The Pax Cultura design, also interspersed amongst doves, shows the symbol of the Roerich Pact, which originated in America as an agreement to exclude buildings of cultural significance, including libraries and museums, from wartime violence – working under the proviso that cultural heritage and preservation override power struggles.

The pact gained further significance after the Second World War, when it was used as a basis for the fourth UNESCO summit to avoid the repetition of the senseless destruction experienced during the global conflict.