An aerial view of the area surrounding the town of Kidal, in north eastern Mali.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.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.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.A child tries on a UN Peacekeeper's helmet.Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) playing the trumpet after getting a quick lesson from musician Wynton Marsalis. Listening to the Secretary-General's performance are (right) Nane Annan and singer Luciano Pavarotti.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.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 view of the United Nations emblem in the General Assembly Hall in the morning of the third day of the 80th session of the General Assembly Debate.The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at Central Hall in London, United Kingdom. A general view of Central Hall showing the delegation of the United Kingdom.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.A view of the United Nations Headquarters as seen from Long Island City.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]Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a press conference in front of the damaged warehouse building of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East.A peacekeeper serving with the Indian military contingent of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during a ""stand to"" drill in Pibor, Jonglei State.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.Seen here on the presidential rostrum during the meeting are Acting President U Thant (right), of Burma, and UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.Senegalese UN Police (UNPOL) officers get ready for their daily patrol on the streets of Gao, Mali.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.A view of the United Nations flag outside the General Assembly Hall during the fourth day of the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-sixth session.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets Kami, an HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame, the South African version of Sesame Street, to raise global awareness about health.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.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.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."

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