U.N. Considers Katanga Crisis
U.N. Considers Katanga Crisis
Clip: 363515_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1674
Original Film: 033-064-01
HD: N/A
Location: New York
Timecode: 00:45:15 - 00:46:16
At U.N. headquarters in New York, Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold calls for a resolution for speedy withdrawal of Belgian troops from Katanga and a promise of non-interference in the Congo's internal affairs. Nevertheless, Katanga is very much in the international picture. Inside the headquarters of the United Nation's Building. All the seats seem to be filed. MCUSOH - Mounting crisis in the Congo, Patrice Lamumba seated and other African "Congolese" men. MS - Dag Hammarskjold sitting down who just returned from the troubbled area. MS - Dag Hammarskjold addressing the counsel, calling for a settlement between Lamumba and Shumba and that Belgius troops be removed from that area.