Twelfth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly, which opened its 12th regular Session on 17 September at United Nations Headquarters in New York, today unanimously re-elected Mr. Dag Hammarskjold to a second five-year term as Secretary-General of the U.N. Then, in the continuing general debate, the Assembly heard statements by the representatives of Bolivia, El Salvador and Sudan.
Mr Yacoub Osman, Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations, and Chainman of his country's delegation to the General Assembly, is seen here during his address to the Assembly. Seated behind him at the presidential rostrum are (left to right): U. N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, Sir Leslie Munro, President of the current session of the General Assembly, and Mr. Andrew Cordier, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General.