8 October 1986 Forty-first Session of the General Assembly, Fourth Committee Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories), United Nations Headquarters, New York (on the podium, from left to right): Mr. Najmuddine Rifai, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization; Mr. James Victor Gbeho, Chairman of the Committee; and Mr. Thomas Tanaka, Committee Secretary, hearing five petitioners on various decolonization issues, including the question of Namibia and the trust territories of the Pacific Islands.
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