Supranational flag
United Nations
- Flag type
- Supranational flag
- UK Design Code
- UNNA0001
- Flag date
- 7th December 1946
- Designer
- Donal McLaughlin (Emblem)
- Adoption route
- United Nations
- Aspect ratio
- 3:5*
- Pantone colours
- WhiteBlue 279**
- Certification
- Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram
About the flag
The Flag of the United Nations is a supranational flag adopted on 7 December 1946 by a resolution of the General Assembly.
The emblem consists of a circular map of the earth in azimuthal equidistant projection centred at the North Pole between two olive branches. The emblem is white on a light-blue field.
* The flag is specified as 3:5 or 1:2. The Flag Institute recommends 3:5 to match the national, regional and community flags of the United Kingdom.
** No specifications exist for the correct shade of blue – the Pantone® cited is the colour most commonly used.
