Public elementary school 29, in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, N.Y., displays photos of its students who graduated in June in a virtual ceremony. The UN secretary-general is pushing schools globally to reopen, when local transmission of Covid-19 is managed. JOHN PENNEY
Carlos Moisés Guillén Alfaro, un piloto de 46 años de El Salvador, fue el primer personal de mantenimiento de la paz de la ONU en morir por Covid-19, según funcionarios de la ONU. Pero su certificado de defunción no menciona la causa de la muerte, y otras preguntas importantes sobre su tratamiento médico en Malí, donde se encontraba, prevalecen de su familia.
At a clinic at La Fossette Health Center in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, nurses vaccinate babies, among other health care services. The pandemic could further erode Haiti’s stability, experts say, given its precarious economic and political state. DANIEL LANARI/USAID
The Indonesian delegation, June 2018, when it was elected as a member from the Asia-Pacific region to the UN Security Council for 2019-2020. Retno Marsudi, foreign affairs minister, right; and Dian Triansyah Djani, center, the UN ambassador. The key to managing in the Council? Tolerance and patience, he said. MANUEL ELIAS/UN PHOTO
Carlos Moisés Guillén Alfaro, a 46-year-old pilot from El Salvador, was the first UN peacekeeper to die from Covid-19, according to UN officials. But his death certificate cites no cause of death, and other major questions about his medical treatment in Mali, where he was based, prevail from his family. Here, he’s on an earlier flight near the Comalapa air base in El Salvador. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE GUILLÉN FAMILY
Carol Pasisi, an activist from the Pacific island nation of Niue, spoke to the Security Council on July 24 about the threats of climate change in her region, like damage to the blue economy.
The Security Council held a climate change and security debate, led by Germany, nearly 10 years since the first and last time the Council met on this specific issue and agreed to a presidential statement on it. The Dominican Republic also led a meeting on climate change in January 2019.
The UN flag flew with United States and Canadian flags on the Peace Bridge, between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ontario, until not long ago, but it’s unclear why it was there to begin with. OPEN SOURCE
Precautions taken in Mali against Covid-19, March 2020. A UN-75 political declaration to reinforce global cooperation was approved recently by the General Assembly. But it had hit many sticking points, including the United States forcing language on climate change to be softened. OUSMANE TRAORE/WORLD BANK
At the UN in New York, participants at a Youth Standing Up for Human Rights event, Dec. 10, 2019. The bottom line to getting a full-time job at the UN, even in a world crisis, is that the route is not a straight shot. ESKINDER DEBEBE/UN PHOTO
Secretary of State Pompeo during a question-and-answer session about his new report by the Commisson on Unalienable Rights, unveiled at the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, July 16, 2020. Mary Ann Glendon, right, presided over the event and led the commission that wrote the report. FREDDIE EVERETT/STATE DEPARTMENT
