Security Council Agrees on Stationing of UN Observers in Suez Canal Zone

The Security Council, in a meeting which began on the evening of 9 July and ended on the morning of 10 July, after two recesses, stated that the Secretary-General should proceed, as he had suggested, to work out arrangements for the stationing of United Nations Military Observers in the Suez Canal sector.
Seen here, in conversation during a break in Security Council proceedings (from left to right) are: Mohammed Awad El Kony, Permanent Representative of United Arab Republic to UN; Ralph J. Bunche, Under-Secretary for Special Political Affairs; UN Secretary-General, U Thant (foreground); and Aleksei E. Nesterenko, Under-Secretary, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs.