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 stackingGlittering generalities

Date

September 27, 1955

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Eisenhower Administration

Leader

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

War and the military, Science and technology

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, September 27, 1955. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948826, 306-PPB-39c).

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"

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.]