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OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING

THIRD FLOOR

ING RING

TEL. 30932

skylines ... by Ott's

UNITED NATIONS' headquarters, now under construction in New York City, will become the skyline of the new world envisioned in the preamble to the charter of the United Nations.

"WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS determined.

to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and

to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and

to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

ECONOMI

COUNCIL

AND SOCIAL

GINERAL

ASSEMBLY

SECURITY COUNCIL

SEÇEITARIAT

TRUSTEESMIE COUNCH

GUITARY

and for these ends...

to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and

to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and

to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and

lo employ international machinery for the promotion of the eco- nomic and social advancement of all peoples,

THI SPECIALIZED AO IN CAR

have resolved to combine our efforts

to accomplish these aims."

BEIGHN

FILAŲ

FRANCE

All of the vertical transportation in United Nations headquarters will be installed by Otis It will include 29 electronically controlled pas senger elevators. 14 Escalators. 2 high-speed service elevators and 2 heavy-duty freight elevators. In all, a total of 47 installations!

ELEVATOR COMPANY

Home Office: 260 11th Ave., New York 1, N. Y.

Sales and Service Offices in 457 Cities of 53 Nations

Branch Offlees

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

935 Peking Road West Shanghai, China

1-12 13th. Street

Port Area

Manila, Philippines

5 Malacca Street

Singapore

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