Security Council
The U.N. Security Council is primarily responsible for keeping peace and security throughout the world. For this, they may impose sanctions on countries, deploy peace keeping troops to troubled areas, and even authorize military action (i.e., peace making) against countries and other organizations.
The Security Council is tasked with recommending new countries to membership in the U.N. They must approve any changes to the U.N. Charter. And they nominate each new Secretary General of the U.N.
These responsibilities and powers put them in a very controling position at the U.N. The council is composed of fifteen members, of which five are permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These five countries were basically the victors of World War II, after which the U.N. was founded – and founded primarily by them. The other members are temporary and there’s a rotation.
The permanent members each have veto authority over any council resolutions. In part, their membership to the council and their veto power was necessary to get these key countries to join. This was critical given then President Woodrow Wilson couldn’t even get the U.S. to join the U.N.’s precedessor, the League of Nations – which was formed after World War I.
The veto power has often been an obstacle to progress. It would work if only countries would recuse themselves on matters directly affecting them. For instance, if the Security Council wants to condemn one of the permanent members, that country should not vote or veto. But they always do, rather than accept the condemnation of their peers – rather than admit they did anything wrong.
Note
For each design, the U.N. Post Office issued two stamps: a three-cent and an eight-cent stamp – at least during this period. I assume one is for postcards and the other for one-ounce envelops. Maybe the lower amount is also for additional ounces.
To make these pages seem less dull, Leuchtturm chose to criss cross issue pairs. I appreciate trying to improve the look of album pages. But it makes it difficult for me to put them in rows in my database table. For some, I put the first one in a row by itself, and then I put the other one and the other pair in a row together. Click on the Assembled Page link to see what I mean. For some pages I put the pairs together and on separate lines. It’s a little bothersome for me.
Contains 9 spots: own 9 – 9 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 6, 2025
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
U.N. Security Council
✓ |
55 |
3c (oct 1957) |
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✓ |
56 |
8c (oct 1957) |
Declaration of Human Rights
✓ |
57 |
3c (dec 1957) |
|||
✓ |
58 |
8c (dec 1957) |
Intl. Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
✓ |
59 |
3c (feb 1958) |
|||
✓ |
60 |
8c (feb 1958) |
U.N. Commemoratives
✓ |
61 |
Gen. Assembly 1946 |
3c (apr 1958) |
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✓ |
62 |
Gen. Assembly 1946 |
8c (apr 1958) |
U.N. Definitives
✓ |
64 |
8c (jun 1958) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
