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Instagram user "jasonwitkes" shared his image of President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

The following video clip shows rare footage from Nikita Khrushchev's visit to New York City on September 18, 1959. Video is provided by the "Cold War Roadshow" broadcasted by PBS in 2014.

These photos show a menu from the United Nations Dinner held here at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in honor of United Nations Day (October 24, 1961)

News item from the New York Times' F.Y.I. section written by Michael Pollack that refers to the use of room 786 of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel as the U.N.'s first headquarters, May 1, 2005.

Access Date: 2011-02-18

This image depicts Pope Paul VI and President Lyndon Johnson outside of the Towers Entrance of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel after their historic meeting on the 35th Floor of the Towers.

Black and white photograph magnified from a contact sheet depicting President Ronald Reagan greeting Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at what is believed to be the reception of the state dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria given by President Ronald Reagan…

The flags of the United Nations above the entrance of The Waldorf Towers in the mid 1980s.

These rare color photographs were featured in a special edition of Time Magazine highlighting Pope Paul VI's historic visit to the United States. Though his visit only lasted 13 hours (October 4-5, 1965), he met with world leaders at the United…