A commemorative postage stamp on 80 years of the UN (United Nations) :

Issued by India

Issued on Oct 24, 2025

Issued for : The Department of Posts is proud to release a commemorative stamp celebrating 80 years of the United Nations. This stamp symbolises India’s commitment to global cooperation, peace, and the shared ideals of the United Nations over eight decades.

Design : To celebrate 80 Years of the United Nations, a nationwide stamp design competition was organized by the Department of Posts in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs and MyGov. Approximately 7.4 lakh students participated, creatively expressing India’s vision of global leadership and multilateralism. The design by Ms. Shrestha Majumdar is featured on the commemorative stamp. Additionally, artworks by Ms. Anshika Jain and Ms. Rollie Sharma have been selected for the First Day Cover and Brochure. This initiative reflects young India’s commitment to peace, unity, and sustainable global progress.

Credits :
Stamp/FDC/Brochure/Cancellation Cachet : Shri Suresh Kumar

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 205686

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• The United Nations (UN) has stood as a symbol of multilateralism and international cooperation. India’s deepening engagement with the UN is based on its steadfast commitment to multilateralism and dialogue as the key for achieving shared goals and addressing common challenges faced by the global community.
• Department of Posts has previously released commemorative postage stamps on the UN’s 9^th, 40^th, 50^th, and 75^th anniversaries in 1954, 1985, 1995, and 2020, respectively. Department of Posts and the United Nations Postal Administration jointly issued stamps for the UN Women HeForShe solidarity movement in 2016. United Nations Postal Administration released a commemorative Diwali stamp in 2018 and a definitive stamp on the occasion of the 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019.
• India and the UN share a commitment to multilateralism and dialogue, viewing them as essential to meeting global challenges. As the world’s largest democracy and an active member of the UN, India has advanced UN goals in peacebuilding and peacekeeping, sustainable development, poverty alleviation, climate action, disarmament, human rights, health, migration, cybersecurity, space, and frontier technologies like Artificial Intelligence.
• Over recent years, India’s engagement with the UN has expanded in scope. In 2025, India hosted the “Conference on Women Peacekeepers from the Global South” in New Delhi, bringing together women peacekeepers from 35 countries to address gender-inclusive peace operations. India remains one of the largest contributors to UN peacekeeping, with more than 290,000 Indian peacekeepers deployed on over 50 missions to date.
• Milestones in this relationship include :
  • 1945 : India became a signatory to the United Nations Charter
  • 1948 : India endorsed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 1950 : India was first elected to the UN Security Council
  • 1973 : India acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention
  • 1980 : India ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
  • 1993 : India joined the Chemical Weapons Convention
  • 2000 : India adopted the Millennium Declaration
  • 2007 : 2 October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, was declared the International Day of Non-Violence
  • 2014 : 21 June was declared the International Day of Yoga
  • 2015 : India endorsed the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change
  • 2021-22 : India’s eighth term in the UN Security Council, as a rule-abiding democracy and a positive contributor to the security of the global commons.
• India’s global conduct, which is rooted in the fundamental principle of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,’ – which means ‘world is one family’ – resonates powerfully in the halls of the United Nations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, India upheld this principle by providing essential medicines and vaccines to more than 150 countries. At the 80^th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2025, India urged that every member state that can make this world a better place must have the opportunity to do its utmost.
  
• Text : Referenced from the content provided by the Ministry of External Affairs.

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