Flag of United Nations

The United Nations is an international institution that was founded in 1945. In the center is an olive branch and a North Pole-centric world map. The flag was selected in the second General Assembly in October 1942. It expresses how the UN is an international institution and was established for the purpose of peace promotion. It is supposed to be hoisted higher than any other flag and treated with the utmost priority.

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Meaning of Flag Design and Colors

	The world map by which the North Pole is a center
	"Olive leaf" symbol of peace

Basic Data

Membership/Headquarters/Major Organization	Secretary-General of the United Nations
193 member states (2 observer states) New York City (USA) International Labour Organization (ILO) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Health Organization (WHO) World Bank Group International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Development Association (IDA) International Finance Corporation (IFC) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Telecommunication Union（ITU） Universal Postal Union（UPU） World Meteorological Organization（WMO） World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) United Nations lndustrial Development Organization（UNIDO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)	1946-1952 Trygve Lie (Norway) 1953-1961 Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden)　 1961-1971 Thant (Burma) 1972-1981 Kurt Waldheim (オAustria) 1982-1991 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru) 　 1992-1996 Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt) 1997-2006 Kofi Annan (Ghana) 2007-2016 Ban Ki-moon (South Korea) 2017- António Guterres (Portugal)

Membership/Headquarters/Major Organization

Secretary-General of the United Nations

193 member states (2 observer states)

New York City (USA)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Bank Group

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

International Development Association (IDA)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Telecommunication Union（ITU）

Universal Postal Union（UPU）

World Meteorological Organization（WMO）

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

United Nations lndustrial Development Organization（UNIDO)

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

1946-1952

Trygve Lie (Norway)

1953-1961

Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden)　

1961-1971

Thant (Burma)

1972-1981

Kurt Waldheim (オAustria)

1982-1991

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru)

1992-1996

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)

1997-2006

Kofi Annan (Ghana)

2007-2016

Ban Ki-moon (South Korea)

2017-

António Guterres (Portugal)

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