UN postal agency issues commemorative stamps on International Day of Non-Violence

In commemoration of the International Day of Non-violence, marked on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, the UN postal agency Tuesday issued a new collection of stamps featuring artistic interpretation of 'The Knotted Gun', an iconic global sculpture giving the message of peace and non-violence.

The UN Postal Administration (UNPA) issued three definitive stamps featuring images of 'The Knotted Gun - Non Violence', the well-known sculpture for peace and non-violence, created in 1980 by the Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswrd as a tribute to English songwriter and Beatles member John Lennon after his murder.

"The stamps in the collection are really exquisite. They use the power of art to relay important messages of non-violence, tolerance, respect for human rights, democracy, mutual understanding and respect for diversity - so in other words all that Gandhi stood for," Under-Secretary-General for Management Jan Beagle said at the event titled 'Non-violence in Action' organised here ..