Issue date: 23 Oct, 2015
EFEMÉRIDES
The 70th Anniversary of the UN and the 60th Anniversary of Spain's joining the organisation is commemorated with a stamp whose plastic cover shows the waving flags of the world. This dynamism suggests the forward progress of the many tasks undertaken by this great worldwide organisation.
In 1945, just after the end of the Second World War, nations were destroyed and the world sought peace. That was the backdrop for the official birth of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, after the majority of the 51 Member States that had signed the organisation's founding document, the UN Charter, had ratified it. Its main goals are: maintaining peace and international security; fostering friendly relationships between nations with respect for the principle of equality; carrying out international cooperation work in the economic, social and humanitarian spheres and in developing respect for human rights and freedoms; and finally, serving as a mechanism to combine the efforts of nations and reach these goals. The UN is currently made up of 193 Member States and is headquartered in New York City.
Spain joined the UN on 14 December 1955, ending the organisation's 1946 condemnation of the Franco regime.
The 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Francisco Álvarez de Toledo is remembered with a stamp featuring a portrait of this man over a map of Peru.
Francisco Álvarez de Toledo (Oropesa, 1515 - Escalona, 1582) was the viceroy of Peru between 1569 and 1581. He had two main goals during his term: strengthening royal rights and privileges against the power of the encomenderos, and stopping the continuous uprisings of indigenous peoples. To do so he implemented administrative reforms through the Ordenanzas del Virrey Toledo, ordinances written during a two-year trip during which he learned about the demographics of the land and the Inca administrative organisation. In this regard he made use of existing institutions such as la mita, a mandatory work system among the indigenous peoples through which they received a minimum salary administered by authorities. During one of the uprisings he ordered the execution of Tupac Amaru, the last king of the Incas.
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