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title: Flags of the United Nations poster (English, distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/flags-of-the-united-nations-poster-manila-english-1965/
description: A wall chart of about 110 labelled national flags in rows around the blue United Nations flag, which is captioned 'adopted by the General Assembly.
section: Collection
---

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# Flags of the United Nations poster (English, distributed in Manila)

A wall chart of about 110 labelled national flags in rows around the blue United Nations flag, which is captioned 'adopted by the General Assembly, October 20, 1947'. The flags of the United States, the Soviet Union, Cuba and China (Republic of China flag) appear in the same grid. The foot reads 'Distributed by the United States Information Service'. The tell is transfer: the UN emblem at the centre lends its standing to every flag around it, and the distribution line ties the sheet to U.S. information work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
FLAGS OF THE UNITED NATIONS

AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA
ALGERIA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
BURMA
BURUNDI
BYELORUSSIAN S.S.R.
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CANADA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CEYLON
CHAD
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
CONGO REPUBLIC
CONGO(Brazzaville)
CONGO(Leopoldville)
COSTA RICA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DAHOMEY
DENMARK
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
ETHIOPIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GABON
GHANA
GREECE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
IVORY COAST
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KENYA
KUWAIT
LAOS
LEBANON
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LUXEMBOURG
MALAGASY
MALAYSIA
MALI
MAURETANIA
MEXICO
MONGOLIA
MOROCCO
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORWAY
PAKISTAN
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
RWANDA
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SUDAN
SWEDEN
SYRIA
TANGANYIKA
THAILAND
TOGO
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
UGANDA
UKRAINIAN S.S.R.
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UPPER VOLTA
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZANZIBAR

United Nations Flag adopted by the General Assembly, October 20, 1947

The proportions and shades of color of these flags do not—in all cases—conform exactly to official specifications.

Distributed by the UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE
6-706 (62)
```

Country labels in the order the grid reads, left to right, top to bottom; the code '6-706 (62)' at lower right is small and read approximately.

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