UN Headquarters

Flags of the 16 New UN Member Nations Fly at Headquarters

9 March 1956

A brief ceremony took place this afternoon at U.N. Headquarters, in New York, on the occasion of the first raising of the flags of the sixteen new Member States of the United Nations. The flags were raised one at a time. This picture, taken during the ceremony, shows a UN Guard raising the flag of Ceylon. UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and Mr. Basnayake (foot of the pole) look on. Flags already flying at right are (left to right) those of Finland, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria and Italy.

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