International agencies

This photograph shows the sign that accompanied the table upon which the United Nations Charter was signed, on display at the Harry S. Truman Library.

Washington D.C. home of the Pan-American Union, an international organization formally established by the twenty-one republics of North, Central, and South America in 1910. It is now the General Secretariat for the Organization of American States (OAS). The building was completed in 1910 and was a gift of Andrew Carnegie.

Representatives of the National Productivity Centers in member countries of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) meet for a conference at the Chateau de la Muette, the Paris, France headquarters of the OEEC. Seated at the conference are delegates from the United States (from left to right): S. L. Behoteguy, Everett Bellows, Frank Baird, and V. W. Brown.

Representatives of the National Productivity Centers in member countries of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) meet for a conference at the Chateau de la Muette, the Paris, France headquarters of the OEEC. This is a general view of the conference in progress. Seated second and third from the left are S. L. Behoteguy and Everett Bellows of the United States. All others are unidentified.

Representatives of the National Productivity Centers in member countries of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) meet for a conference at the Chateau de la Muette, the Paris, France headquarters of the OEEC. This is a general view of the conference in progress. The delegate from Germany, Henri Erich Dryer, holds up a progress sheet to show to members of other countries. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: unidentified; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Arthur Demaray, Associate Director, National Park Service; Arthur Goldschmidt, Special Assistant to the Secretary; and Robert Day, Assistant to the Secretary at a reception for the members of the U.N. World Conservation Conference.

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan (right) and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (second from right) greet unidentified members of the U.N. World Conservation Conference during a reception at the Department of the Interior.

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan (right) and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (second from right) greet unidentified members of the U.N. World Conservation Conference during a reception at the Department of the Interior.

World Health Organization Conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. Several people in the photo are numbered, but the only person who is identified is India Edwards, Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (number 7, third row, fifth from the right).

World Health Organization delegate India Edwards (center) with Department of State Adviser George Ingram (left) and American Consul General Robert E. Ward (right) at the World Health Organization Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.