Secretary-General

Russian Cosmonauts Visit United Nations Headquarters

16 October 1963

Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and the first woman to conquer outer space, were guests of United Nations Secretary-General U Thant when they visited United Nations Headquarters today. The cosmonauts were received by Secretary-General U Thant and by the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Carlos Sosa-Rodriguez.
Secretary-General U Thant (centre) presented albums of United Nations stamps to Soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (left) and Yuri Gagarin (left) and also autographed copies of photographs taken earlier in the morning.

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