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DE Breastfeeding promotion. Breastfeeding mother WHO UNICEF GOBI On day one United Nations (Geneva) 1985
First day cover. Breastfeeding mother. Child Survival & development GOBI WHO UNICEF. Michel (Viena) 53-54.
Dimensions: 151 x 222 mm
Commemorative series of the WHO GOBI (Growth monitoring, Oral rehydration, Breastfeeding and Immunization) programme, managed by UNICEF between 1979 and 1982, launched in 1983 as a Child Survival campaign and later expanded to GOBI-FFF: GOBI + Family planning, Food production and Female education.
Many countries issued stamps commemorating the whole programme (4 GOBI stamps) or parts of it between 1985 and 1990.
The United Nations postal administrations in Geneva, Vienna and New York each issued two stamps. The then Secretary-General, Javier Pérez de Cuellar, recalled that "The welfare of the world's children is the responsibility of all nations and peoples. No effort should be spared to fulfil this obligation".
Commemorative series of the WHO GOBI (Growth monitoring, Oral rehydration, Breastfeeding and Immunization) programme, managed by UNICEF between 1979 and 1982, launched in 1983 as a Child Survival campaign and later expanded to GOBI-FFF: GOBI + Family planning, Food production and Female education.
Many countries issued stamps commemorating the whole programme (4 GOBI stamps) or parts of it between 1985 and 1990.
The United Nations postal administrations in Geneva, Vienna and New York each issued two stamps. The then Secretary-General, Javier Pérez de Cuellar, recalled that "The welfare of the world's children is the responsibility of all nations and peoples. No effort should be spared to fulfil this obligation".