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Peace Bell Ceremony in Observance of International Peace Day
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) poses for a photo in front of the Peace Bell at the annual ceremony held at UN headquarters on 20 September in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September). With him are, from left to right: Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth; Midori Goto, UN Messenger of Peace; Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly; Mr. Guterres; Koro Bessho, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations; Mariko Bessho, wife of the Permanent Representative of Japan; Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General; Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications; and Yo-Yo Ma, UN Messenger of Peace. The theme of the International Day of Peace of 2019 is “Climate Action for Peace” in order to draw attention to the importance of combatting climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world~ UN Photo by Kim Haughton