UN Pictorial History


1971 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SEATED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

52 PRC delegation formally seated in GA.
New York, 15/11/71
117269 UN/DPI/Y. Nagata



1971 KURT WALDHEIM - FOURTH SECRETARY-GENERAL

53 SG Kurt Waldheim, Austria, elected 22 Dec. 1971.
New York, 14/3/72
122690 c UN/DPI/Y. Nagata



1972 UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) ESTABLISHED

54 Eucalyptus saplings planted to prevent soil erosion.
Senegal, 1984
153721 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



1974 INT'L. BANK FOR RECONTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

55 IBRD project in Thailand improves rice production.
Thailand, 1974
131194 c UN/DPI/P. Teuscher



1973 SINAI - UN EMERGENCY FORCE II (UNEF II)

56 In UN tent, Israelis, Egyptians discuss disengagement.
Km. 101, 11/11/74
130417 c UN/DPI/Y. Nagata



57 Finnish troops at UNEF observation post.
Southern Sinai, 11/75
134268 c UN/DPI/Y. Nagata



1974 GOLAN HEIGHTS - UNDOF

58 Israelis withdraw in accordance with agreement.
Tel El Shams, 18/6/74
134046 c UN/DPI/Y. Nagata



1974 PLO GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

59 Voting board as GA grants PLO observer status.
New York, 22/11/74
126887 UN/DPI/T. Chen



1975 WORLD CONFERENCE OF INT'L. WOMEN'S YEAR - MEXICO CITY

60 In Lesotho, a female work crew builds a road.
Lesotho, 1969
118420 UN/DPI/K. Muldoon



1978 UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (HABITAT) ESTABLISHED

61 Farm in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, 1
975 133515 c UN/DPI/J.Isaac



1978 UN INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON (UNIFIL)

62 Lebanese refugees in a camp in Beirut.
Beirut, 3/4/78
139502 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



63 SG Waldheim visits Norwegian peacekeepers with UNIFIL.
S. Lebanon, 18/4/78
137818 c UN/DPI Photo/J. Isaac



1978 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT

64 USSR gift "Let Us Beat Swords Into Ploughshares".
New York, 1/77
133853 UN/DPI/M. Tzovaras



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