UN Pictorial History

1990 WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN - NEW YORK

79 Cambodian girl holds UN flag.
Cambodia, 10/92
UN# 186080C UN/DPI/P.S. Sudhakaran

80 Young Indian boy carries bricks to earn a living.
India, 1979
UN# 148049C UN/DPI/J.P. Laffont/Sygma

81 Children in New York school embrace.
Bronx, New York, US, 1978
UN# 139857C UN/DPI/M. Weinstein

1990 UN DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME ESTABLISHED

82 UNDCP encourages alternate crops.
Northern Thailand, 1991
UN# 158657C UN/DPI/J. Sailas/UNDCP

1991 IRAQ - UN SPECIAL COMMISSION (UNSCOM)

83 UNSCOM team at base of Iraq's 300mm "supergun".
Jabal Hamrayn, 11/8/91
UN# 158470Cc UN/DPI/H. Arvidsson

1991 UN IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVER MISSION

84 Burning oil wells and a destroyed Iraqi tank.
Al Maqwa, Kuwait, 25/3/91
UN# 158181C UN/DPI/J. Isaac

1991 UN ANGOLA VERIFICATION MISSION (UNAVEM II)

85 Woman votes in Angola's UN-assisted elections.
Luanda, 29/9/92
UN# 159419C UN/DPI/M. Grant

1991 BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI - SIXTH SECRETARY-GENERAL

86 SG Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egypt, elected 3 Dec. 1991.
New York, 3/12/91
UN# 178980C UN/DPI/M. Grant

1992 UN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY IN CAMBODIA (UNTAC)

87 Young children at "Killing Fields" memorial.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 14/3/93
UN# 159733C UN/DPI/J. Isaac

88 Bangladeshi PKOs teach demining to Cambodian.
Cambodia, 1992
UN# 159491C UN/DPI/J. Bleibtreu

89 Canadian medic with UNTAC examines an elderly man.
Cambodia, 2/3/93
UN# 159762C UN/DPI/J. Isaac

1992 FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - UN PROTECTION FORCE (UNPROFOR)

90 British ambulances with UNPROFOR.
Vukovar, Croatia, 7/92
UN# 159206C UN/DPI/S. Whitehouse

91 Muslim children in Stari Vitez.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5/
94 UN# 186746C UN/DPI/J. Isaac

1992 UN OPERATION IN SOMALIA (UNOSOM)

92 Somalis outside UN-supported feeding centre.
Bardera, 4/93
UN# 159849C UN/DPI/M. Grant

93 SG Boutros-Ghali, French Cmdr. Quadri at orphanage.
Baidoa, 10/93
UN# 186266C UN/DPI/F. Ribere

1992 THE EARTH SUMMIT - RIO DE JANEIRO

94 Workers walk home from vulcanizing plant.
Copsa Mica, Romania, 1991
UN# 158676C UN/DPI/R. Marklin

95 Young Kazakh shepherd riding a horse.
Karkara, Kazakhastan, 6/92
UN# 159639C UN/DPI/F. Charton

1993 INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

96 Ladakhi woman, a member of Tibetan ethnic group.
Photoksar, India, 8/92
UN# 159644C UN/DPI/F. Charton

1993 UN OBSERVER MISSION TO VERIFY THE REFERENDUM IN ERITREA

97 Women celebrate UN-supervised referendum.
Adi Segdo, Eritrea, 4/93
UN# 159900C UN/DPI/M. Grant

1993 UN DAY CONCERT

98 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch., K. Mazur conducts; S. Chang solos.
NY, 24/10/93
UN# 184573C UN/DPI/E. Schneider

1994 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY

99 Brazilian grandfather and grandson.
Rio de Janeiro, 1981
UN# 149134C UN/DPI/S. Barbosa

100 Indian family celebrates baby's first steps.
India, undated
UN# L-192/11 UN/DPI Photo

101 A Kuwaiti family.
Jahra, Kuwait, 30/3/91
UN# 158130 UN/DPI/J. Isaac

1994 SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS

102 Segregated stands in sports arena.
Bloemfontein, S. Africa, 6/69
UN# 177913 UN/DPI/H. Vassal

103 President Nelson Mandela delivers inauguration speech.
Pretoria, 10 May 1994
UN# 186835C UN/DPI/C. Sattleburger

1994 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT - CAIRO

104 International Conference on Population and Development.
Cairo, 9/94
UN# 185795C UN/DPI/E. Schneider

105 Women at UNICEF-assisted family planning clinic.
Settat, Morocco, 7/87
UN# 156359C UN/DPI/J. Isaac

1994 UN OPERATION IN MOZAMBIQUE (ONUMOZ)

106 UN-assisted elections -- waiting to vote.
Xipamanine, 28/10/94
UN# 187016C UN/DPI/P.S. Sudhakaran

1995 UN FIFTY LIGHTING

107 Secretariat lit up for UN's 50th Anniversary.
New York, 21/12/94
UN# 188956C UN/DPI/E. Schneider

1996 KOFI ANNAN - SEVENTH SECRETARY-GENERAL

108 Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Ghana, elected 17 December 1996. New York, 17/12/96 UN# 193355C UN/DPI/M. Grant

1996 REFUGEES AND RETURNEES IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA

109 Refugees heading back home to Rwanda.
Ngara region, Tanzania, December 1996
UN# 2023019C UN/UNHCR/R. Chalasani

1997 UN OBSERVER MISSION IN LIBERIA (UNOMIL)

110 Liberians forming a queue to place their vote.
Nimba County, Liberia, July 1997
UN# 187636C UN/DPI/J.C. Monua

1998 LOUISE FRECHETTE - DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

111 Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette, Canada, the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, 15 January 1998.
UN# 196712C UN/DPI/M. Grant

1998 OTTAWA CONVENTION ON MINES

112 A variety of landmines found in Northern Iraq.
Suleimaniyah, Iraq, June 1998
UN# 198204C UN/DPI/E. Schneider

1998 ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

113 Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaking at ceremony for opening for signature of Treaty on Establishment of International Criminal Court, Rome, 18/07/98
UN# 199398C UN/DPI/E. Schneider

1998 OPERATION LIFELINE HELPING IN SOUTHERN SUDAN

114 A baby, one of 2.5 million people facing famine in Sudan, is given oral rehydration solution by a nurse.
Bahr El Ghazal, Sudan, 27/08/98
UN# 187754C UN/DPI/E. Debebe

1999 UN INTERIM ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO (UNMIK)

115 A Kosovo refugee family using a cell phone to connect with relatives. Stankovac 1 Camp, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, April 1999
UN# 202484C UN/UNHCR/H.J. Davies

1999 UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR (UNTAET)

116 Returnees arriving in Dili, East Timor, aboard the "Lambelu" which was chartered by the International Organization for Migration, one of UNHCR's partner agencies. New York, October-November 1999
UN# 203103C UN/UNHCR/M. Kobayashi