The United Nations Association of New York gathered inside the J.W. Marriott Essex House on Thursday evening to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.N., and to award three individuals at the 2015 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala dinner.

This year's event, themed "2015 and Beyond: Education and Equality for All," honored Marco Bizzarri, president and chief executive officer of Gucci, where he was presented with the Humanitarian of the Year award. Also receiving the Humanitarian Award that evening was Anthony Lake, UNICEF's executive director and the activist Ban Soon-taek, wife of Wife of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. 

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