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Today, 75 years ago, the first plenary meeting of the United Nations took place in London.
Some wonderful footage of that historic meeting below, including excerpts from
Prime Minister Attlee’s speech (at 04.20)
#UN75
@UKUN_NewYork http://webtv.un.org/watch/1st-plenary-meeting-of-general-assembly-1st-session-part-1/5754163181001/?term=
Some wonderful footage of that historic meeting below, including excerpts from
Prime Minister Attlee’s speech (at 04.20)#UN75
@UKUN_NewYork http://webtv.un.org/watch/1st-plenary-meeting-of-general-assembly-1st-session-part-1/5754163181001/?term=
PM Attlee outlined three major tasks for the UN, still very much relevant today:
Promoting rule of law
Controlling atomic energy
Promotion of social progress
“... the welfare of every one of us is bound up with the welfare of the world as a whole”
Promoting rule of law Controlling atomic energy Promotion of social progress“... the welfare of every one of us is bound up with the welfare of the world as a whole”
And @MJRiemens has a nice thread on the Dutch history surrounding that first plenary meeting, including the first election of the Netherlands in the #UNSC (then six elected members instead of the current ten) - a split term together with Poland 
@PLinUN https://twitter.com/mjriemens/status/1348222484051603459
@PLinUN https://twitter.com/mjriemens/status/1348222484051603459
