The Security Council chamber, designed by Norwegian architect Arnstein Arneberg. UN/DPI.
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A central feature of the Security Council Chamber is the oil canvas mural painted by the Norwegian artist Per Krogh. UN/DPI.
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A general view of the first meeting of the Security Council at Church House. London, January 17, 1946. UN/DPI by: M. Bolomey.
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A view of the Security Council as members debate the application of Bangladesh for admittance to the UN. The application was approved. United Nations, August 25, 1972. UN/DPI.
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UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO) observing and reporting in the Golan Heights. Syria, April 1973. UN/DPI: by Y. Nagata.
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UNTAC medic examines an elderly villager in Cambodia. February 2, 1993. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNPROFOR soldier in Bosnia attends to fire. UN/DPI by: A. Farnsworth.
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Members of the Security Council view photographs and maps set up by U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson during debate on the Cuban Missile Crisis. UN/DPI.
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Members of UNMOGIP (UN Observer Group in India & Pakistan) interrogate a witness at the cease fire line. UN/DPI.
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Members of UNMOGIP. UN/DPI.
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Responding to escalating violence between Greece and Turkey, the UN introduced peacekeeping forces in Cyprus. Nicosia, Cyprus. November 26, 1990. UN/DPI.
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An Australian member of UNFICYP keeps watch. Athna, Cyprus, November 15, 1990. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNFICYP soldiers helping to quell the tension in the region after a military coup. August 4, 1974. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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Greek Cypriots evacuated from their villages are re-united with relatives and friends. November 21, 1974. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, addresses the Security Council regarding the situation in Cyprus, July 1974. UN/DPI.
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Since 1979 over 3 million Afghans have fled into neighboring Pakistan. Afghani boy near Camp Peshawar in Akdra Khattak. Pakistan 1988. UN/DPI.
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These Afghani land-mine victims learn to walk with artificial limbs. UNICEF/5526 by: J. Isaac UN/DPI.
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Brigadier General Venky Patil (center), the officer in command of UNIIMOG, is present to observe the cease-fire. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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Funeral for the first UNIIMOG casualty, October 28, 1988. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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Iraqi troops celebrating the cease fire. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNSCOM inspectors stand at the base of Iraq's 300-mm, long-range "supergun." Jabal Hamrayn, Iraq. August 11, 1991. UN/DPI by: H. Arvidsson.
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Equipment and supplies from UNYOM troops, Port Said. UN/DPI.
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Major Popovic, (second from the left), Commanding Officer of Najrem Detachment of UNYOM, holds a meeting of an air patrol, Saudi Arabia 1963. UN/DPI.
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UNYOM soldiers from Yugoslavia. UN/DPI.
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Pakistani troops land in Kaimana, New Guinea as part of the UN Security Force, October 12, 1962. UN/DPI.
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UN Pakistani soldiers in West New Guinea prepare to depart the territory before it is transferred over to Indonesian control, April 23, 1963. UN/DPI.
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Indonesian members of UNTEA, UN Temporary Exclusive Authority. Sorong, November 1962. UN/DPI.
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Ralph Bunche, acting UN mediator for Palestine, confers with General A. Lundstrom, UNTSO Chief Military Officer. Haifa, Israel 1948. UN/DPI.
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UNTSO observers surrounded by children. Late 1940's. UN/DPI.
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UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO) observing and reporting in the Golan Heights. Syria, April 1973. UN/DPI: by Y. Nagata.
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Egyptian policeman with UNEF military police patrol in Gaza, April 1959. UN/DPI.
Colombian soldiers depart for Capodichino, Italy, staging area of the UN Emergency Force for the Middle East, November 10, 1956. UN/DPI.
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UNEF Yugoslav troops on patrol duty, January 1957. UN/DPI.
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Dr. Ralph Bunche pays a visit to UNEF forces and awards UN medals to select officers, July 5, 1966. UN/DPI.
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The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 242 affirming the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, November 22, 1967. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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Map showing a detailed plan of troop disengagement is being examined during the signing of the agreement between Israel and Egypt. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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UNEF soldiers guard the UN tent where Israel and Egypt are signing a disengagement agreement. Cairo/Suez, Egypt. January 18, 1974. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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A truck convoy, part of UN Emergency Force, arrives at Rabah after crossing the Suez Canal. Israel occupied Sinai, Egypt. November 9, 1973. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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Austrian Private taking a shower at UNEF Position 102 in the Ismailia area. UN/DPI by: Y. Nagata.
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French troops in Southern Lebanon. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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Major George Bolanger of Canada at the observation post on the North side of the Israel-Lebanon armistice demarcation line (ADL), Southern Lebanon. April 1973. UN/DPI.
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Yassir Arafat with UNIFIL representatives to agree upon a general cease fire. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNIFIL troops. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNIFIL soldiers from Fiji assist overseeing the withdrawal of Israeli troops. UN/DPI by: Inge Lippmann.
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Australian troops cross a bridge over the Taedong River in Korea, December 1990. UN/DPI
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US Marines in action on the Korean front. Korea, 1951. UN/DPI.
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A wounded American prisoner is helped by UN Australian troops in Korea, 1951. UN/DPI (from BCOF).
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Orphans being taken to an orphanage by a UN welfare officer in Seoul. Korea, October 1950. UN/DPI.
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UN Commission on Korea holds it's first public meeting in Taegu since the outbreak of the war. UN/DPI.
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Members of the UN Force in the Congo prepare to enter Kolwezi, January 21, 1963. UN/DPI.
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General Carl von Horn, Supreme Commander of UN Force in the Congo, reviews a Moroccan battalion stationed in the area, November 7, 1960. UN/DPI.
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Lieutenant General Kebbede Guebre is welcomed by officers as the new Commander In Chief of the UN Force in the Congo, April 28, 1962. UN/DPI.
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UN armored vehicle under attack outside Elizabethville in the Congo, December 1961. UN/DPI.
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Memorial for Dag Hammarskjold. UN/DPI.
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Indonesian Captain says traditional "good-bye" before departing for Congo to join the men who make up the UN force there, September 10, 1960. UN/DPI.
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Irish UN forces en route to Elizabethville in the Congo where fighting has erupted, December 1961. UN/DPI.
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People line up for food supplied by the Red Cross in the Congo, August 10, 1960. UN/DPI.
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Makeshift tents fill the landscape at Klbumba refugee camp near Goma, Zaire. UNICEF/DOI.
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An UNTAC soldier guards a voting site in Cambodia. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNTAG force in Namibia helps assist the country in its transition to independence. Kenyan soldiers are arriving in Windhoek, April 1989. UN/DPI.
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Cambodians waiting to vote at a polling station in Phnom Penh. UNTAC supervised the elections. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNTAC medic examines an elderly villager in Cambodia. February 2, 1993. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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Cambodian refugees suffering from malnutrition, 1979. UNCHR by: Pierre Jambor.
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Khmer Rouge soldiers at the perimeter of French UNTAC camp. 1992, UN/DPI by: J. Bleibtreu.
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Memorial to the victims of the Killing Fields in Cambodia. UN/DPI.
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Aristide, Clinton and Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Haiti. UN/DPI by: E. Schneider.
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UN troops on parade during U.S. President Clinton's visit to Haiti. UN/DPI by: E. Schneider.
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Supporters of Jean-Bertrand Aristide celebrate his election, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. December 17, 1990. UN/DPI.
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South African soldiers move through the streets of Windhoek. Namibia, 1976. UN/DPI.
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UN peacekeeping forces arrive in Namibia to monitor elections, April 1989. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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Secretary-General, Javier Perez de Cuellar inspects UN troops at UNTAG headquarters in Namibia, July 1989. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) supervises voter registration in black township of Katatura. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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A child at a refugee camp in Rwanda. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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A Russian UNAMIR soldier plays with a baby in a camp for Rwandan refugees, Ruhengerim, Rwanda. July 26, 1994. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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French soldier protecting refugee camp in Rwanda. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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Mozambicans wait to vote during UN-assisted elections. Xipaminine, Mozambique, October 28, 1994. UN/DPI by: P.S. Sudhakaran.
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A Pakistani member of the UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) checks his radio equipment. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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Nigerian soldier observing the situation in Somalia. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali visits Somali UN-supported orphanage operated by Irish humanitarian organization, GOAL, October 22, 1993. UN/DPI by: F. Riebere.
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Peacekeeping troops from Tunisia (left), Pakistan (center), and the United States (right). UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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Turkish troops, in charge of security at UNOSOM military headquarters, on maneuvers in Somalia. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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A woman votes in Angola's first national, multi-party elections, conducted with UN assistance. Luanda, Angola, September 29, 1992. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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The Security Council votes on the question of Angola. February 8, 1995. UN/DPI by: E. Schneider.
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Boxes filled with election materials arrive in Chiuime, Moxico province. UNDP by: Anders Gunnartz
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UNPROFOR helicopter on patrol. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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French UNPROFOR soldiers build bunker at Sarajevo airport. UN/DPI.
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Boutros-Ghali with UNPROFOR peacekeepers from Egypt, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzogovina, December 1992. UN/DPI by: A. Morvan.
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Security Council votes to "strongly urge" parties in Yugoslavian conflict to observe a cease-fire and settle the dispute, September 28, 1991. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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Under Secretary General Marrack Goulding (left) meeting with Slobodan Milosevic (right), President of Serbia. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNPROFOR soldier in Bosnia attends to fire. UN/DPI by: A. Farnsworth.
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Deputy head of UNPROFOR mission visits a temporary shelter for displaced persons in Croatia, March 1993. UN/DPI by: M. Grafman.
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Burning Kuwaiti oil wells with a destroyed Iraqi tank in the foreground. Al Maqwa, Kuwait, March 25, 1991. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
Security Council votes to demand that Iraq implement 12 previous resolutions concerning its invasion of Kuwait. March 12, 1991. UN/DPI by: M. Grant.
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View of camp where Nicaraguan forces are surrendering their weapons to ONUCA, April 18, 1990. UN/DPI by: Steen Johansen.
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ONUCA troops destroy weapons surrendered by resistance forces as part of peace process. Honduras, April, 1990. UN/DPI by: S. Johansen.
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Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega during campaign for UN monitored elections. Nicaragua, February 1990. UN/DPI by: S. Johnson.
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Norwegian UNIFIL soldiers search for mines. South Lebanon, November 26, 1980. UN/DPI by: J. Isaac.
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UNTAC peacekeepers from Bangladesh (left and center) teach a cambodian army soldier how to detect mines. UN/DPI.
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An example of a land mine. UNICEF/DOI93-1794.
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A young boy teaches younger friends how to avoid lethal land-mines. UNICEF/93-1954/Roberts.
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Rwandan boys perform a "psycho-drama" where they act out the killings they have witnessed. UNCEF/DOI94-0484/Rwanda/B. Press.
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A young Khmer Rouge soldier in a zone controlled by the Khmer Rouge, 1992. UN/DPI by: J. Bleibtreu.
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A member of the FMLN (Frente Forabundo Merti Para La Liberacion Nacional) in San Salvador, February 1992. UN/DPI by: J. Bleibtrau.
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An assortment of guns. UN/DPI.
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Nuclear explosion at Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. UN/DPI by: M. Matsushige.
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Demonstrators protest against nuclear testing, 1950's. UN/DPI.
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Soviet mothers with children march against the use of nuclear weapons, 1984. UN/DPI.
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The sculpture "Let us beat swords into ploughshares" by Evgeny Vuchstich stands in the United Nations' gardens. New York, January 1977. UN/DPI.
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Conference on disarmament meets in Geneva to discuss the nuclear test ban treaty. UN/DPI.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali addresses gathering shortly before the nuclear test ban treaty is opened for signature, September 24, 1996. UN/DPI by: Eskinder Debebe.
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President Clinton of the U.S. signs a nuclear test ban treaty at UN headquarters, September 24, 1996. UN/DPI by: Evan Schneider.
