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The first version of the UN
flag, April 1945.The flag of the United Nations was adopted on October 20, 1947. The flag has the official emblem of the
A similar looking flag was first presented in a slightly different form from the present one at the Organisation Conference in
San Francisco in April 1945, with the only difference the drawing of the Earth.
The flag was distributed among delegates and the press. In 1946, a UNO committee got the task of making a definite design, which
was presented December 2, 1946, and adopted by the plenary
session of the UNO on December 7, 1946. The earlier version had
the globe 90 degrees turned eastward compared with the present flag. According to press statements, the change was made to move
White and blue are the official colors of the
According to the "Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel", the emblem and the flag of the United
Nations can be used by the personnel and material of UN Peacekeeping missions as a
Derived flags
- Perhaps the most popular proposed flag of Antarctica uses the UN colours, consisting of a plain white representation of the continent on a blue background.
- A number of proposed
flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina used UN colours. - The International Atomic Energy Agency (a body independent of but reporting to the United Nations) has a flag with the same colours and olive leaves as the United Nations. The central symbol is a Rutherford model atom.
- The flag of the International Civil Aviation Organization is that of the UN with pilot's wings superimposed.
- The flag of the International Telecommunication Union is UN blue and white with a globe, lightning bolt, and the letters "ITU".
- The flag of Somalia, with central symbol a five-pointed star, uses the UN colours in honour of the UN's help in gaining Somalia's independence.
- The flag of UNESCO has the same colours as the United Nations; its symbol is a Greek temple (possibly the Parthenon), representing science, learning and culture.
- The flag of UNICEF has the leaves and globe of the UN flag but with a mother and child inlay instead of the world map.
- The flag of the
World Food Programme has the olive leaves of the UN flag, with a hand clutching grains in the center, in place of the globe. The white/blue colors of the UN flag are reversed in the WFP flag. - The flag of the
World Health Organization is identical to the UN flag, with aRod of Asclepius , a traditional symbol of medicine, added. - The flag of the World Meteorological Organization is that of the UN with a compass rose and the letters "OMM/WMO" atop the globe.
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