Madame Pandit, President of the U.N. General Assembly

The eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, which convened yesterday at U.N. Headquarters, elected Madam Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, of India, as its President. Madam Pandit is photographed here with U.N. Secretary - General Dag Hammarskjöld. (Picture taken is the Security Council chamber before the meeting of Steering Committee). Madame Pandit is the first woman president ever elected by a U.N. General Assembly.