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The flag of the United Nations was adopted on October 20 , 1947 . The flag has the official emblem of the United Nations in white on a blue background. The emblem is composed of an Azimuthal Equidistant Projection of a world map (less Antarctica ) centred on the North Pole , enclosed in olive branches. The olive branches are a Symbol For Peace , and the world map represents all the people of the world. 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 difference of 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 2 Dec. 1946 and adopted by the plenary session of the UNO on 7 Dec. 1946. The earlier version had the globe 90 degrees turned eastward compared with the present flag. The change was made, according to press statements, to take North America from the center of the emblem. {Link without Title} . White and blue are the official colors of the United Nations . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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