Meetings & Events

First International Conference on Human Rights Opens in Teheran

22 April 1968

The International Conference on Human Rights, the first such world-wide meeting organized under UN auspices, opened this morning at the New Majlis Building in Teheran.
Secretary-General U Thant is seen here (left) as he congratulates Princess Ashraf Pahlevi of Iran on her election as President of the International Conference on Human Rights. At right, is Marc Schreiber, Director, UN Division of Human Rights, and Executive Secretary of the Conference.

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