Mr. B. C. Perera — Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to UNEP
On the occasion of the Presentation of Credentials as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to UNEP by Mr. B. C. Perera, who is also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Kenya.
Mr. Perera is seen signing the visitors book at UNEP H/quarters fla...
B. Wahibla
American Astronauts Visit United Nations Headquarters
United Nations, New York, 13 August 1969
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin Aldrin, Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations today where they attended a ceremony in their ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
American Astronauts Visit United Nations Headquarters
United Nations, New York, 13 August 1969
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin Aldrin, Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations today where they attended a ceremony in their ...
United Nations Information Centre
Ethiopians In Elisabethville
United Nation-Ethiopian troops are pictured in Elisabethville during Christmas. The troops are said to have bombarded one of Elisabethville's teeming African townships. Reports have also been received of United Nations mortar fire on a hospital in...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Tea for Ethiopia
Donating 20,000 kilos of tea worth of Rs. 1,000,000 for Ethiopians suffering from a famine, took place at Janatha Estates Development Head Office, Vauxhall Street, Colombo. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, A. C. S. Hameed is handing over the boxes...
Gamini Abeysekara
Coping with Disaster: Drought in Ethiopia
The UN family of organisations is often called upon to help in times of disaster — natural and man-made. UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) provides legal protection and material assistance to refugees. Severe drought and endless poverty ca...
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Captain Lundkvist and Lieut. Billy Nilsson
Captain Lundkvist (left), pilot, and Lieut. Billy Nilsson (right), co-pilot of the United Nations Dakota Aircraft which crashed over Katanga recently. A UN official said preliminary reports suggested that the plane was shot down by "undetermined" ...
Planet News Ltd.
Major Gherman Titov the Second Soviet Cosmonaut
The Soviet Cosmonaut, Major Gherman S. Titov, recently visited United Nations headquarters where he was the guest of honour at a reception given by acting U.N. Secretary-General, U Thant. The cosmonaut and his wife were later conducted a tour of t...
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