General Assembly

President of U.N .General Assembly

15 September 1953

The eighth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which convened this afternoon at U.N. Headquarters in New York, elected Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, of India, as its President.
This picture, taken just after the election, shows Mrs. Pandist receiving the gavel from Lester B. Pearson, of Canada, retiring President. Standing at left is Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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