Security Council President Briefs Press on Nuclear Test by DPRK, Elbio Oscar Rosselli Frieri (left), Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the UN and President of the Security Council for January, briefs journalists following urgent Council consultations on the 6 January nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Council issued a press statement strongly condemning the test, which is “a clear violation of Security Council resolutions… and the non-proliferation regime”. Council members also indicated that they would begin to work immediately to take “significant measures” in a new Security Council resolution. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Central African Republic Holds Presidential and Legislative Elections. The Central African Republic held presidential and legislative elections on 30 December. UN Photo/Nektarios Markogiannis

Security Council Discusses Human Trafficking in Conflict Situations. The Security Council met to discuss human trafficking in situations of conflict. Samantha Power (centre right), United States Permanent Representative to the UN and Council President for December, greets Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 21-year-old Iraqi woman of the Yazidi faith and a victim of abduction and torture by the terrorist group Islamic State, at the meeting.UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Secretary-General and Mayor of Paris Pay Tribute at Bataclan. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second from right) and Anne Hidalgo (left), Mayor of Paris, pay tribute to victims of Bataclan arts centre attack, in Paris, France. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Special Event Marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Mosharraf Hossain (in wheelchair, back to camera), Director of Policy and Influencing of the Action on Disability and Development (ADD) International, addresses the special event in observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December). UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

Pope Francis Visits Central African Republic. Pope Francis during his 29-30 November visit to Bangui, Central African republic. UN Photo/Nektarios Markogiannis

Child Protection Personnel of UNMISS Police Visit School at POC Site. Police officers of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) play with children at the Temporary Learning Space of the Protection of Civilians (POC) site 2 in Juba. The officers are members of the Gender Child and Vulnerable Persons Protection (GCVPP) Unit of UN Police (UNPOL) in the Mission. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

United Nations Emergency Force, The first elements of the new United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) arrived in Cairo on 26 October 1973, the day after the adoption of the Security Council Resolution setting up the Force. The Force consists of battalions from Austria, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Panama, Peru, Poland and Sweden under the command of Lieutenant General Ensio Siilasvuo of Finland. A battalion from Ghana is expected shortly. The task of the Force is to supervise the implementation of the Security Council resolution which “demands that immediate and complete cease-fire be observed and that the parties return to the positions occupied by them at 1650 hours GMT on 22 October 1973”. It is also to use its “best efforts to prevent a recurrence of the fighting, and co-operate with the International Committee of the Red Cross in its humanitarian endeavours in the area”. UNTSO Military Observers will also co-operate with the Force in carrying out its mandate.UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata

Security Council Adopts Resolution on Syria Negotiations. The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2254 (2015), requesting the Secretary-General, through his good offices and the efforts of his Special Envoy for Syria, to convene representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition to engage in formal negotiations on a political transition process on an urgent basis, with a target of early January 2016 for the initiation of talks. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Secretary-General Addresses Civil Society and Press with Al Gore in Paris. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with Al Gore, former United States Vice President and Chair of the Climate Reality Project, had a joint encounter with civil society representatives and the press during the during the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21). UN Photo/Mark Garten