A day at the United Nations : part I

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Date
1954
Main contributor
National Educational Television
Summary
The last meeting of the Herald Tribune Youth Forum was a meeting of the complete group at the U.N. General Assembly hall. Episode nine deals more or less with world problems. The role of the U. N. in world affairs is considered, particularly the problem of colonialism and the U. N.s ability to regulate trusteeships and mandates. The problem of "power politics", and the necessity to align with one side or the other, is presented by Vangala Ram, the delegate from India: "The only real moment of strangeness I recall was during a conversation about world politics. The participants seemed to think that the only powers worth considering in today's world are the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R." Peter Hudson of the United Kingdom later countered this, saying: "Today neutral countries are not the strong countries. They use neutrality to justify their weakness, either because they don't want to be strong or because they are too small to be strong."
Contributors
WOR-TV; New York Herald Tribune
Publishers
WNET/13; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genre
Educational; Talk; Youth
Subject
International relations ; International agencies.
Location
New York, New York
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Physical Description
1 Film (0:00:00); 16mm
Notes
Gift to the IUB Libraries from Instructional Support Services.
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003353564; Other: GR00451558; MDPI Barcode: 40000003353564; Catalog Key: 7834324

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