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6 May 1959 First meeting of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (left to right): Mr. Pierre de Vaucelles (France); Mr. C.S.A. Ritchie (Canada); and Mr. Mario Gibson Barboza (Brazil), sitting at the conference table, heading their delegations to the Committee. 26 May 1959 First session of the Legal Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (from left to right, at the table facing the camera): Mr. Leonard C. Meeker (United States); Mr. W.V.J. Evans (United Kingdom); Mr. Sture Petren (Sweden); Mr. Francisco Cuevas Cancino (Mexico); and Mr. Masayoshi Kakitsubo (Japan). 20 March 1962 United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Dr. David. A. Davies, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization. 10 September 1962 Second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (in the first row, from left to right): Ambassador T. P. Plimpton (United States of America), speaking; Miss. J.A.C. Gutteridge (United Kingdom); Mr. El Sayed Raouf El Reedy (United Arab Republic); and Ambassador Platon Morozov (USSR).
6 May 1959
First meeting of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (left to right): Mr. Pierre de Vaucelles (France); Mr. C.S.A. Ritchie (Canada); and Mr. Mario Gibson Barboza (Brazil), sitting at the conference table, heading their delegations to the Committee.
26 May 1959
First session of the Legal Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (from left to right, at the table facing the camera): Mr. Leonard C. Meeker (United States); Mr. W.V.J. Evans (United Kingdom); Mr. Sture Petren (Sweden); Mr. Francisco Cuevas Cancino (Mexico); and Mr. Masayoshi Kakitsubo (Japan).
20 March 1962
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Dr. David. A. Davies, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization.
10 September 1962
Second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (in the first row, from left to right): Ambassador T. P. Plimpton (United States of America), speaking; Miss. J.A.C. Gutteridge (United Kingdom); Mr. El Sayed Raouf El Reedy (United Arab Republic); and Ambassador Platon Morozov (USSR).
       
10 September 1962 Second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Miss. J.A.C. Gutteridge (United Kingdom) (left) and Ambassador Agda Rossel (Sweden), Permanent Representative to the United Nations. 10 September 1962 Second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (sitting at the table, from left to right): Vice Chairman Mihail Haseganu (Romania); Mr. Evgeny D. Kiselev, Under Secretary for the Political and Security Council Affairs Department; Mr. Franz Matsch (Austria), Chairman; and Mr. Geraldo de Carvalho Silos (Brazil), Rapporteur. 9 September 1963 Fourth Session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: a general view of the conference room during the meeting. 16 October 1963 Russian Cosmonauts visiting the United Nations Headquarters, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Soviet cosmonauts Mr. Yuri Gagarin (right) and Mrs. Valentina Tereshkova (second from left), the first man and woman to conquer outer space, received by Secretary-General U Thant (middle) and by Mr. Carlos Sosa-Rodriguez (left), President of the General Assembly.
10 September 1962
Second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Miss. J.A.C. Gutteridge (United Kingdom) (left) and Ambassador Agda Rossel (Sweden), Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
10 September 1962
Second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (sitting at the table, from left to right): Vice Chairman Mihail Haseganu (Romania); Mr. Evgeny D. Kiselev, Under Secretary for the Political and Security Council Affairs Department; Mr. Franz Matsch (Austria), Chairman; and Mr. Geraldo de Carvalho Silos (Brazil), Rapporteur.
9 September 1963
Fourth Session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: a general view of the conference room during the meeting.
16 October 1963
Russian Cosmonauts visiting the United Nations Headquarters, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Soviet cosmonauts Mr. Yuri Gagarin (right) and Mrs. Valentina Tereshkova (second from left), the first man and woman to conquer outer space, received by Secretary-General U Thant (middle) and by Mr. Carlos Sosa-Rodriguez (left), President of the General Assembly.
       
22 November 1963 Meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Geraldo de Carvalho Silos, Rapporteur of the Committee on the Peace Uses of Outer Space. 12 April 1966 Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (sitting at the presiding table, from left to right): Mr. Aleksei E. Nesterenko, Under-Secretary for the Development of Political and Security Council Affairs; Ambassador Kurt Waldheim (Austria), Chairman; and Mr. A. H. Abdel-Ghani, Chief of the Outer Space Affairs Group and Committee Secretary, during the adoption of the Report recommending the holding of a Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. 17 December 1966 First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Roger Seydoux (France), addressing the Committee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space. 17 December 1966 First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. E.E. Seaton (United Republic of Tanzania) (right) and Mr. Arthur J. Goldberg (United States of America) addressing the Comittee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space.
22 November 1963
Meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Geraldo de Carvalho Silos, Rapporteur of the Committee on the Peace Uses of Outer Space.
12 April 1966
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Headquarters, New York (sitting at the presiding table, from left to right): Mr. Aleksei E. Nesterenko, Under-Secretary for the Development of Political and Security Council Affairs; Ambassador Kurt Waldheim (Austria), Chairman; and Mr. A. H. Abdel-Ghani, Chief of the Outer Space Affairs Group and Committee Secretary, during the adoption of the Report recommending holding a Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
17 December 1966
First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Roger Seydoux (France), addressing the Committee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space.
17 December 1966
First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. E.E. Seaton (United Republic of Tanzania) (right) and Mr. Arthur J. Goldberg (United States of America) addressing the Comittee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space.
       
17 December 1966 First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Kurt Waldheim (Austria), addressing the Committee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space. 17 December 1966 First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Lord Cabadon (United Kingdom), addressing the Committee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space. 19 December 1966 Twenty-first Session of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Secretary-General U Thant addressing the General Assembly after the adoption of the resolution on Outer Space. 14 August 1968 Opening of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
17 December 1966
First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Kurt Waldheim (Austria), addressing the Committee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space.
17 December 1966
First Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Lord Cabadon (United Kingdom), addressing the Committee on the Draft Treaty on Exploration and Uses of Outer Space.
19 December 1966
Twenty-first Session of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Secretary-General U Thant addressing the General Assembly after the adoption of the resolution on Outer Space.
14 August 1968
Opening of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
       
14 August 1968 Opening Ceremony of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria. 14 August 1968 Opening Ceremony of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria: Mr. Franz Jonas (in the foreground), President of Austria, as the conference observes a minute of silence in memory of the American and Soviet astronauts who lost their lives. 14 August 1968 United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria: exhibit organized by the Government of India in connection with the Conference. 14 August 1968 Messehalle, Vienna, Austria: exhibit organized by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
14 August 1968
Opening Ceremony of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria.
14 August 1968
Opening Ceremony of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria: Mr. Franz Jonas (in the foreground), President of Austria, as the conference observes a minute of silence in memory of the American and Soviet astronauts who lost their lives.
14 August 1968
United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria: exhibit organized by the Government of India in connection with the Conference.
14 August 1968
Messehalle, Vienna, Austria: exhibit organized by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
       
14 August 1968 Messehalle, Vienna, Austria: exhibit organized by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. 17 November 1995 Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations with Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, holding an interactive video-conference with the combined crew of the second Shuttle-Mir Docking mission, STS-74/Atlantis.    
14 August 1968
Messehalle, Vienna, Austria: exhibit organized by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in connection with the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
17 November 1995
Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations with Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, holding an interactive video-conference with the combined crew of the second Shuttle-Mir Docking mission, STS-74/Atlantis.
   
       
 
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