One week after the UAE’s formation on December 2, 1971, the new nation stepped on to the global stage. At noon on December 9, its green, white, black and red flag rose for the first time at the UN headquarters in New York, marking the UAE's admission as the organisation’s 132nd member state.
UAE Minister of State Adnan Pachachi, who was also chairman of the delegation, was present at the occasion, as well as U Thant, the third Secretary General of the UN, and several officials.
“It was a nice crisp, cold morning,” Pachachi told The National in 2015. “It was one of those great moments of history as you raise the flag of a new state and acknowledge its independence and its arrival on to the international arena.
“Secretary General U Thant, a friend of mine, at the time came out at the flag-raising to sa
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