Economic and Social Council

UN Commission on Human Rights Opens Twenty-Seventh Session at Geneva

22 February 1971

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights opened its 27th session today at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. The five-week session was opened this morning by Her Royal Highness Princess Ashraf Pahlavi (Iran), Chairman of the 26th Session who gave the floor to Mr. M. V. Winspears Guicciardi, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
A partial view of the presiding table (left to right): Marc Schreiber, Director, Division of Human Rights; M. V. Winspeare Guicciardi, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva; Andres Aguilar (Venezuela), Chairman; and Kamleshwar Das, Secretary of the Commission.

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