Signing of the Convention establishing CERN (Paris, 1 July 1953)
Image On 1 July 1953 in Paris, under the watchful eye of Miss Thorneycroft, attachée to the Secretariat of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Professor Gustavo Colonetti, head of the Italian delegation, signs the Convention establishing the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). In the background, the Swiss and French physicists Peter Preiswerk and Lew Kowarski can be seen.
Source and copyright
Source: Le professeur Colonetti, président de la délégation italienne et Miss Thorneycroft, de l'Unesco. Paris: Collection Roger Viollet, 01/07/1953. Noir et blanc.
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