Centenary of WWI "Christmas Truce" marked in New York

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd L), British Ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant (2nd R) and German Ambassador to the UN Harald Braun sing Christmas carol "Silent Night" during an event commemorating the centenary of World War I "Christmas Truce", at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2014.

 

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during an event commemorating the centenary of World War I "Christmas Truce", at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2014

 

 

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson (C) participates in an informal football penalty shoot-out during an event commemorating the centenary of World War I "Christmas Truce", at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2014

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) and diplomats pose for a group photo during an event commemorating the centenary of World War I "Christmas Truce", at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2014

 

 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) participates in an informal football penalty shoot-out during an event commemorating the centenary of World War I "Christmas Truce", at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2014.

 

 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) participates in an informal football penalty shoot-out during an event commemorating the centenary of World War I "Christmas Truce", at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2014.