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U.N. adopts Olympic, Paralympic truce

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry meets the press at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 19, 2025, following the U.N. General Assembly's adoption earlier in the day of a nonbinding resolution proposed by Italy on the Olympic truce for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics and Paralympics.

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U.N. adopts Olympic, Paralympic truce

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry meets the press at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 19, 2025, following the U.N. General Assembly's adoption earlier in the day of a nonbinding resolution proposed by Italy on the Olympic truce for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics and Paralympics.

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Treaty on plastic pollution

The U.N. International Negotiating Committee holds a plenary session in Geneva on Aug. 15, 2025, to create the world's first legally binding treaty to address plastic pollution.

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Treaty on plastic pollution

Chair of the U.N. International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, speaks during a plenary session in Geneva on Aug. 15, 2025. The committee worked on creating the world's first legally binding treaty to address plastic pollution.

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Treaty on plastic pollution

Participants react after chair of the U.N. International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, said at the outset of its plenary session in Geneva on Aug. 14, 2025, that talks to create the world's first legally binding treaty to address plastic pollution will be adjourned to the following day.

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Treaty on plastic pollution

The U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on working out an international treaty on plastic pollution holds a plenary session in Geneva on Aug. 13, 2025.

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Treaty on plastic pollution

The U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on working out an international treaty on plastic pollution holds a plenary session in Geneva on Aug. 13, 2025.

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Anti-plastic pollution artwork in Geneve

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong's installation "The Thinker's Burden" is displayed in front of the U.N. office in Geneva on Aug. 12, 2025, as a session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is held.

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Anti-plastic pollution artwork in Geneve

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong poses for a photo in front of his installation "The Thinker's Burden" in front of the U.N. office in Geneva on Aug. 13, 2025, as a session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is held.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference holds its third session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 8, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa (seen in the screen), ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshi Kanamoto, a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front row, C) speaks during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshi Kanamoto (front row, R), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front, 3rd from R) and his Nagasaki counterpart Shiro Suzuki (2nd from R) attend the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshi Kanamoto (front row, R), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2025.

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Hiroshima mayor speaks at U.N. school

Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima in western Japan, makes a speech on April 28, 2025, at the United Nations International School in New York, where he is attending the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference that opened the same day.

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Nagasaki mayor speaks at U.N. school

Shiro Suzuki, mayor of Nagasaki in southwestern Japan, makes a speech on April 28, 2025, at the United Nations International School in New York, where he is attending the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference that opened the same day.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, observe the just opened third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Ghana's Ambassador to the United Nations Harold Agyeman chairs the just opened third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference opens its third meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference opens its third meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press in the prefectural capital Naha on Dec. 5, 2024, a day after traditional knowledge and skills used in the production of Japanese distilled spirits, including awamori produced in the southern Japan prefecture, were approved for addition to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list during its intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Sake brewers from the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto toast in the small hours of Dec. 5, 2024, in the city of Kumamoto, after traditional knowledge and skills of Japanese sake-brewing using "koji" mold was approved for addition to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list during its intergovernmental committee meeting the previous day in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Takehiro Kano (C), ambassador to the permanent delegation of Japan to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is congratulated by his counterparts after traditional knowledge and skills of Japanese sake-brewing using "koji" mold was approved for addition to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list during an intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Sake brewers from the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto toast in the small hours of Dec. 5, 2024, in the city of Kumamoto, after traditional knowledge and skills of Japanese sake-brewing using "koji" mold was approved for addition to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list during an intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Takehiro Kano (front, R), ambassador to the permanent delegation of Japan to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and other members of the delegation celebrate after traditional knowledge and skills of Japanese sake-brewing using "koji" mold was approved for addition to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list during an intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Takehiro Kano (front), ambassador to the permanent delegation of Japan to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, speaks after traditional knowledge and skills of Japanese sake-brewing using "koji" mold was approved for addition to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list during an intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Dec. 4, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yul (C) is projected on a conference hall screen as he attends a plenary session of the fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to develop a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

The U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee holds a plenary session on the final day of the fifth meeting to develop a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

The U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee holds a plenary session on the final day of the fifth meeting to develop a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso speaks during a plenary session of the fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to develop a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso is pictured during a plenary session of the fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to develop a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, in the small hours of Dec. 2, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

Chairman Luis Vayas Valdivieso speaks as the fifth session of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution kicks off in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 25, 2024.

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U.N. committee to address plastic pollution

The committee for U.N. intergovernmental negotiations on a legally binding plastic pollution treaty kicks off a meeting in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 25, 2024.

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U.N. committee reviews Japan's gender equality situation

The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reviewed the Japanese government's efforts to promote gender equality at the United Nations' European Headquarters in Geneva on Oct. 17, 2024, to put forward recommendations for the first time in eight years.

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U.N. committee reviews Japan's gender equality situation

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2024, shows the flag alley at the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reviewed the Japanese government's efforts to promote gender equality the same day to put forward recommendations for the first time in eight years.

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U.N. committee reviews Japan's gender equality situation

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2024, shows the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reviewed the Japanese government's efforts to promote gender equality the same day to put forward recommendations for the first time in eight years.

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Paris Olympics: Opening Ceremony

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (3rd from L) talks to International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in the French capital on July 26, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron can be seen on the right.

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Paris Olympics: Opening Ceremony

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (4th from R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd from R) wave to the crowd ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in the French capital on July 26, 2024. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres can be seen seated to the left in the front row.

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Deaf Japanese lawyer elected to U.N. panel on rights of disabled

Hiroshi Tamon (front row, C), a Deaf Japanese civil rights lawyer, is pictured at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 11, 2024, after being elected to serve as an independent expert on the U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Deaf Japanese lawyer elected to U.N. panel on rights of disabled

Hiroshi Tamon, a deaf Japanese civil rights lawyer, poses for a photo at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 11, 2024, after being elected to serve as an independent expert on U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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UK: Protesters Gather Outside Glasgow Hampden Park Ahead Of Women’s Euro 2025 Qualifier Versus Israel

Protesters gathered outside Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow on Friday, May 31, ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifier match between Scotland and Israel to protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza.

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U.N. Security Council on Palestine membership

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour (L) speaks to the press at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 8, 2024, after the U.N. Security Council referred Palestine's application for full U.N. membership to the committee on the admission of new members.

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UK: Pro-Palestine Protest In Glasgow Ahead Of World Athletics Indoor Championships

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Glasgow on Tuesday, February 27, ahead of the World Athletics Indoor Championships, which will start on March 1, protesting against the participation of Israeli athletes.

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Nikki Haley Surges In Poll To Within Four Points Of Trump

File photo dated April 12, 2018 shows U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley attends a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, DC, USA. The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer than expected for the ex-president, according to a new poll. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nikki Haley Surges In Poll To Within Four Points Of Trump

File photo dated April 12, 2018 shows U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley attends a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, DC, USA. The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer than expected for the ex-president, according to a new poll. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nikki Haley Surges In Poll To Within Four Points Of Trump

File photo dated April 12, 2018 shows U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley attends a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, DC, USA. The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer than expected for the ex-president, according to a new poll. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nikki Haley Surges In Poll To Within Four Points Of Trump

File photo dated April 12, 2018 shows U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley attends a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, DC, USA. The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer than expected for the ex-president, according to a new poll. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM