Thursday video: Queen Elizabeth at the UN

Elizabeth Kiem is the online producer of unicefusa.org.

Queen Elizabeth, you may have heard, was in town this week to address the United Nations for the first time in over 50 years. Just 31 years old at the time of her first address to the U.N., the Queen was already of the mind in 1957 that the newly formed body boded well for peace and security in the world.

"I offer you my best wishes in your tasks and pray that you may be successful," she said then.

This week, she praised the body's progression "from being a high-minded aspiration to being a real force for common good. That of itself has been a signal achievement."

We could feature the Queen's remarks in the General Assembly hall for this week's Thursday video. But we thought that this footage, a half century old, is even more interesting.

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Though the authority (and slightly green hue) of the hall remains the same ... many things have changed over the years at the U.N. - there are far fewer hats, and far more women in the halls today. And how about that motorcade?

What hasn't changed is the U.N. belief, laid out in its original charter, in "the dignity and worth of the human person." And that, of course, includes Every Child.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, upholds that charter and strives to hold the world accountable for the promises they make to children -- particularly promises made in the halls of the U.N.