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In 1953, UN Member States elected India’s political dynamo Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the eighth President of the General Assembly, the first woman ever elected to the role. Ahead of International Women’s Day, marked on 8 March, we look back at the huge impact this pioneer for gender equality and non-discrimination had on the international stage.
here, part of our #ThrowbackThursday series showcasing epic moments from UN history from the UN Audiovisual Library’s 49,400 hours of video and 18,000 hours of audio recordings.
Catch up on our series here, and watch episodes from UN Video’s Stories from the UN Archive playlist here.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, pictured at UN Headquarters alongside then Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. (file)
