Commemorations were held in Geneva, Switzerland to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) on Friday. This year marks 80 years since the UN Charter, the founding document of the organization, came into force. The UN officials attending the UN80 Ceremony highlighted the world body's work on global issues. The UN is struggling as the United States, historically the group's largest historical donor, withholds its funds, while the Trump administration reviews its relationships with all international organizations. This has led to a substantial cuts to the budgets of key UN programs including humanitarian aid, peacekeeping and health initiatives. A photo exhibition titled "Shared Lives, Shared Future" commemorating the 80th anniversary of the UN was opened at the Palais des Nations on Friday, which coincided with the United Nations Day. The exhibition presented 27 stories showing that the UN made a difference in people's daily lives, from advancing peace and security to providing humanitarian aid. Shotlist: Geneva, Switzerland - Oct 24, 2025: 1. Various of UN80 Ceremony in progress; 2. Alessandra Vellucci, director of United Nations Information Service, speaking; 3. Various of attendees; 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tatiana Valovaya, director-general, United Nations Office at Geneva: "What is really very important is that the United Nations has lived upon its promise. It has prevented another global military conflict around the world. Of course, there are many regional conflicts, there are wars going on, there are sufferings going on, but nevertheless the United Nations have prevented a major global military conflict."; 5. Various of Valovaya speaking; attendees listening; Geneva, Switzerland - Oct 23, 2025 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chen Xu, permanent representative of China to UN Office at Geneva: "We have been witnessing headwinds to multilateral cooperation with mounting unilateralism, protectionism. So these behaviors made the life very much difficult for everybody. So it's high time for everybody to recommit ourselves to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, to rededicate ourselves to multilateral cooperation."; Geneva, Switzerland - Oct 24, 2025 7. Various of people visiting photo exhibition commemorating 80th anniversary of UN. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]