UN honors fallen peacekeepers

STORY: UN honors fallen peacekeepers DATELINE: May 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:20 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN Headquarters 2. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laying a wreath and mourning 3. various of Guterres walking up to the rostrum in UNGA Hall 4. various of delegates observing a minute of silence for fallen peacekeepers 5. various of Guterres awarding Dag Hammarskjold Medals to fallen peacekeepers 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 7. various of UNGA Hall 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 9. various of Guterres presenting 2022 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award to Captain Cecilia Erzuah 10. various of delegates observing a minute of silence for fallen peacekeepers STORYLINE: The United Nations held ceremonies at its headquarters in New York on Thursday, to honor the memory of the peacekeepers who have sacrificed their lives while serving under the UN flag. UN Secretary-General

Diplomats enjoy Kyogen performance at U.N.

Diplomats enjoy Kyogen performance at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Nomura Mansai gives a comical Japanese Kyogen performance in the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Library at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 6 for foreign diplomats from around the world. Other members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, headed by Nomura Mansaku, a Living National Treasure, also joined the performance.

U.N. medal given to relatives of 2 slain peacekeepers

U.N. medal given to relatives of 2 slain peacekeepers

TOKYO, Japan - The Dag Hammarskjold Medal, a U.N. medal, was awarded April 22 to relatives of two Japanese killed during peacekeeping operations in Cambodia in 1993. Takehito Nakata (R), holding the photo of his dead son Atsuhito and the Dag Hammarskjold Medal in his hands, and Reiko Takada (C), the wife of the other deceased Japanese, Haruyuki Takada, pose with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) at the premier's official residence.

UN marks anniversary of death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold

STORY: UN marks anniversary of death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UN Headquarters 2. wide shot of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laying wreath 3. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 4. wide shot of moment of silence STORYLINE: A wreath-laying ceremony was held on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. "We come together to honor the life of Dag Hammarskjold, 61 years after his tragic death. We remember a man of extraordinary wisdom and modesty; enormous courage and curiosity; unshakable integrity and selfless devotion to duty," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the ceremony. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "Dag Hammarskjold's legacy shapes our United Nations to this day -- as a force for peace, an impartial brok

UN-FORMER CHIEF-DAG HAMMARSKJOLD-WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY

UN-FORMER CHIEF-DAG HAMMARSKJOLD-WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY

(220913) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) lays a wreath at a ceremony commemorating the 61st anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 13, 2022. The wreath-laying ceremony was held here to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjold on Tuesday. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UN remembers its fallen peacekeepers

STORY: UN remembers its fallen peacekeepers DATELINE: May 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Peacekeeping Memorial 2. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laying wreath at Peacekeeping Memorial 3. various of moment of silence before medal ceremony 4. various of peacekeepers 5. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 6. various of medal ceremony STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday laid a wreath at the UN Headquarters in New York to pay homage to the more than 4,200 UN peacekeepers who lost their lives since 1948, and presided over a ceremony to honor the 117 peacekeepers who died last year serving under the UN flag. At a ceremony of its kind held in person for the first time in three years, Guterres awarded the Dag Hammarskjold Medal posthumously to the 117 fallen peacekeepers. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "Our peacekeepers press on. They work tirelessly in th

Diplomats enjoy Kyogen performance at U.N.

Diplomats enjoy Kyogen performance at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Nomura Mansai gives a comical Japanese Kyogen performance in the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Library at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 6 for foreign diplomats from around the world. Other members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, headed by Nomura Mansaku, a Living National Treasure, also joined the performance. (Kyodo)

Speculation continues over Hammarskjold's death in plane crash

Speculation continues over Hammarskjold's death in plane crash

Photo taken on July 24, 2015, shows a portrait (L) of Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations' second secretary general, hanging on a wall in the U.N. Headquarters building in New York. Ban Ki Moon, the world body's current head, called for further investigation in July into the cause of Hammarskjold's mystery-shrouded death in a 1961 plane crash to determine if he was in fact murdered. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo