FIRST DAY COVER UNITED NATION DAY - UN BUILDING & UN LOGO IN GREEN, REDDISH ORANGE & BLACK COLOUR WITH OFFICIAL STAMP OF BOMBAY GPO DATED :- 24-10-1954. The Headquarters of UNO World Organization is located on an 18-acre site on the East side of Manhattan. It is an international zone belonging to all Member States. Visitors from all over the world often like to send postcards back home with United Nations stamps - these stamps can only be mailed from the United Nations. The Headquarters consist of four main buildings: the General Assembly building, the Conference Building, the 39-floor Secretariat building, and the Dag Hammarskjold Library, which was added in 1961. The complex was designed by an international team of 11 architects, led by Wallace K. Harrison from the United States. ABOUT LOGO & EMBLEM The current United Nations emblem was approved on 7 December 1946. The design is 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, in gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water areas in white. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles. Olive branches symbolize peace. The world map depicts the area of concern to the United Nations in achieving its main purpose, peace and security.
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