Andorra 2 Euro 2018 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Andorra 2 Euro 2018 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first document in which the main civil, social, political, cultural and economic rights of every person were proclaimed at the international level, was held in the Chaillot Palace in Paris by the UN General Assembly.

Prior to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, some countries have already attempted to introduce such a document into their legislation. For example, the British Bill of Rights (1689), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789) and the American Bill of Rights (1791) were created and adopted. Only a century and a half later, the first international legal document was adopted, proclaiming the fundamental human rights and freedoms.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims individual rights, civil and political rights and freedoms (equality of all before the law, the right of everyone to liberty and personal integrity, freedom of conscience, etc.), as well as social and economic rights (to work, social security, rest and others). It was approved by the overwhelming majority of countries in the world, but it also has opponents. In particular, a number of Islamic countries (Sudan, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia) believe that the Declaration was developed in the cultural and religious context of Western countries, and it cannot be applied in the Muslim world without violating the boundaries of Islamic laws.

Since 1950, the adoption of the Universal Declaration is celebrated every year on December 10, this date is known as Human Rights Day.

Obverse: A stylized tree with leaves is shown. Vertically, in the framework of the “trunk”, the name of the issuing state and the year of issue of the ANDORRA 2018 coin are indicated. Text along the edge of the disk: "70 ANYS DE LA DECLARACIO UNIVERSAL DELS DRETS HUMANS" (catalog: "70 YEARS OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION").

Reverse: Expanded map of the European Union countries, a variant of sample 2007, 12 stars (according to the initial number of eurozone countries) and 6 parallel lines - a symbol of stability. The coin value is “2 EURO”.

Release Date: 11/26/2018

Andorra, the full official form The Principality of Andorra is one of the dwarfs of Europe, landlocked, located in the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain, and associated with them. The name of the country comes from Basque. andurrial - "wasteland".

The Pyrenees is a mountain system in France, Spain and Andorra, between the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length - 450 km, height - up to 3404 m (Aneto peak). Limestones and karst are developed in the west; in the center - predominantly crystalline rocks, alpine landforms, glaciers; in the east, the ranges decrease, alternating with intermountain depressions. In the lower parts of the slopes there are thickets of Mediterranean shrubs, forests dominate up to 1800-2100 m, and shrubs and meadows dominate above. Deposits of bauxite, iron ore.

The Pyrenees - an important climate (to the north of the Pyrenees - a territory with a temperate climate, to the south - with a subtropical).

This is one of the most inaccessible mountain systems in Europe: they have only a few conveniently located passes. All passes are at an altitude of 1500-2000 m. Therefore, only four railways go from Spain to France: two of them bypass the Pyrenees along the coast from the north-west and south-east, and two more railways cross the Pyrenees at the Aerba-Oloron sections. Sainte-Marie and Ripoll - Prades, through a system of tunnels.

The name of the Pyrenees comes from the name of the heroine of ancient mythology - Pyrene, which was torn to pieces by beasts and buried in the Pyrenees.