United Nations Plaza
Location:
U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Manila
Category:
Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1951
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
UNITED NATIONS PLAZA
DEDICATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS BY THE CITY OF MANILA. ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, 10 JULY 1951, THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG WAS RAISED HERE BY TWO VETERANS WOUNDED IN THE KOREAN WAR, T/S NICOMEDES GUMACAY AND PFC. MARCELINO CARABALLO, TENTH BATALLION COMBAT TEAM, ASSISTED BY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CARLOS P. ROMULO, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
