United Nations Photo - Secretary-General of the United Nations Receives a "Population Clock" from Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

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Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding a press conference at United Nations.

The General Assembly this morning appointed by acclamation Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations for a five-year term beginning 1 January 1982. The appointment, coming minutes after the Assembly meeting opened, followed a Security Council recommendation made 11 December. Assembly President Ismat T. Kittani (Iraq) administered the oath of office to Mr. Pérez de Cuéllar, whose term will run to 31 December 1986. A lawyer and career diplomat, the Secretary-General-designate served most recently as Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim’s Personal Representative on the situation in Afghanistan and as UN Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs.
Secretary-General-designate Javier Pérez de Cuéllar addressing the General Assembly from the rostrum after taking the oath of office this morning. Seated on the podium behind him are, from Ieft, Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, General Assembly President Ismat T. Kittani (Iraq), and Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs William B. Buffum.

The Security Council today requested Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar to visit Iran and Iraq in an effort to implement Security Council resolution 598 (1987) of 20 July.
Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar announcing his readiness to go to Iran and Iraq at the request of the Security Council. The Secretary-General said that he would leave towards the end of next week.

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A premature baby is shown in the postnatal ward at Cama Hospital, a major hospital for women and children, in Mumbai, India.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the hospital as part of his South Asian maternal health tour.

Maslakh (Internally Displaced Persons or IDPs) Camp is named after a once thriving business (Maslakh translates as slaughterhouse). Situated near the western Afghan city of Herat, it is home to more than 350,000 displaced Afghans according to the official count from the time of Taliban rule.
Young residents of Maslakh Camp.

The world's population reached 7 billion on 31 October. Pictured near an entrance to UN Headquarters is a banner for a global campaign by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to build awareness of the opportunities and challenges posed by this milestone.

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Headline Secretary-General of the United Nations Receives a "Population Clock" from Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Caption Description Javier Perez de Cuellar,, examining a specially manufactured ""population clock"" presented to him by Dr. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Virendra Dayal, Chef de Cabinet, is at left.

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NICA ID 635

Production Date 06/05/1987 12:00:00 AM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

Credit UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata

File size 3.63 MB