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October 23 1983 Beirut barracks bombing Wikipedia
Early on a Sunday morning, October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers. Source Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings
Leica M4-P @35mm lens Summilux f/1.4 - Kodax Tri-X Pan 400 ISO processed D76 1+1 9'45" 20° exposure ISO 400, natural daylight, incident light meter. Digitized with Alpha 6000 edited in ACR, inverted in CS6.
In war, truth is the first casualty. Aeschylus.
No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself. Ernest Hemingway.
Stilt dancers, musicians, and ritual processions came together at the UN Visitors’ Plaza in a new performance piece entitled “Ocean Calling”, to mark World Oceans Day (June 8). The marine-centric work was created by artist Laura Anderson Barbata, in collaboration with choreographer Chris Walker, The Brooklyn Jumbies, choreographer and dancer Mei Yamanaka, and Jarana Beat. The event was organized by the Office of the President of the General Assembly with TBA21–Academy.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
08 June 2017
United Nations, New York
Photo # 725282
Olumuyiwa Ogunbamow and his son Adefie (5), visiting from Nigeria, take photos in front of the “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture on 9 October, birthday of musician & activist John Lennon. The sculpture, a gift to the United Nations from Luxembourg, was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd in response to the shooting of John Lennon in New York City in December 1980.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton
09 October 2018
United Nations, New York
Photo # 781915
A staff member of the UN Facilities and Management Service adjust the clock at the Security Council chamber as daylight saving time ended on Sunday 3 November.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
04 November 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 829550
Secretary-General António Guterres (seated) speaks with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed in his office ahead of holding a virtual press conference at the UN Headquarters.
30 April 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 841333
A view of the flag of the United Nations in front of United Nations Headquarters in New York. The flag, with white emblem on a light blue field, symbolizes the union of all people in search of a permanent, durable peace.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
27 December 2018
United Nations, New York
Photo # 792832
The United Nations joins landmarks around the world as it turns off lights at its New York Headquarters and other locations, in observance of "Earth Hour". The event takes place one week after the vernal equinox, and is organized by the global conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which asks everyone to turn off their lights for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m. local time, to support action on climate change.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
24 March 2018
United Nations, New York
Photo # 755277
Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, makes closing remarks at the high-level event of the General Assembly on the conclusion of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
17 December 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 834344
Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations, addresses the High-level event of the General Assembly on the conclusion of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
17 December 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 834201
Chloe, an English bulldog and certified therapy dog, is part of the animal-assisted therapy programme offered by the Staff Counselor’s Office in New York.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
30 October 2018
United Nations, New York
Photo # 784655
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) with Alison Smale, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, at the SDG Ssustainable Development Goals) Media Zone, set up for the week of the General Assembly’s annual general debate.
UN Photo/Cia Pak
18 September 2017
United Nations, New York
Chief Tadodaho Sidney Hill of the Onondaga Nation performs a traditional welcome at the opening of the High-level event of the General Assembly on the conclusion of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
17 December 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 834188
Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild (seated) speaks with Chief Perry Bellegarde, Assembly of First Nations (centre) and Chief Tadodaho Sidney Hill of the Onondaga Nation, ahead of the High-level event of the General Assembly on the conclusion of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
17 December 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 834174
An interior shot of the Peace Palace, the seat of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial body of the United Nations.
Photo ID 110331. 01/01/1993. The Hague, Netherlands. UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
Actress Millie Bobby Brown briefs press on the importance of empowering children, as part of UNICEF’s commemoration of World Children's Day. The briefing also served to announce Brown's appointment as UNICEF's newest (and youngest ever) Goodwill Ambassador.
UN Photo/Mark Garten
20 November 2018
United Nations, New York
Photo # 787219
Flags being prepared for UN General Assembly General Debate.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton
17 September 2017
United Nations, New York
Photo # 732645
The United Nations joins landmarks around the world as it turns off lights at its New York Headquarters and other locations, in observance of "Earth Hour". The event takes place one week after the vernal equinox, and is organized by the global conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which asks everyone to turn off their lights for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m. local time, to support action on climate change.
25 March 2017
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
United Nations, New York
Photo # 718274
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the high-level meeting on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
29 September 2020
New York, United States of America
Photo # 846990
The Empire State Building is lit up in red in honour of first responders during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
02 April 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 840890
Interpreters at work during the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
United Nations, New York
ID: 693106
Thirteen new United Nations Security Officers celebrate their graduation ceremony for new UN Security Officers at UN Headquarters. The group consists of all female officers.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
20 January 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 836156
Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of November, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
06 November 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 829823
Yalitza Aparicio, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples, addresses the High-level event of the General Assembly on the conclusion of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
17 December 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 834194
Children from Park East Day School children’s choir participates in an interfaith tribute at the Park East Synagogue in New York City, held in solidarity with those killed and wounded in the massacre in Pittsburgh.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
31 October 2018
United Nations, New York
Photo # 784811
Delegates in the General Assembly Hall during the opening of the general debate of the Assembly’s seventy-first session.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
United Nations, New York
ID: 692993
Secretary-General António Guterres delivers the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture virtually on Nelson Mandela International Day (18 July). The theme of the lecture is "Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: A New Social Contract for a New Era".
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
18 July 2020
New York, United States of America
Photo # 844484
Secretary-General António Guterres reads his notes in his office ahead of holding a virtual press conference at the UN Headquarters.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
30 April 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 841306
Two participants listen as Riyad H. Mansour (on screen and left at dais), Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, speaks at the meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November).
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
27 November 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 832363
In this photograph made available by Albany Associates, fighters of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) sit on the back of an armoured vehicle following a meeting between Dr. Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the movement, and United Nations-African Union Special Envoys for Darfur.
18/04/2008. Darfur, Sudan. UN Photo/Stuart Price. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia.
26.09.2014 ©UN Photo, NY / Նյու Յորք
The General Assembly holds elections by secret ballot without a plenary meeting. Elections were held for 75th President of the General Assembly; new non-permanent members of the Security Council; and new members of the Economic and Social Council.
Mr. Volkan Bozkir from Turkey was elected President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway were elected as new non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period of 2021-2023.
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (right), President of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, presides over the elections. At left is Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM).
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
17 June 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 842994
Denisa Dragnea (centre) and Bertha Shoka (right) hugs a colleague at a graduation ceremony for new United Nations Security Officers today at UN Headquarters. The group consists of thirteen female officers.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
20 January 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 836155
Secretary-General António Guterres visits the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) installation on the lawn of United Nations headquarters.
The installation features 3,758 backpacks in rows reminiscent of a graveyard, each one representing a loss of a young life to conflict during 2018. The installation is a message to world leaders ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Once the installation is taken down, the backpacks will continue on their journey to support children’s education.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
11 September 2019
United Nations, New York
Photo # 820186
Miroslav Lajčák, President of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, addresses the Assembly at the conclusion of its annual general debate.
UN Photo/Cia Pak
25 September 2017
United Nations, New York
Annual high-level discussion on human rights mainstreaming. 43rd session of the Human Rights Council , Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, February 24, 2020. UN Photo/Pierre Albouy
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) with Alison Smale, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, at the SDG Ssustainable Development Goals) Media Zone, set up for the week of the General Assembly’s annual general debate.
UN Photo/Cia Pak
18 September 2017
United Nations, New York
António Guterres, Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations, takes the oath of office for his five-year term which begins on 1 January 2017. The oath was administered by Peter Thomson, President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, on the Charter of the United Nations.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
12 December 2016
New York, NY
Photo # 707602