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title: Organs of the United Nations
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/organs-of-the-united-nations-1946/
description: 'Pictorial chart on a salmon ground: a blue globe labelled General Assembly sits at the centre, ringed by circles for the Security Council.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Organs of the United Nations, 1946 Transnational poster: Pictorial chart on a salmon ground](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/organs-of-the-united-nations-1946.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/organs-of-the-united-nations-1946.jpg)

# Organs of the United Nations

Pictorial chart on a salmon ground: a blue globe labelled General Assembly sits at the centre, ringed by circles for the Security Council, International Court of Justice, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council and Secretariat, with commissions and specialized agencies listed at the right. It is mainly an explanatory diagram; the technique is faint, limited to the uniformly positive presentation of the institution.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
atomic energy commission
international court of justice
security council
general assembly
economic and social council
military staff committee
secretariat
trusteeship council
economic and employment commission
sub-commission on economic reconstruction of devastated areas
transport and communications commission
statistical commission
commission on human rights
commission on the status of women
social commission
commission on narcotic drugs
specialized agencies
international labor organization
united nations educational scientific and cultural organization
food and agriculture organization
international bank for reconstruction and development
international monetary fund
international civil aviation organization
international telecommunications union
universal postal union
world health organization
international refugee organization
world trade organization
ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
pictorial presentation by the United Nations, Department of Public Information
```

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