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International Year of Volunteers Issued on January 17, 2001 (Heisei 13)

International Year of Volunteers Issued on January 17, 2001 (Heisei 13)
2001 is the "International Year of Volunteers". In 1997, when former Prime Minister of Japan Obuchi was Minister of Foreign Affairs, he proposed at the 52nd UN General Assembly that 2001 should be the "International Year of Volunteer" and was resolved with the support of 122 countries. In order to expand volunteer activities, movements have been carried out all over the world, and various public and private efforts have been made in Japan as well. The stamp was issued in commemoration of this, and "heliotrope and this symbol mark" is designed.