Malawi 5 Kwacha 1995

History

5 Kwacha 1995, KM# 23, Malawi, 50th Anniversary of the United Nations

Obverse. Photo © Numismática Leilões

Description

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the UN is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict. The UN is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organisation in the world.

Obverse	Person (politician, revolutionary, entrepreneur) Bakili Muluzi Depicts a portrait of Elson Bakili Muluzi facing right, country name above. Elson Bakili Muluzi (born 17 March 1943) is a Malawian politician who served as President of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. He was chairman of the United Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009 and succeeded Hastings Kamuzu Banda as president. Before his presidency, Muluzi was a minister without portfolio in Banda's cabinet until retiring in 1980. He had also been minister and secretary general of the Malawi Congress Party but was dismissed for misusing party funds. MALAŴI
Reverse	Book Organization, fund United Nations People (man, woman, child etc.) Girl Depicts a sitting barefoot girl on a tree stump reading a book, the 50th-anniversary symbol of the United Nations above a book, surrounded by the inscription above, date and denomination dividing dates of establishment and year issue below. The emblem of the United Nations Organization depicts a map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized branches of the olive tree. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles. The olive branches are a symbol for peace, and the world map represents all the people and the countries of the world. Engraver: Avril Vaughan NATIONS UNITED FOR PEACE 50 1945 5 KWACHA 1995
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