air from Stockholm today. He will be inducted tomorrow afternoon at a ceremony to be held before the General Assembly. Here, at Idlewild Airport, Secretary-General Trygve Lie welcomes his successor as he was alighting from the plane.UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall (left) with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed during the annual Peace Bell Ceremony held at United Nations headquarters in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September).A group photo during a leadership dinner with Annalena Baerbock (not pictured), President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. From left to right are: Alicia Bárcena, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico; Michelle Bachelet, Former President of Chile; María Fernanda Espinosa, Poet and former President of the United Nations General Assembly; and Susana Malcorra, Former Foreign Minister of Argentina.Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the United Nations at 80 Commemoration "A living legacy" in the General Assembly Hall. "The United Nations is not just a set of buildings. It is not just words on paper. It is alive -- in you. It lives in every peacekeeper who stands between conflict and calm. In every humanitarian worker who reaches the unreachable. In every diplomat who chooses dialogue over discord. In all of you who understand that global problems demand global solutions," said the Secretary-General, and continued: "Let us honour the legacy we have inherited - and commit to the legacy we will leave behind. Let us keep the living legacy going - and growing - for one and all."Annalena Baerbock (centre), President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, holds a special Better Together Dialogue on the theme “The role of the General Assembly in Fragmented Times” with Member States on the occasion of United Nations Day.A view of the “Non-Violence” or “Knotted Gun” sculpture by artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on the UN Visitors Plaza at UN Headquarters in the morning of the fifth day of 80th General Assembly Debate.Two Baobab trees, with their thick trunks and large edible fruits, growing on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal.A draft resolution is distributed ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2795 (2025) on the European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR ALTHEA).Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, briefs reporters on the upcoming Second World Summit on Social Development (4-6 November in Doha, Qatar). With her was Annalena Baerbock, President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly.A view of the United Nations Headquarters as seen from Long Island City.UN Security Officer Gonzalez and his K-9 partner Hana pose for a photo on the second day of the 80th General Assembly Debate at UN Headquarters.Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivers a Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the 23rd plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

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