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title: UN Force for Peace and Progress poster (Urdu poster distributed in Lahore)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-force-for-peace-and-progress-urdu-lahore-1955/
description: 'An Urdu photo-and-text sheet headed ''United Nations: foundation of world peace and progress''. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.'
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# UN Force for Peace and Progress poster (Urdu poster distributed in Lahore)

An Urdu photo-and-text sheet headed 'United Nations: foundation of world peace and progress'. Five captioned photographs (Eritrea's assembly building, Libyan voters, a UN technical-aid agronomist, a Thai malaria spraying scene, the General Assembly hall) surround a text crediting the UN with mediation, technical aid and health work. The tell is card-stacking: a selected list of UN successes, framed by broad appeals to 'peace and progress'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

Original (Urdu and English (handwritten note)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
اقوام متحدہ
عالمی امن و ترقی کی بنیاد

اریٹریا کی خودمختاری

نئے ملک میں نئے انتخابات

اقوام متحدہ کی فنی تعاون کے پروگرام کی وساطت سے

[body text and remaining captions not transcribed]

Handwritten at upper right: Poster "U.N. Force for Peace and Progress" Appeared in weekly "Qindeel, Lahore, July 3, 1955"
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
United Nations. Foundation of world peace and progress. Autonomy of Eritrea. New elections in a new country. Through the United Nations technical cooperation programme. [Body text not transcribed.]
```

Printed headline and three captions transcribed; the body paragraph and the other captions are not transcribed.

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