fH£ MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 1! WEST 53rd STREET HEW YORK 19 TEIEPHONE: CIRCLE 58900 CABlESi MODERNAKT, NEW-YORK No. J+9A FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, May 9, 1961 To: City Editors Photo Assignment Editors permanent Representatives to the United Nations from 35 countries will attend a reception in their honor at the Museum of Modern Art from 10 p.m. until mid­ night this evening, Monday, May 8 given by the International Council of the Museum. The Council, holding its spring meeting in New York on May 8 and 9, consists of about 100 art patrons and community leaders from various parts of the United States, who sponsor the Museum's program of art exhibitions abroad. Eighteen dinner parties in various parts of the city will precede the recep­ tion, which will be held throughout the Museum. Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, President of the Council and Mr. August Heckscher, Chairman, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, President of the Museum and Mr. Rene* d'Harnoncourt, Director, will receive. The following representatives are expected: Australia - H.E. Mr. James Plimsoll Austria - H.E. Dr. and Mrs. F. Ma*sch Belgium - H.E. M. Walter Loridan Burma - H.E. U. Thant and Mrs. Thant Chile - H.E. Sr. Daniel Schweitzer Costa Rica - H.E. Dr. Gonzalo Ortiz and SenOra de Ortiz Cyprus - H.E. Mr. Zenon Rossides Dahomey - H.E. M. Louis Ignacio-Pinto El Savador - H.E. Dr. Miguel R. Urquia and SenOra de Urquia more... -2- France - H.E. M. and Mme. Armand Berard Ghana - H.E. Mr, and Mrs. Alex Quaison-Sackey Greece - H.E. M. and Mtae. Paul Economou-Gouras Hungary - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Petr Mod India - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jha Iran - H.E. Dr. and Mme. Mehdi Vakil Iraq - H.E. Dr. and Mrs. Adrian Pachachi Ireland - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Boland Israel - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Comay Italy - H.E. M. and tone. Egidio Qrtona Japan - H.E. Dr. Koto Matsudaira Lebanon - H.E. M. and ^toe. Georges Hakim Liberia - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Barnes Luxembourg - H.E. M. and Mne. Maurice Steinmatz Netherlands - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. C. Schurmann Nicaragua - H.E. Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa and SenOra de Sevilla-Sacasa Nigeria - H.E. Alhaji Muhammad Ngileruma and Alhaja Ngileruma Pakistan - H.E. Mr. Said Haesan and Begum Hasan Phillippines - H.E. Dr. and Mrs. Francisco Delgado Poland - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Bohdan Lewandowski Portugal - H.E. Dr. and Mne. Vasco V. Garin Romania - H.E. M. Silviu Brucan Sudan - H.E. Mr. Omar Abdel Hamid Adeel N Tunisia - H.E. M. Mo&i Slim Turkey - H.E. M. and Mne. T. Menemencioglu United States - H.E. Mr. Adlai Stevenson ****************** **************** For further information contact Elizabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York 19, N. Y. CI 5-8900. .