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Flags of member nations flying at United Nations Headquarters.

UN Photo/Joao Araujo Pinto

Flags of member nations flying at United Nations Headquarters.

A fisherman on a canoe fishing in Lake Fewa. In an effort to improve the fishing techniques in the country, the Government of Nepal has established a boat building workshop on the shores of Lake Fewa.

UN Photo/Ray Witilin

A fisherman on a canoe fishing in Lake Fewa. In an effort to improve the fishing techniques in the country, the Government of Nepal has established a boat building workshop on the shores of Lake Fewa.
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A view of passengers aboard trains connecting the suburbs of Kolkata, India. The Asia-Pacific region is urbanizing rapidly with 1.77 billion people, 43% of the region's population, living in urban areas.

UN Photo/Kibae Park

A view of passengers aboard trains connecting the suburbs of Kolkata, India. The Asia-Pacific region is urbanizing rapidly with 1.77 billion people, 43% of the region's population, living in urban areas.

Cases of water destined for the victims of Haiti's earthquake arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

UN Photo/Marco Dormino

Cases of water destined for the victims of Haiti's earthquake arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Afghan men work on a road construction under the auspices of the World Food Programme (WFP) food-for-work project through which more than 560,000 people have been assisted with over 10,000 tons of food during March. The project also includes the rehabilitation of irrigation canals, ponds and water channels.

UN Photo/WFP

Afghan men work on a road construction under the auspices of the World Food Programme (WFP) food-for-work project through which more than 560,000 people have been assisted with over 10,000 tons of food during March. The project also includes the rehabilitation of irrigation canals, ponds and water channels.

ECOSOC in official session at the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland.

UN Photo/Jess Hoffmann

ECOSOC in official session at the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland.

View of Secretariat building at United Nations Headquarters with a satellite dish in the foreground.

UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi

View of Secretariat building at United Nations Headquarters with a satellite dish in the foreground.

A woman collects rice with a machete near Manatuto, Timor-Leste.

UN Photo/Martine Perret

A woman collects rice with a machete near Manatuto, Timor-Leste.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the United Nations proclaimed 1979 International Year of the Child (IYC). It has asked the world community to renew and reaffirm concern for the present and future of its children.

UN Photo/Jean Pierre Laffont

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the United Nations proclaimed 1979 International Year of the Child (IYC). It has asked the world community to renew and reaffirm concern for the present and future of its children.

A United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) peacekeeper plays with a young child in Hera.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

A United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) peacekeeper plays with a young child in Hera.

Pakistani United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) peacekeepers and Liberian villagers repair a flooded road on the outskirts of Voinjama, Liberia. UNMIL has been working on various projects to improve the living conditions of the local residents there.

UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

Pakistani United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) peacekeepers and Liberian villagers repair a flooded road on the outskirts of Voinjama, Liberia. UNMIL has been working on various projects to improve the living conditions of the local residents there.

Members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) participates at the Special Event of the Council with the philanthropy community in New York in February 2010.

UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) participates at the Special Event of the Council with the philanthropy community in New York in February 2010.

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