Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden are Admitted to Membership in the United Nations

A. Hosayn Aziz, Minister of Afghanistan to Washington, signing on behalf of his government the ""instrument of adherence"" to the Charter of the United Nations, during the ceremony of admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations.
At the table are, left to right: UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie; GA President Paul-Henri Spaak, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium; Dr. Ivan Kerno, Czechoslovakia, Assistant SG Legal Affairs; Arkady A. Sobolev, USSR, Assistant SG for Security Council Affairs; Henri Laugier, Assistant SG for Social Affairs, and A. David K. Owen, United Kingdom, Assistant SG for Economic Affairs.