General Assembly

United Nations Assembly Meets in Paris

16 September 1948

From September to December 1948, the Palais de Chaillot, the emblematic building of the 1937 Exposition Internationale in Paris, hosted the third General Assembly of the United Nations. Substantial interior rearrangements were made to accommodate the UN, a temporary structure serving as an annex, was specially built on Place du Trocadéro.
A splendid vista of the Palais de Chaillot (south-eastern side), taken from the Eiffel tower. Here representatives of 58 nations meet for the Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly. [16 September 1948]

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