UN Pictorial History

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to an on-line pictorial history of the UN. Use the timeline (below) to navigate through this pictorial. Note that you can view more detailed images (~50K GIF) by clicking on any photograph.

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The United Nations Photo Library is a collection of approximately 200,000 photographs dating back to 1945 and chronicling the history of the Organization and its work.

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e-mail: rosenblum@un.org 1 Headquarters of United Nations. New York, 1992 185265 c UN/DPI/A. Brizzi 2 Flag of the United Nations. New York, 1980 145618 c UN/DPI Photo by J. Isaac 3 Flags of UN Member States fly at Headquarters. New York, 1992 185518 c UN/DPI/A. Brizzi 4 The General Assembly at its 48th session. New York, 27/9/93 183790 c UN/DPI/E. Kanalstein 5 The Security Council votes on Angola. New York, 8/2/95 189133 c UN/DPI/E. Schneider 6 The Economic and Social Council. New York, 8/82 150098 c UN/DPI/M. Grant 7 The Trusteeship Council. New York, 1992 185532 c UN/DPI/A. Brizzi 8 The International Court of Justice. The Hague, 1992 186850 c UN/DPI/A. Brizzi 9 The Palais des Nations, UN Office at Geneva. Geneva, 1992 186878 c UN/DPI/P. Klee