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Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. Thank you to all who contributed!

Did you know that the UN has an account on the popular Chinese social media platform called Weibo? UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was honoured with an Award of Special Merit at the 2012 Sina Awards Ceremony for the continuous support and participation of the United Nations in social media. You’re invited to join the UN on social media platforms in the UN’s six official languages.

Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited the UN Headquarters this week to discuss his new book, “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace.” While in New York City, he also visited the floor where he used to work for the first time since the UN Secretariat reopened after it was refurbished. Also watch a conversation he had with Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.

Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin met with Syrian refugees in Turkey last week. Thanks to @WFP for posting this and more on their Twitter page. Find out more about her trip in this video originally aired on CNN.

In this video meet a child who couldn’t walk before he started receiving food assistance from the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP). Thanks to @WFP for posting this video and more on their Twitter account — and thank you to everyone who has supported WFP!

This week the BBC took viewers on a “behind the scenes” tour of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Thanks to our colleagues at @ICTY for featuring for this video and more on their Twitter account.

Thanks to our colleagues at the UN Information Centre in Rio de Janeiro for this lovely tribute in memory of the third anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti which also highlights progress made.

This week Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged Stanford University students– and students everywhere — to harness a spirit of hope as they confront the challenges of the world. For him, he said, that spirit was sparked by a visit to California half a century ago when he stayed with a family on a trip sponsored by the Red Cross. In this photo the Secretary-General holds hands with his Ms Libba Patterson, his “host mother” during his first trip away from his home country of South Korea half a century ago. They were reunited during his trip to California last Thursday.

UNICEF Supporter and actress @Angie_Harmon joined UNICEF Chief @Susan_Bissell to discuss child trafficking on @HuffPostLive.

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Expect updates on the following events — and more — on Thursday:

On Thursday, the General Debate continues as heads of state and government address their peers. The debate will be webcast live starting at 9 a.m. NYC time. See who’s expected to speak in the lists of speakers in the UN Daily Journal.

At 9 a.m., The Missions of the UK and Saudi Arabia will host a “Friends of Yemen” meeting. You can follow #Yemen for updates.

At 10 a.m., the Mission of Nigeria will host a meeting on its experience of accelerating progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

With armed conflicts trending upward again and proving increasingly complex, the challenges are also mounting for mediators working to resolve them through negotiations, the United Nations will launch its Guidance for Effective Mediation at 11 a.m. The first broad UN guidance of this kind reflects the experience of mediators over more than six decades and was developed in close cooperation with the UN’s partners including member states, regional/subregional organizations and other relevant actors.

The Mission of Canada, the Gates Foundation and the Secretary-General will host a meeting on the legacy of polio at 12:30 p.m. The campaign to eradicate polio is close to reaching its goal, but needs one final push. You can follow the campaign and Thursday’s meeting at #endpolio. (watch live). See why Bill Gates is calling this event “the hottest ticket in town” in this post.

UN Women will host a meeting at 1 p.m. on boosting the economic empowerment of rural women. Join the conversation by using the tag #RuralWomen.

Thirty countries – home to 56 million chronically malnourished children – are now committed to unlocking the potential of their entire populations by ensuring a good nutritional start to life during the 1,000 day window of opportunity between pregnancy and a child’s second birthday. At 3 p.m., the UN Secretary-General will join others for an update on the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. You can join the conversation via twitter at #scalingupnutrition and follow and @SUN_Movement for updates.

Meanwhile, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, will speak at a meeting on Water and Food Security held by the Mission of Qatar.

The situations in Sudan and South Sudan will be discussed at a high level meeting at 4 p.m.

In the evening, Princess Mary of Denmark will be among those speaking at the launch of Why Poverty, a cross-media event that aims to reach 500 million people. Follow their updates live @askwhypoverty.

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