UN Assembly Opens: 18th Session Begins On Hopeful Note
UN Assembly Opens: 18th Session Begins On Hopeful Note
The 18th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens on a note of optimism as representatives of 111 member nations meet to elect a new president for the coming year. The optimism is based on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and Dr. Carlos Sosa Rodriguez of Venezuela receives all of the votes cast and takes over as Assembly President. New York, New York Some of the world's diplomats riding up on an escalader. Members of 111 members meet to elect a president for this coming year. OHS - Diplomats sitting at their assigned seats getting ready to take a vote. MCUS - Adlai Stevenson. MOHS - The Diplomats dropping their ballots into a box. LS - Anti-Castro Cubans run down the aisles waving their arms and shouting and security goes after them.