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A Journey through Images:Bangladesh and

the United Nations



The early years



Headquarters of the United Nations General AssemblyThe New York City BuildingFlushing Meadows, New York

USA



Leaders of major allied World War II powers meet at Yalta, Russian Crimea, on 12February 1945, to decide on military plans for the final defeat of Germany.

Present were Josef STALIN of the Soviet Union, Winston CHURCHILL of the UnitedKingdom, and Franklin ROOSEVELT of the United States



First session of the United Nations General Assembly10 January 1946London, England

Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, addresses

the General Assembly



Original Manuscript of the Preamble tothe United Nations Charter



United Nations Flag Approved by General Assembly's LegalCommittee

October 1947



Members of the Security Council rise in silent tribute to thememory of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India, who wasassassinated earlier that day, 20 January 1948



The United Nations General Assembly meets in an open-air session to commemorate the Organization's FourthAnniversary and to dedicate the cornerstone of thePermanent Headquarters. From the rostrum at the foot ofthe new structure, President Harry S. Truman, addressesthe gathering



The 1970s



Flags of Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissauraised at Ceremony at United Nations Headquarters

17 September 1974



Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPrime Minister of Bangladesh addressing

the UN General Assembly



Children from the village of Ishwardi wait theunloading of high protein food donated by UNICEFand flown in by the International Red Cross



Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh

calls on Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim



The 1980s



The 36th General Assembly elects Ismat T. Kittani (Iraq) asPresident. Faced with the unusual situation of a tie vote on thesecond ballot, the Assembly elected Mr. Kittani over Khwaja M.Kaiser (Bangladesh) by drawing lots



Humayun Rasheed ChoudhuryPresident of the 41st Session of the UN General Assembly



Javier Perez de Cuellar, UN Secretary-General addressing 41st UNGeneral Assembly regular session. At the podium are: Humayun RasheedChoudhury, UNGA President; and William B. Buffum Under-Secretary-

General for Political and General Assembly Affairs



January 1980 Security Council fails to adopt call for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in a13 to 2 vote. The text was sponsored by Bangladesh, Jamaica, the Niger, thePhilippines, Tunisia and Zambia



The 1990s



Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Aida GONZALEZ Salma KHAN Angela KING Ayse Feride ACAR

(Mexico) (Bangladesh) UN Special Adviser (Turkey)Chairperson



INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, 1993

Bimal BHIKKHU, a Buddhist monk from the Chakma tribes of theChittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh, addressing the General Assembly



Begum Khaleda ZIAPrime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

addresses the opening ofthe Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing



Sheikh HASINAPrime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladeshaddresses guests at celebratory meeting marking

25th anniversary of UN membership



United NationsTransitional Authority inCambodia (UNTAC)peacekeepers fromBangladesh teaching aCambodian army soldier

how to deactivate mines



Refugees at Teknaf are among the estimated quarter of

a million returning to Myanmar from Bangladesh



2000 and Beyond



A United Nations police officer from Bangladesh carriespolling material during the second round of the Presidential

election in Timor-Leste



UN pays special tribute to2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Muhammed Yunus



A medical officer with the Bangladesh Military contingentattends to a local patient at the way-station for Dinka Bor

internally displaced persons en route to Bor, Lologo, Sudan



Samina Naz, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the People'sRepublic of Bangladesh to the United Nations introducing the draft resolutionon "the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the

Children of the World"



Secretary-General KofiAnnan plants a tree in thegardens surrounding the

National Martyr's Memorialat Savar, which honors thememory of the three millionBangladeshis who died in

the struggle forindependence



The Secretary-Generalexpresses condolences to

the wife and child of aBangladeshi soldier killedwhile in United Nationsservice



UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon laying wreath at the National Martyr's

Memorial at Savar, Dhaka in November 2008.



UN secretary General Ban Ki Moon in conversation with a beneficiary of UNDP’s

Comprehensive Disaster Management Project in Nischintopur, Shirajganj.



Thank You

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