What is the blue circle?

What is the blue circle?

Common symbols of diabetes.
Diabetes The purpose of the symbol is a common identity to diabetes.
Until 2006, there is no global symbol of diabetes. Its purpose is:
Support all efforts to raise awareness about diabetes
Encourage new activities to the attention of the public about diabetes
Brand diabetes
Diabetes combat to provide a means to show support
A symbol of who owns it? International Diabetes Federation.
All rights held by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), diabetes blue circle symbol.
How I can promote a symbol? Using the same.
We encourage everyone to use the symbol of diabetes as a reference to the millions of people affected by diabetes disease.
We welcome the flags used in publishing: magazines, videos, and information network.
Symbol can not be used without permission from the IDF. You can not use:
Promote or diabetes.
As a mark of quality
For the purchase or use any other form of professional
Although the IDF has the symbol of all diabetes, IDF provides licensed merchandise sales, taking diabetes symbol-by-case basis. You can send your suggestions diabetessymbol@idf.org. Licensing reasons, including:
Tissue type
Material distribution

This is a quality brand? Number
All material on this label, for diabetes, according to the criteria mentioned in this page, or approval of the Defence Force refers can not be used as a quality brand. Prohibits any direct or indirect sign of diabetes symbols provide a quality test. The Israeli army can not accept any misuse of the symbol.

What is the history of the blue circle?
The initial movement of the United Nations resolution on diabetes icons.
UN Resolution on diabetes pandemic exercise of diabetes, most around medical resources. The event mobilized diabetes stakeholders to ensure that the common cause of the United Nations resolution on diabetes ago. December 20, 2006 the United Nations adopted resolution 61/225 "World Diabetes Day".

Why a circle?
Circle nature often occurred, and therefore widely used since the dawn of humanity. Its importance is very positive. Across cultures, the circle symbolizes life and health. The most important activities, the circle symbolizes unity. Our full strength, so that sport, in particular, is the key factor. The global diabetes community come together to support the United Nations resolution on diabetes and the need to stand together to make a difference. As we all know: doing nothing is not an option.

Why blue?
Circle Border color blue reflects the sky, and the United Nations flag. Yes it is a symbol of unity between countries, the United Nations is the only organization that can signal the government is everywhere, it's time to fight diabetes and reverse the global trend that impede economic development and cause both pain and premature death.