UNITED NATIONS POST on 23 October 1964 issued a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty stamp. It was a black and red stamp, designed by Ole Hamann of Denmark, a member of the Secretariat staff. It depicted a symbolic padlock attached to a cloud from a nuclear explosion. The padlock bears the United Nations emblem and the words "Cessation of Nuclear Testing." The nuclear testing stamp was printed in Czechoslovakia in a quantity of 2,600,000.
The General Assembly adopted a resolution in 1961 declaring the use of nuclear weapons to be contrary to international law, the U.N. Charter, and the laws of humanity. It was an important step toward disarmament which eventually achieved the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty in 1963. More than 100 countries agreed to prohibit nuclear tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and underwater.
At the time, it was the second consecutive United Nations stamp to depart from the pleasant and brightly coloured motifs traditionally used. The other stamp, created the previous month in 1964, was devoted to international narcotics control. It showed three hands reaching out for a dripping opium poppy.
At the time, it was the second consecutive United Nations stamp to depart from the pleasant and brightly coloured motifs traditionally used. The other stamp, created the previous month in 1964, was devoted to international narcotics control. It showed three hands reaching out for a dripping opium poppy.
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