First Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Dr. Neftali Ponce, left, chairman of the delegation from Ecuador to the First Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the request of the United Kingdom to consider the Palestine question, and Dr. Jan Papanek, Czechoslovakia, permanent representative to the United Nations and chairman of the delegation from his country, at the conference table before the first meeting of the General Committee.
The General Committee, under the chairmanship of Assembly President Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, is composed of seven Vice-Presidents and the chairmen of the six main committees.