6 Snapshots from UN General Assembly Week

Last week, leaders from more than 140 nations, the private sector, and civil society converged in New York for the 69th United Nations General Assembly and a number of events on pressing global challenges.

Our gallery below shows six top images from the week:

1. More than 300,000 people including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took to New York’s streets in an unprecedented march for climate action on Sunday, September 21. Photo credit: UN Photo.

2. President Barack Obama chaired a Security Council summit on foreign terrorist fighters. The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Member States “to cooperate in efforts to address the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters.” Photo credit: UN Photo/Kim Haughton.

3. As the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa topped the agenda in New York, the World Health Organization opened a training center in Sierra Leone to
teach health workers how to treat patients with the virus. Photo credit: World Health Organization.
4. Singer-songwriter and humanitarian Alicia Keys lights up the stage at the launch of her “We are here” campaign at the Social Good Summit. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/Invision for United Nations Foundation/AP Images.

 

5. World leaders gather at the UN General Assembly Hall to discuss global issues. Photo credit: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard.

6. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designates actor and climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio a UN Messenger for Peace. Photo credit: UN Photo.