UN Headquarters

Flags of the 16 New UN Member Nations Fly at Headquarters

9 March 1956

This picture shows a UN guard raising the Laotian flag. UN Secretary-General Dag HAMMARSKJOLD (center) and Mr. SOUVANNAVONG, representative of Laos look on; seen between them is Mr. LY CHIN LY, representative of Cambodia; other representatives of the new Member Countries stand at the foot of the poles bearing their nations' flags. Flags seen are (from left): Laos, Cambodia, Libya, Nepal, Ceylon, Finland, Bulgaria, Rumania, Austria and Italy.

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