Victory for Peace
Photograph
Victory for Peace
The "World Family" Approaches Maturity
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.2 × 19.3 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0346
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (U.N.) 9/62 4b) VICTORY FOR PEACE: War was averted by the signature \ August 15th in the U.N. Security Council of an agreement between \ the Netherlands and Indonesia settling their dispute over West \ New Guinea. Here Ambassador J.H. van Roijen signs for the \ Netherlands. The vast territory will be under the temporary \ executive authority of the U.N., the first such arrangement in \ the Organization's history. \ Credit: UNITED NATIONS © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
