General Assembly

First Session of United Nations General Assembly

4 February 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at Central Hall in London, United Kingdom.
Pictured here is a meeting of the Military Staff Committee. Seated (from left to right) are: Captain Knoll, US Navy; Lt. General Ridgway, United States; General Kenney, US Air Force; Admiral Turner, US Navy; Lt. General Sir E. Morris, British Army; Captain the Hon. R. D. Coleridge, Royal Navy, UK; Admiral Sir. H. Moore, Royal Navy, UK; Gladwyn Jebb, Executive Secretary of the UN; Air Chief Marshal Sir. G. Garrod, UK; General Shang Chen, China; Colonel D'Esneval, French Army; Vice Admiral Fenard, French Navy; and Lt. Colonel P. Stehlin, French Air Force.

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