United Nations Flag Unfurled In N.Z.
WELLINGTON, June- 6. On the occasxon today of the flying of Ihe United Nations flag tor the fir.st time in New Zeal.and, the Prime Minister, x\fr." Fraser, sent the New Zealand United Nations Association a inessage reafiiriiiing the faith of (tlie Gbverixxneiit in the "ultiiuate emergence of United Nations 'from the difiiculties with which it is n'ow beset. ' ' The message continued: '"'This flag is the visible symbol of the coneeptioii of world unity and peace whic'h was foremost in our minds when we met in San Fr^nciseo " fopr ( years agp. to ^dral't , tjxe Cliarter. That this conception has not yet been realised, is a grave disappointment to us all. It is not the fault of the United Nations organisation.. How&ver -im'perfectan -ifistxsument the'' Oharter may be, 'it provides, , nevertlieless",, a workab|e basis. for Qie establishmentrof an interpxrtio'n'al "seduritj7 sys-,-tem which is esseutial for the mainten-1 ance. of peace. If this objective is to' be attained, liowever,. the unwavering support of every nation must be given' to the principles on which the Oharter was constructed — to the colleetive measures designed to prevent aggression, to the developxnexxt of friendly relations among the nations, and to the respect for fundamental human rights. Only tlius can the one world which the United Nations (flag depicts, becoine a reality. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1949, Page 6
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