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Caption: MRS. VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT Of India holds unique gavel which she use to call to order meetings of the united nations general assembly. She was elected president of the assembly yesterday and received the gavel from outgoing president Lester B. Pearson of Canada. Mrs Pandit is the first women to rule over the general assembly.
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