January 2025 in photos
164 photos
2024 in Photos
85 photos
December 2024 in Photos
130 photos
November 2024 in Photos
154 photos
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
102 photos
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was founded following Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426, adopted on March 19, 1978, which called for Israel to withdraw forces from Lebanon...
October 2024 in photos
244 photos
79th General Assembly Debate
447 photos
Views of the 79th United Nations General Assembly Debate under the theme, "Leaving no one behind: acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for...
Summit of the Future
317 photos
Heads of State and Government are gathering at UN Headquarters in New York on 22-23 September 2024 to address the critical challenges and gaps in global governance exposed by recent global shocks....
September 2024 in photos
935 photos
August 2024 in photos
157 photos
July 2024 in photos
221 photos
June 2024 in photos
226 photos
May 2024 in photos
228 photos
April 2024 in photos
208 photos
March 2024 in photos
229 photos
Observance of 30 Years Since Genocide in Rwanda
42 photos
2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and...
February 2024 in photos
157 photos
January 2024 in photos
122 photos
2023 in Photos
100 photos
December 2023 in photos
155 photos
History of Question of Palestine
184 photos
The question of Palestine was brought before the United Nations shortly after the end of the Second World War.
Palestine was among former Ottoman territories placed under UK administration by the...
November 2023 in photos
212 photos
October 2023 in photos
258 photos
78th General Assembly Debate and SDG Summit
362 photos
Views of the 78th United Nations General Assembly Debate held in September 2023, including the SDG Summit and the SDG Action Weekend. The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a...
UN General Assembly through History
157 photos
A look at the United Nations General Assembly since the creation of the Organization in 1945.
Enjoy a visual journey through pivotal moments in time, encounter the personalities present, and delve...
September 2023 in Photos
517 photos
August 2023 in photos
69 photos
July 2023 in photos
185 photos
June 2023 in photos
181 photos
May 2023 in photos
185 photos
April 2023 in photos
188 photos
UN 2023 Water Conference
79 photos
Commission on the Status of Women from the Archive
38 photos
March 2023 in photos
271 photos
February 2023 in photos
120 photos
January 2023 in Photos
141 photos
2022 in Photos
100 photos
December 2022 in photos
76 photos
November 2022 in photos
134 photos
October 2022 in photos
156 photos
77th General Assembly Debate
176 photos
Views of the 77th United Nations General Assembly Debate held in September 2022 on the theme: “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”.
Transforming Education Summit 2022
118 photos
September 2022 in photos
508 photos
August 2022 in photos
108 photos
2022 United Nations Oceans Conference
50 photos
July 2022 in photos
127 photos
June 2022 in photos
210 photos
May 2022 in photos
153 photos
April 2022 in Photos
137 photos
March 2022 in Photos
144 photos
February 2022 in Photos
123 photos
January 2022 in Photos
69 photos
2021 in Photos
90 photos
December 2021 in Photos
56 photos
November 2021 in Photos
85 photos
October 2021 in Photos
69 photos
76th General Assembly Debate
158 photos
Photos from the General Debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly
21 to 25 September and 27 September 2021
September 2021 in Photos
109 photos
August 2021 in Photos
34 photos
July 2021 in Photos
58 photos
June 2021 in Photos
115 photos
May 2021 in Photos
61 photos
March 2021 in Photos
33 photos
April 2021 in Photos
23 photos
February 2021 in Photos
17 photos
January 2021 in Photos
20 photos
2020 in Photos
80 photos
December 2020 in Photos
13 photos
November 2020 in Photos
31 photos
UN Marks 75th Anniversary
76 photos
For 75 years the UN has served as a global forum where nations can discuss the most difficult problems facing the world. The UN aims to maintain international peace and security, protect human...
October 2020 in Photos
49 photos
75th General Assembly Debate
40 photos
September 2020 in Photos
38 photos
August 2020 in Photos
6 photos
July 2020 in photos
7 photos
June 2020 in Photos
39 photos
May 2020 in Photos
38 photos
April 2020 in Photos
35 photos
March 2020 in photos
51 photos
February 2020 in Photos
72 photos
January 2020 in Photos
63 photos
2019 in Photos
197 photos
Secretary-General António Guterres visited Small Island States in the South Pacific to spotlight the issue of climate change ahead of the Climate Action Summit in September, Cyclone Idai hit...
December 2019 in Photos
51 photos
November 2019 in Photos
86 photos
October 2019 in Photos
57 photos
74th General Assembly - Debate & Summits
140 photos
Every September, the Member States of the United Nations meet at the General Assembly in New York to discuss the critical issues of global concern. In 2019, in addition to the general debate, world...
September 2019 in Photos
88 photos
August 2019 in Photos
85 photos
July 2019 in Photos
61 photos
June 2019 in Photos
95 photos
Highlights of Secretary-General's Work
559 photos
On 13 October 2016, the General Assembly appointed Mr. António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mr. Guterres assumed office on 1 January 2017. His five-year term ends on the last...
May 2019 in Photos
80 photos
Conference on the Global Compact for Migration
52 photos
Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
Marrakech, Morocco
10-11 December 2018
April 2019 in Photos
43 photos
March 2019 in Photos
54 photos
Indigenous Peoples
219 photos
Indigenous peoples number about 300 to 370 million. While they constitute approximately 5% of the world’s population, indigenous peoples make up 15% of the world’s poor. Furthermore, indigenous...
February 2019 in Photos
36 photos
Children of the World
512 photos
The needs of children pervade the work of the United Nations system. From education programmes and efforts to abolish child labor, exploitation and abuse, from humanitarian help for children in the...
January 2019 in Photos
54 photos
2018 in Photos
199 photos
Take a look back at 2018 in UN photos. Bangladesh. Czech Republic. DR Congo. Liberia. Mali. Morocco. Republic of Korea. Somalia. South Sudan. Switzerland. On Syria. On Yemen. Youth empowerment....
73rd General Assembly, Debate
331 photos
Each year in September the world’s leaders gather at the United Nations in New York City for the annual general debate of the General Assembly. Established in 1945 under the Charter of the United...
Women of the World
337 photos
United Nations support for the rights of women began with the international framework declared in the UN Charter. Among the purposes of the UN declared in Article 1 of the Charter is “To achieve...
One World, 7.7 Billion Faces
210 photos
The world population was estimated to have reached 7.6 billion in August 2018, with projections that the number will rise to more than 11 billion by century's end. In this set, we share with you...
Blue Helmets - UN Peacekeepers
719 photos
United Nations peacekeeping is a unique and dynamic instrument developed by the Organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict and create the conditions for lasting peace. The first UN...
UN Humanitarian Assistance
69 photos
The UN Photo Library is pleased to present a small gallery of UN photos representing humanitarian assistance at the United Nations throughout the years.
Climate Change
351 photos
The United Nations is in the forefront of the effort to save our planet: from providing and disseminating greater knowledge about man-made climate change and its required countermeasures, to urging...
Education for All
80 photos
The United Nations supports global advocacy and efforts to improve education around the world. Education is not only a right but important to human development because education contributes to...
Personalities and the UN
353 photos
The goals of the United Nations are shared and supported by prominent individuals around the world who participate in UN programs to help focus worldwide attention on the work of the Organization....
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
349 photos
The UN family is committed to assisting those forcibly displaced or forced to flee their homes – often due to war, civil unrest or natural disasters. The United Nations humanitarian action network...
Our Oceans, Our Future
53 photos
The high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable...
World Water Day
85 photos
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about taking action to tackle the water crisis. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending...
Energy, Sustainable Development and the...
78 photos
Disarmament and the UN
85 photos
Since its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations has been committed to promoting multilateral disarmament and arms limitation. The UN system’s efforts to maintain...
Landmine Issues
67 photos
Every year, landmines kill 15,000 to 20,000 people — most of them children, women and the elderly — and severely maim countless more. Scattered in some 78 countries, they are an ongoing reminder...
UNESCO World Heritage
56 photos
whc.unesco.org/en/about/
World Cityscapes, Landscapes and Aerials
277 photos
International Day of Happiness
47 photos
What is the International Day of Happiness? It’s a day to be happy, of course! Since 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness as a way to recognise the importance...
The Security Council
174 photos
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members...
November 2018 in Photos
48 photos
October 2018 in Photos
43 photos
August 2018 in Photos
44 photos
July 2018 in Photos
45 photos
Mali
127 photos
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established by Security Council resolution 2100 of 25 April 2013 to support political processes in that...
Central African Republic
50 photos
Concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional implications, the Security Council authorized on 10 April 2014 deployment...
Somalia
67 photos
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) was established on 3 June 2013 by UN Security Council Resolution 2102, following a comprehensive assessment of the United Nations in support...
Sudan and South Sudan
456 photos
The United Nations currently operates three missions in the Sudan and South Sudan—UNAMID in conjunction with the African Union, UNISFA and UNMISS. Through its missions and myriad agencies, in Sudan...
Haiti
184 photos
Afghanistan
80 photos
UNAMA is a political mission that provides political good offices in Afghanistan; works with and supports the government; supports the process of peace and reconciliation; monitors and promotes human...
India and Pakistan
25 photos
Observing the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir
The first group of United Nations military observers arrived in the mission area on 24 January of 1949 to supervise the ceasefire between India and...
Timor-Leste
133 photos
The Middle East and North Africa
124 photos
Asia and the Pacific
219 photos
Sub-Saharan Africa
376 photos
Latin America and the Caribbean
111 photos
Europe
72 photos
Rwanda Genocide
29 photos
The United Nations has been a fundamental partner for the reconstruction of Rwanda after the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Between 2013-2018, the One UN Rwanda has budgeted around US $411...
Ebola Outbreak
53 photos
Apartheid in South Africa
184 photos
Apartheid became the official policy of the Government of South Africa in 1948, following the election of the Herenigde Nasionale Party, later renamed the National Party. Under this policy, racial...
Fight Against Drugs
28 photos
The United Nations leads the international campaign aimed at raising awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society and especially to young people. It assists Member States in...
In and Around the UN
54 photos
An album for the lesser-seen moments and angles at UN Headquarters, with selections from Instagram and our vast image bank. Catch us on Instagram @unitednationsphoto!
Art and Architecture at the UN
218 photos
The United Nations has four major headquarters, located in New York, Geneva,
Vienna and Nairobi. Its oldest and best-known office, in New York, was constructed in 1950 by a multinational team of...
Architectural Planning of UN Headquarters
12 photos
The planning process, team, and designs behind the architectural planning of the United Nations permanent Headquarters on the East River of Manhattan.
First General Assembly
26 photos
The First Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10th January 1946 at Central Hall in London.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
65 photos
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, the Declaration is turning 75 in 2023.
#StandUp4HumanRights
Everyone, no matter who or where, is entitled to the rights and freedoms set...
Know Your United Nations
7 photos
The "Know Your United Nations" exhibition opened in Brooklyn, New York, on 15 September, and was on view through 15 October 1947. Consisting of colourful panels of photographs, posters and...
(1948) Birth of a United Nations Document
8 photos
Precision, speed and accuracy are the hallmark of the astounding mechanism developed by the United Nations to record its multilingual proceedings. These behind-the-scene pictures show the life story...
We the Peoples: Photo Exhibition
66 photos
UN Day on 24 October 2014 marks the start of the 70th year of the organization. UN Photo is pleased to present "We the Peoples", an exhibition celebrating the UN through powerful images of...
UN Day Retrospective
46 photos
In honour of the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations and as part of the 2015 UN Day activities (24 October), UN Photo is proud to present a retrospective gallery featuring "UN Day"...
Historic Frelimo (Mozambique Liberation Front)...
14 photos
Liberation movements fought Government forces in the Portuguese dominated territories in African throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s. In the words of the Angolan Leader, Agostinho Neto, they worked...
Founding of the UN - San Francisco Conference
207 photos
In April - June 1945, representatives of fifty countries congregated in San Francisco to hold the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Those delegates deliberated to constitute...
4th Birthday of United Nations
5 photos
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...
World Radio Day
53 photos
The 13th February is UNESCO World Radio Day and the 70th Anniversary of United Nations Radio. It is a day to celebrate radio as a medium and to improve International cooperation between broadcasters....
Sustainable Development Summit 2015
36 photos
The UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015 is taking place in New York from 25-27, September, 2015. World leaders will adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, “Transforming our...
Paris Climate Conference (COP21)
35 photos
195 nations came together for the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France and pledged to curb emissions, strengthen resilience and take common climate action. This special...
Trygve Lie
30 photos
On 1 February 1946, Mr. Lie was elected the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was formally installed by the General Assembly at its 22nd meeting on 2 February 1946. The General...
Dag Hammarskjöld
101 photos
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961, when he met his death in a plane accident while on a peace...
U Thant
67 photos
U Thant , who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, was chosen to head the world body when Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was killed in an air crash in September...
Kurt Waldheim
61 photos
Kurt Waldheim was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 1972. The Security Council had recommended the appointment on 21 December 1971 and the...
Javier Perez de Cuellar
46 photos
Javier Perez de Cuellar was the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served two terms, from January 1st 1982 to December 31st 1991. A lawyer and diplomat from Peru, he led negotiations...
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
52 photos
Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1992, when he began a five-year term. At the time of his appointment by the General Assembly on 3...
Ban Ki-moon
156 photos
Ban Ki-moon was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. His priorities have been to mobilize world leaders around a set of new global challenges, from climate change and economic upheaval...
Kofi Annan
97 photos
Kofi A. Annan of Ghana, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, served from 1997 to 2006 and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff.
One of Mr. Annan's main...
2017 in Photos
543 photos
Secretary-General António Guterres began his tenure at the start of January, as we commenced a year that saw a continuation of many of the flashpoints and fault lines of 2016: continued conflict,...
2016 in Photos
88 photos
2016 brought both shocking news and signs of hope. Refugee and humanitarian crises gripped the world's attention. Hurricane Mathew left thousands displaced. Meanwhile the Paris Agreement on climate...
2015 in Photos
131 photos
Tackling the Ebola Crisis. Assisting a record number of refugees fleeing violence. Guaranteeing Women’s and LGBT Rights. Spearheading an ambitious new global Climate Change agreement. These are...
2014 in Photos
53 photos