Thanksgiving Year

U.N. Vienna, Page UNV 2000.1 (BL-3)

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In late November 1997, the United Nations, at the General Assembly met and voted on this resolution:

Resolution 52/16

The General Assembly, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/46 of 22 July 1997, Proclaims the year 2000 as the International Year of Thanksgiving.

That’s all of the text of the resolution.

The agreement doesn’t elaborate on what’s to be done as a result of the resolution, just to proclaim that in two years the international community will be thankful. They don’t even say for what they will be grateful – not even a que for people to take time to think about for what they are thankful.

In mid January 1998, they adopted this resolution, which would not take effect until January 2000. In that month, they issued the first stamp on this album page to celebrate the year of thanksgiving.

At the core, the U.N. is very much a bureaucratic organization run by civil servants. This resolution is a demonstration of that.

Note

I like this first stamp, the one about the international year of thanksgiving. It’s colorful. The design makes me think of Dante’s Inferno with his levels spiraling into greater depths of hell.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
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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

International Year of Thanksgiving

1.1

✓

268

Intl. Year of Thanksgiving

7 (jan 2000) comm., multicolor

Other

1.2	✓	273	Exhibition of paintings	7 (may 2000) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	274	Exhibition of paintings	8 (may 2000) comm., multicolor

United Nations Anniversary

2.1

✓

275

U.N. 55th Anniversary

7 (jul 2000) comm., multicolor

Other

2.2

✓

282

Respect for Refugees

7 (nov 2000) comm., multicolor

United Nations Anniversary

2.3

✓

276

U.N. 55th Anniversary

9 (jul 2000) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

3.1	✓	269	Leopard	7 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	270	Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	7 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	271	South Andean Huemul	7 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	272	Killer Whale	7 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor

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.

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