This exhibition shows a slice of the era and the history of the world over 70 years. 49 shots made by UN photographers are presented at Photokina exhibition in Cologne, Germany.
Afghan farmer collecting grain. August 11, 2009.
UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein©
Schoolchildren eating food provided by the UN World Food Program and Timor-Leste Education Ministry. February 5, 2010.
UN Photo/Martine Perret©
A woman taking part in 16 Days of Activism campaign launched by the UN Mission in Liberia to enhance women's rights and extirpate violence against women.
UN Photo/Christopher Herwig©
Yasser Arafat, chairman of the executive commission of Palestine Liberation Organization, meeting a visitor at the reception in the UN headquarters where he made his first address to the General Assembly. November 13, 1974.
UN Photo/Teddy Chen©
A newborn baby in a hospital of Hovd province, Mongolia. July 28, 2009.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe©
Visitors discussing a photograph from Juba, Sudan. A pile of guns burning during the launch of UN disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program in south Sudan. June 10, 2009
Cambodia refugees returning home from Thailand on a train provided by the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency). June 1992.
UN Photo/Pernaca Sudhakaran©
Batyrkhan Shukenov: "There are many people who want love, light and peace in this world."
A kid checked for TB during opening of the first TB vaccination center created under support of the WHO and UNICEF.
Leopoldville, Kongo. June 18, 1962.
Representative of UN Public Information Department Vlastimil Samek near the photograph of the second session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 17, 1947. Photo by Vladimir Dmitriyev©
Haiti girl wearing a UN peacemaker helmet.
UN Photo/Logan Abassi©
A family using solar panels to generate energy for their yurt, a traditional dwelling in Mongolia. July 28, 2009.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe©
Kazakhstan is the first country to host the series of photographs
The exhibition is held in the year of the 20th anniversary of UN presence in Kazakhstan and the 21st anniversary of Kazakhstan's membership in UN.
Orphans found wondering in the ruins of Seoul are taken to an orphanage by UN officer.
UN Photo/GM©
"Life of people, life of people of different countries, common people who are trying to live in love and joy and dreaming to be heard," UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Kazakhstan Batyrzhan Shukenov said about the exhibition.
Two members of Finnish battalion on duty at the watch post of UN Armed Forces, next to Suez Canal.
UN Photo©Yutaka Nagata