UN Pictorial History


1980 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) - SMALLPOX ERADICATED

65 Congolese being vaccinated againt smallpox.
Leopoldville, 1/62
73798 UN/DPI/B. Zarov



1981 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS

66 Disabled Japanese children.
Tokyo, 1979
143937 c UN/DPI/J. Corash



1981 CONFERENCE ON NEW AND RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY-KENYA

67 Windmill on Mykonos used for grinding corn.
Greece, 1976
135429 c UN/DPI/M. Tzovaras



1981 JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR - FIFTH SECRETARY-GENERAL

68 SG, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Peru, elected on 15 Dec. 1981.
New York, 3/87
169681 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



1981 DECLARATION ON ELIMINATION OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

69 A worshipper at a mosque in Djenne, Mali.
Djenne, 4/86
154730 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



1982 UNFPA ASSISTS IN THE CHINESE CENSUS

70 Meeting prior to UNFPA-assisted census.
Honhot, China, Summer 1982
152715 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



1982 UN CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

71 FAO and UNDP assist in exploiting fish resources.
Joal, Senegal, 1976
137725 c UN/DPI/J. Mohr



1984 UN OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN AFRICA

72 Sandstorm on shore of Lake Baringo, Kenya.
Lake Baringo, 1984
154884 c UN/DPI/R. Witlin



73 UK Red Cross worker assists drought victims.
Bati camp, Ethiopia, 5/11/84
164669 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



1987 PROTECTION OF THE OZONE LAYER - MONTREAL PROTOCOL

74 A brilliant sun shining over Knoxville, Tennessee.
US, 1978
139312 c UN/DPI/R. Kollar/TVA



1988 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO UN PEACEKEEPERS

75 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to UN peacekeepers in 1988.
New York, 10/88
173115 c UN/DPI/J. Isaac



1989 NAMIBIA - UN TRANSITION ASSISTANCE GROUP (UNTAG)

76 SG Perez de Cuellar visits Namibia before UN-assisted elections.
Windhoek, 7/89
156770 c UN/DPI/M. Grant



77 A woman displays voter registration card.
Windhoek, Namibia, 7/89
156773 c UN/DPI/M. Grant



1989 UN OBSERVER GROUP IN CENTRAL AMERICA (ONUCA)

78 ONUCA destroys resistance weapons.
Honduras, 16/4/90
157589 c UN/DPI Photo by S. Johansen



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