United Nations' Day 1956 proclamation (English poster distributed by multiple posts)
A United Nations Day poster for October 24, 1945-1956, with a white dove, the UN flag and the full text of President Eisenhower's proclamation, countersigned by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, urging U.S. citizens to observe the day. The tell is glittering generalities and transfer: peace, freedom and justice are linked to the UN, and presidential authority is placed on the poster.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 27, 1956
- 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
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 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, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949115, 306-PPB-207).
Text on the object
UNITED NATIONS' DAY OCTOBER 24, 1945 1956 United Nations Day 1956 By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the United States of America joined in founding the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security; and WHEREAS the United States has consistently supported the United Nations, the Charter of which is the outgrowth of a common desire among peoples of all nations for permanent peace; and WHEREAS in the ten years of its existence the United Nations has developed into a living, functioning organization capable of influencing world opinion on the side of peace, freedom, and justice; and WHEREAS recent additions to the membership of the United Nations have increased its vitality and its capability of achieving the aims and ideals of its Charter and fulfilling man's ancient longing for a better and a strife-free world; and WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has resolved that October 24, the anniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter, should be dedicated each year to making known the purposes, principles, and accomplishments of the United Nations: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the citizens of this Nation to observe Wednesday, October 24, 1956 as United Nations Day by means of community programs that will demonstrate their faith in, and support of, the United Nations and will contribute to a better understanding of its aims, problems, and accomplishments. I call also upon the officials of the Federal, State and local Governments, the United States Committee for the United Nations, representatives of civic, educational and religious organizations, and agencies of the press, radio, television, and motion pictures, as well as all citizens, to cooperate in appropriate observance of United Nations Day throughout the country. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 21st day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightieth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: JOHN FOSTER DULLES Secretary of State
