General Assembly

General Assembly Opens Its Twenty-Sixth Regular Session; Elects Adam Malik of Indonesia as President

21 September 1971

The General Assembly, opening its twenty-sixth regular session this afternoon, elected Adam Malik, Foreign Minister of Indonesia, as it's President, and admitted three new Member States: Bhutan, Bahrain and Qatar. The United Nations now has 130 Member States.
Carlos P. Romulo (left), Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, being greeted by George Bush (centre), permanent Representative of the United States, and Prof. Daniel P. Moynihan of Harvard, former counsellor to President Nixon, and member of the United States delegation to the General Assembly.

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