Diplomatic Handshake
Photograph
Diplomatic Handshake
The "World Family" Approaches Maturity
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (17.6 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0347
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (U.N.) 9/62 5) DIPLOMATIC HANDSHAKE between Indonesia's Subandrio and \ the Netherlans' Van Roijen seals the agreement signed August 15th \ in the United Nations Security Council chamber settling their \ dispute over West New Guinea. Thanks to U.N. arbitrators, headed \ by Ellsworth Bunker of the U.S., the settlement relieves the threat \ of violence and leads toward the eventual self-determination of the people of the territory. \ Credit: UNITED NATIONS © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
