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United Nations

United Nations

Peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet

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The emblems on the UN flag light blue background are all white.  Emblems consist of a pair of olive tree branches form a U shape around a map of the world that is an azimuthal equidistant projection. The azimuthal map is one on which all points on the map are at proportionally correct distances from the center point, and all points on the map are at the correct direction from the center point.
The United Nations flag symbolizes the UN’s work to achieve peace throughout the world.

The Ways of our Days

In these days of democracy

and demagoguery conflation

what will it take to

regain peace in our nations?

What if each of us

were to 

Cop an attitude

of love and gratitude

One that thinks of the 

Thou’s and Thee’s

before the I’s or the Me’s

One that acts with a…

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