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Headline Burma’s New Permanent Representative

Caption Description Ambassador U Pe Kin (right), Burma's new Permanent Representative to the UN, is shown presenting his credentials to Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. Mr. Pe Kin succeeds U Win, Burma's current Ambassador to the United States, as Permanent Representative to the UN.
Born on 7 May 1914, Mr. Pe Kin graduated in arts and law from the University of Rangoon. He showed an early interest in politics and took port in the resistance movement against the Japanese in the Shan states during the Second World War. He played an active role in the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, and served as the League's Secretary in Charge of the Frontier Areas from 1946 to 1947. He played an important role in 1947 in bringing about the unification of Burma and from 1945 to 1947 he was a member of Burma's Constituent Assembly. He also served as a member of the Cabinet before his appointment as Ambassador to Pakistan in 1947, a post which he held until 1953. He was his country's Ambassador to Thailand from 1953 until his appointment this year as Permanent Representative to the U.N. and Chairman of Burma’s delegation to the Eleventh Session of the General Assembly.

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Production Date 12/13/1956 10:30:25 AM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

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