From left to right at the first meeting of the Joint Second and Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly are: A. David K. Owen, United Kingdom, Assistant Secretary-General in charge of the United Nations Department of
Economic Affairs; Dr. Oscar Lange, Poland, Chairman of the committee; Henri Laugier of France, Assistant Secretary-General in charge of the United Nations Department of Social Affairs, and Manuel Perez-Guerrero, Venezuela, Director of the Division of Co-ordination and Liaison, United Nations Department of