File:UN charter logo.png
Summary
Insignia displayed on the cover of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Charter" class="extiw" title="en:United Nations Charter">United Nations Charter</a>, , predating the official adoption of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/flag_of_the_United_Nations" class="extiw" title="en:flag of the United Nations">flag of the United Nations</a>. Notably, the lower, upright part of the globe is centered on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_meridian_west" class="extiw" title="en:100th meridian west">100° West</a>, which places North America at prominence. Later versions of the United Nations insignia changes this to align closer to, and eventually at, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prime_meridian" class="extiw" title="en:prime meridian">prime meridian</a> (0° longitude).
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| current | 02:48, 4 January 2017 | | 803 × 677 (14 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Insignia displayed on the cover of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Charter" class="extiw" title="en:United Nations Charter">United Nations Charter</a>, <span style="white-space:nowrap"><time class="dtstart" datetime="1945-06-26">26 June 1945</time></span>, predating the official adoption of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/flag_of_the_United_Nations" class="extiw" title="en:flag of the United Nations">flag of the United Nations</a>. Notably, the lower, upright part of the globe is centered on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_meridian_west" class="extiw" title="en:100th meridian west">100° West</a>, which places North America at prominence. Later versions of the United Nations insignia changes this to align closer to, and eventually at, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prime_meridian" class="extiw" title="en:prime meridian">prime meridian</a> (0° longitude). |
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