Flags of the 16 New UN Member Nations Fly at Headquarters

A brief ceremony took place this afternoon at UN 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 hoisting the flag of Finland as UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld (right) and Mr. Lehtinen, Representative of Finland, look on. Flags flying at right are those of (left to right) Bulgaria, Romania, and Austria. Standing at the extreme right is Mr. G. Dumitrachescu, Representative of Romania.