File:Carlos Echeverri Cortés and Trygve Lie, UN photo.jpg

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Description	Official UN Portrait of Carlos Echeverri Cortés, Colombian Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Source	United Nations Photo # 175372
Date	10 November 2010
Author	UN Photo by Mark Garten
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Fair use for Carlos Echeverri Cortés[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a politically significant photo of Colombian Permanent Representative to the UN.
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of very inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes in a scholarly, non-profit environment.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the subject of the photo are the object of discussion in the article.