Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 44
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Noting the suggestion of the Royal Mint of the Government
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding
the creation of the United Nations fiftieth anniversary coin programme
and its offer to manage that programme for the benefit of the
Trust Fund for the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations and participating
States,
Noting also the positive report of the secretariat of the
fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations on the offer of the
Royal Mint,
Noting further the potential of such a programme to provide
the Trust Fund with revenue to support educational and communications
activities about the work of the United Nations,
Agreeing that the issuance of legal-tender coins commemorating
the fiftieth anniversary would be a fitting way for States to
honour and provide a suitable lasting memento of this historic
occasion,
1. Endorses the creation of a United Nations Fiftieth Anniversary
Coin Programme and the offer of the Royal Mint of the Government
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to
manage that Programme;
2. Requests the secretariat of the fiftieth anniversary
of the United Nations to make the necessary arrangements with
the Royal Mint to implement the Coin Programme on a timely basis;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to write to all States
advising them of the Coin Programme and inviting them to participate
by issuing a commemorative coin honouring the fiftieth anniversary.
55th plenary meeting
9 November 1994