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Fourteenth Observance of Namibia Day 
8/26/1987 8:48:57 PM 
Unique ID UN7593522 
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Unique ID UN7613205 
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1/5/1976 10:28:58 AM 
Unique ID UN7517134 
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12/1/1957 9:17:49 PM 
Unique ID UN7502323 
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1/1/1973 4:55:49 PM 
Unique ID UN7540614 
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8/23/1979 10:54:48 AM 
Unique ID UN7759101 
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10/6/1971 11:50:18 PM 
Unique ID UN7609890 
Cannery Workers at Walvis Bay Beach in Namibia 
8/11/1978 11:54:45 PM 
Unique ID UN7600272 
Samit S. Shihabi of Saudi Arabia Elected President of Forty-fixth General Assembly 
9/1/1991 9:01:16 PM 
Unique ID UN7564379 
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1/1/1973 4:55:55 PM 
Unique ID UN7540612 
New Permanent Representative of Congo (Brazzaville) 
11/20/1964 11:14:07 AM 
Unique ID UN7666581 
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11/20/1964 12:04:33 PM 
Unique ID UN7666580 
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3/24/1950 8:22:05 PM 
Unique ID UN7480281 
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10/24/2000 5:07:29 PM 
Unique ID UN7453329 
Namibians Wait in Line for Travel Documentation 
1/1/1973 4:55:52 PM 
Unique ID UN7540613 
Diego Cordovez, Under-Secretary General for Special Political Affairs 
3/21/1984 8:39:29 PM 
Unique ID UN7572204 
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12/15/1977 10:36:12 AM 
Unique ID UN7759099 
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Unique ID UN7493246 
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Unique ID UN7717111 
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan of Pakistan 
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Unique ID UN7666204 
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Headline United Nations Commissioner for Namibia 
Caption Description Portrait of Mr. Sean McBride who was appointed as United Nations Commissioner for Namibia by the General Assembly on 18 December 1973.  He took up his appointment on 1 January 1974 and will serve for an initial period of a year.  Mr. McBride succeeds Agha Abdul Hamid, who has served as Acting Commissioner since December 1969.
Born on 26 January 1904, Mr. McBride attended St. Louis de Gunzague School in Paris and Mount St. Benedict School in Wexford, Ireland.  He was a journalist for a number of years before being called to the Irish Bar in 1937. He later became a Senior Counsel and had an extensive practice in the High Court and Supreme Court. In 1946 he founded and led the Clann na Poblachta (Republican Party) and was a Member of the Irish Parliament from 1947 to 1958. Mr. McBride served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951 and was President of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe in 1950. He was Vice-President of the Organization for European Economic Co.-operation from 1948 to 1951. Mr. McBride has been active in a number of non-government organizations. He is Chairman of the Irish Association of Jurists and was Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists from 1963 to 1970. He is Chairman of Amnesty International and the International Peace Bureau, Geneva. He is the author of a pamphlet, Civil Liberty (1948), and a book, Our People -Our Money (1951). 
Unique Identifier UN7517308 
NICA ID 371306 
Production Date 02/01/1974 6:38:31 PM 
City/Location New York
Country United States of America
Credit UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras