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  • 5 Qirsh 1969, KM# 417, Egypt, International Labour Organization, 50th Anniversary
  • 5 Qirsh 1969, KM# 417, Egypt, International Labour Organization, 50th Anniversary
Description

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and oldest specialised agency of the UN. The ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with around 40 field offices around the world, and employs some 2,700 staff from over 150 nations, of whom 900 work in technical cooperation programmes and projects.

Obverse

Depicts two symmetrical hands holding open-ended wrenches within wreath, dates divides below.

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Reverse

Denomination surrounded by the country name "United Arab Republic" above and the inscription '50th Anniversary of the International Labor Organization' below.

جمهورية العربية المتحدة
٥ قروش
العيد الخمسيني لمنظمة العمل الدولية

Edge

5 Qirsh (Piastres)

United Arab Republic
KM# 417
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Cupronickel
Weight 4.55 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Cairo Mint

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