Yang Liwei presents UN flag to Annan (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-05-20 08:03
Yang Liwei (left), China's
first astronaut, presents a UN flag to United Nations Secretary
General Kofi Annan May 19, 2004 at the UN headquarters in New York.
This flag was aboard China's first manned spacecraft "Shenzhou"
V last October. Yang is in the US for a visit and he will also visit to
the US space center.[Xinhua]
Yang Liwei (left), China's
first astronaut, presents a UN flag to United Nations Secretary
General Kofi Annan May 19, 2004 at the UN headquarters in New York.
This flag was aboard China's first manned spacecraft "Shenzhou"
V last October. Yang is in the US for a visit and he will also visit to
the US space center.[Xinhua]
Yang Liwei (right) shakes hands with UN
secretary-general Kofi Annan May 19 at the UN headquarters.
[Xinhua]
Hu Shixiang (right), deputy commander of
China's Manned Space Program, and China's Ambassador to the UN Wang
Guangya, present a gift to the United Nations May 19.
[Xinhua]
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
(C) is presented with a UN flag which flew with Col. Yang Liwei (holding
flag, 2nd from L) on China's first manned space mission, at UN
headquarters in New York, May 19, 2004. Other members of the delegation
include Hu Shixiang (L), Deputy Commander of China's Manned Space Program,
and China's Ambassador to the UN Wang Guangya (third from L), along with
other unnamed delegates.[Reuters]
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
(R) is presented with a UN flag which flew with Col. Yang Liwei (L) on
China's first manned space mission, at UN headquarters in New York, May
19, 2004. [Reuters] |
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