United Nations

Harry S. Truman congratulates Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius on signing the United Nations Charter, in San Francisco. Donor: Girton Dorothy

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman addressing the closing session of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. Donated by Dorothy Girton.

President Harry S. Truman addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations as they meet at their temporary headquarters in Flushing Meadows, New York.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman greet representatives of Saudi Arabia at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; President Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. All others are unidentified.

Photo of chief delegates of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, seen before a plenary meeting: Mr. Andrei Y. Vyskinsky, right, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Delegation Chairman, and Ambassador Yakov A. Malik, Permanent Representative to the United Nations. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of U.S.S.R. Representative Ambassador Yakov A. Malik (Center), meeting with reporters in the Lake Success' Delegates Lounge just before he assumed his turn as President of the United Nations Security Council. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of Trygve Lie, was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 1, 1946. He was born in Calo, Norway on July 16, 1896, and holds a degree from the Oslo University Law School. He has served as Minister of Justice and of Commerce for his Government, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and represented Norway at the First Session of the United Nations General Assembly. From: Beth Gore

Sir Alexander Cadogan of the United Kingdom photographed during the 30th session of the United Nations Security Council at Hunter College. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of Ambassador Jean Chauvel, of France, President for May of the United Nations Security Council. From: Beth Gore.