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| Proportion | 2:3 or 3:5[a] |
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| Adopted | 20 October 1947 |
| Design | Sky blue banner with an all-white UN emblem (azimuthal equidistant projection surrounded by two olive branches) in the centre. |
| Designed by | Donal McLaughlin (emblem only) |
The flag of the United Nations is a sky blue banner containing the United Nations' emblem in the centre. The emblem on the flag is coloured white; it is a depiction of the world map in the azimuthal equidistant projection (centred on the North Pole and the International Date Line), surrounded by a pair of olive branches. The emblem was officially adopted on 7 December 1946, and the flag containing the emblem was officially adopted on 20 October 1947.[1]
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