Flag of the United Nations

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The olive branches symbolise peace.

The Flag of the United Nations was adopted on October 20, 1947.

The flag has the official emblem of 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 used in 1945, with the difference of the drawing of the Earth [1]. White and blue are the official colors of the United Nations.

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