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105 tonnes of ivory from over 7,000 elephants and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn was burned in Nairobi, Kenya, on 30 April 2016, in an urgent call to action to end the poaching crisis.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left) addresses the 2016 Integration Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Every commissioner and key investigator into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, in which 2,977 innocent Americans were killed, has not only demanded that President Obama declassify and publicly release the 28-page chapter from the original Joint Congressional Inquiry, providing leads on the role of the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family in 9/11. They have also demanded the full declassification of all of the still-classified files from the Joint Inquiry and the follow-on 9/11 Commission.

Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a press conference at the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

All-women driving school founders Mana, left, and Ghalia, right, proudly pose next to their car.

Fatima, 34, has two small children, Kharuan and Kaphin. Thanks to a Greek family she has found a new life after fleeing Syria and war.

Destruction in World Heritage site of Palmyra (April 2016)

The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. The General Assembly also adopted a substantively identical resolution, with the two resolutions providing renewed momentum for the focus on ‘sustaining peace’ within the UN system.

A view of Baku, Azerbaijan.