"CEREMONIES"

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Marking the International Day of Peace, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “As we meet today, peace is under assault.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. UNIFEED

Csaba Körösi, President of the 77th session of the General Assembly, addresses the media, following the Changing of Flags ceremony.

The United Nations lowered its flag at the headquarters in New York to honor the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. UNIFEED

Chief Warrant Officer Alizeta Kabore Kinda of Burkia Faso is the recipient of the 2022 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

It was a bright and sunny day in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as dignitaries and communities came together to mark a long-awaited step forward in the ongoing peace process here—the graduation of the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces. UNMISS

Ahead of his meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Secretary-General António Guterres visited the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, cradle of human rights law in Ukraine. He was received by its rector, Volodymyr Melnyk, who explained the University’s and its scholars’ important contributions to the world’s science, international law and diplomacy. OCHA

A United Nations spokesperson announced that at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelinskyy of Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres will be in Lviv on Thursday to attend a trilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkïye and the Ukrainian leader. UNIFEED