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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.
Artist: Luciana De Simoni
Obverse
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Depicts, inside a geometrical composition made of two rectangles (one placed vertically, the other horizontally) the logo of the United Nations with at left a woman's face, a symbol of the union between people. REPUBBLICA |
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Reverse
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Depicts, inside a geometrical composition made of rectangles of different sizes stacked in the shape of a greek cross, elements symbolizing the activities of the UN: the microscope for scientific research; the wheat ear for aid activities to those countries with nutrition problems; the dove in support of the maintenance of peace; and finally the caduceus as a symbol of health care for underdeveloped countries. More in other rectangles are the dates of the anniversary, the value, the mintmark (R) and the author's name. Outside the composition, four big dots are placed in cardinal positions. 10 |
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