The San Francisco Conference, 25 April - 26 June 1945

Delegates of fifty nations met at San Francisco between April 25 and June 26, 1945. Working on the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, the Yalta Agreement, and amendments proposed by various Governments, the Conference agreed upon the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the New International Court of Justice. The Charter was passed unanimously and signed by all the representatives. It came into force on October 24, 1945, when China, France, the USSR, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of the other signatories had filed their instruments of ratification.
Reception given by Major General David Pratt, Commanding General of the Western Defense Command, for all military officers at the Conference on 22 May 1945.
Left to right; Comm. L.M. Zaporeschenko, USSR; Rear Admiral K. K. Rodionev, delegate USSR; Major Betesta; George Moloney, Special Assistant to the Secretary-General. [22 May 1945]