UNITED NATIONS INTER-PACIFIC ASSOCIATION-UNIPA FLAG CODE
The following is the text of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) Flag Code as
amended by the SecretaryGeneral
on November 11,2001:
Whereas by resolution 167 (Il)
of 20 October 2002 the General
Assembly Of UNIPA decided that the flag of
the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) should be the
official emblem adopted by the
General Assembly in resolution
92 (I) of 7:December 2002, centred
on a United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)White
background, and authorized the
Secretary-General to adopt a
Flag Code, having in mind the
desirability of a regulated use of
the flag and the protection of its
dignity;
“-‘hereas under this authority a
Flag Code was issued by the
Secretary-General on 19 December
2002; and
“-‘hereas it has become desirable
to amend this Flag Code to
permit display of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag by organizations and
persor:s desiring to demonstrate
their support of the UNIPA and as well as United Nations;
The Secretary-General, by
virtue of the authority vested in
him, hereby rescinds the Flag
Code of 19 December 2002 and
adopts the following Flag Code:
The Flag of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA}
shall be the official emblem of
theUNIPA, centred on a United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA} white background.
And its logo shall appear in
Light blue on the flag except
when otherwise prescribed
by regulation. The flag shall be
made in such sizes as may from
time to time by prescribed by
regulation.
The flag shall not be subjected
to any indignity.
(1) The flag of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
shall not be subordinated
to any other flag;
(2) The manner in which the
flag of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) may be
flown, in relation to any other
flag, shall be prescribed by
regulation.
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) and and its chapters/agencies
of the UNIPA.
(1) The flag shall be flown:
(g) From all buildings, offices
and other property occupied by
the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
(b) From any official residence
when such residence has been so
designated by regulation;
(2) The flag shall be used by
any unit acting on behalf of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) such as any Committee
or Commission or other
entity established by the UNIPA)
in such circumstances not covered in this Code as may
become necessary in the interests
of the UNIPA.
(3) The flag may be flown from
all buildings, offices and other
property occupied by any specialized
agency of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
The flag may be used in accordance
with this Flag Code by
Governments, organizations and
individuals to demonstrate support
of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
and tofurther its principles and purposes.
The manner and circumstances
of display shall conform,
in so far as appropriate, to the
laws and customs applicable to
the display of the national flag of
the country in which the display
is made.
operations
The flag may be used in military
operations only upon express
authorization to that effect by a
competent organ of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
The flag shall not be used in
any manner inconsistent with this
Code or with any regulations
made pursuant thereto. On no
account shall the flag or a replica
thereof be used for commercial
purposes or in direct association
with an article of merchandise.
The Secretary-General will
prescribe by regulation or otherwise
the cases in which the flag
shall be flown at half-mast as
sign of mourning.
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(1) The flag may be manufactured
for sale only upon written
consent of the Secretary-General;
(2) Such consent shall be subject
to the following conditions:
@) The flag shall be sold at a
price to be agreed upon with the
Secretary-General,
(!2) It shall be the responsibility
of the manufacturer to ensure that
every purchaser of the flag is furnished
with a copy of this Code as
well as a copy of any regulations
issued pursuant thereto, and that
each purchaser is informed that
his use of the flag is subject to
the conditions contained in this
Code and in the regulations made
pursuant thereto.
Any violation of this Flag Code
may be punished in accordance
with the law of the country in
which such violation takes place.
(1) The Secretary-General may
delegate his authority under this
Code;
(2) The Secretary-General or
his duly authorized representative
is the only person empowered
to make regulations under this
Code. Such regulations may be
made for the purposes indicated
in this Code and generally for
the purpose of implementing or
clarifying any provision of this
Code whenever the SecretaryGeneral
or his duly authorized
representative considers such
implementation or clarification
necessary.
(1) In pursuance to article 1
of the Flag Code the proportions
of the UNIPA Flag shall
be:
(~) Hoist (width) of the UNIPA
Flag-2,
Fly (length) of the UNIPA
Flag-3;
or
(2) Hoist (width) of the UNIPA
Flag-3,
Fly (length) of the UNIPA Flag-5;
or
(Q) The same proportions as
those of the national flag of any
country in which the UNIPA
Flag is flown;
(2) The emblem shall in all
cases be one half of the hoist of
the UNIPA Flag and entirely
centred.
In pursuance to article 3 (2) of
the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag Code the
manner in which the UNIPA
Flag may be displayed is
as follows:
(fl,) Under article 5 of the Flag
Code the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag may be displayed or otherwise used
in accordance with the Flag Code
by organizations
and individuals to demonstrate
support of the UNIPA & United Nations and
to further its principles and
purposes;
(£) The UNIPA Flag
may be displayed alone or with
one or more other flags to demonstrate
support of the UNIPA & United
Nations and to further its principles
and purposes. The Secretary-
General may, however,
limit such display to special
occasions either generally or in
particular areas. In special circumstances
he may restrict the
display of the UNIPA
Flag to official use by United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
organs and specialized
agencies;
(Q) When the UNIPA
Flag is displayed with one or
more other Flags, all flags so
displayed should be displayed on
the same level and should be of
approximately equal size;
(s!) On no account may any flag
displayed with the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag be displayed on a higher
level than the UNIPA Flag and on no account may any flag
so displayed with the UNIPA Flag be larger than the UNIPA Flag;
(s:) The UNIPA Flag
may be displayed on either side
of any other flag without being
deemed to be subordinated to any
such flag within the meaning of
article 3 (1) of the UNIPA
Flag Code;
ill The UNIPA Flag
should normally only be displayed
on buildings and on stationary
flag staffs from sunrise to sunset.
The UNIPA Flag may also
be so displayed at night upon special occasions;
(g) The Flag should never be
Used as drapery of any sort, never
festooned, drawn back, nor up, in
folds, but always allowed to fall
free.
The and on no account may any flag
so displayed with the UNIPA
Flag be larger than the
UNIPA Flag;
(s:) The UNIPA Flag
may be displayed on either side
of any other flag without being
deemed to be subordinated to any
such flag within the meaning of
article 3 (1) of the UNIPA
Flag Code;
ill The UNIPA Flag
should normally only be displayed
on buildings and on stationary
flag staffs from sunrise to sunset.
The UNIPA Flag may also
be so displayed at night upon special occasions;
(g) The Flag should never be
Used as drapery of any sort, never
festooned, drawn back, nor up, in
folds, but always allowed to fall
free.
The UNIPA Flag should
in no case be made a part of a
circle of flags. In such a circle
of flags, flags other than the
UNIPA Flag should be
displayed in the English alphabetical
order of the countries
represented reading clockwise.
The UNIPA Flag itself
should always be displayed on
the flag pole in the centre of the
circle of flags or in an appropriate
adjoining area.
of flags
In line, cluster or semi-circle
groupings all flags other than the
UNIPA Flag shall be displayed
in the English alphabetical
order of the countries repre-
sented starting from the left. The
UNIPA Flag, in such
cases, should either be displayed
separately in an appropriate area
or in the centre ofthe line, cluster
ot semi-circle or, in cases where
two UNIPA Flags are
available, at both ends of the
line, cluster or semi-circle.
which the display takes place
(g) The national flag of the
country in which the display takes
place should appear in its normal
position according to the English
alphabetical order;
(2) When the country in which
the display takes place wishes to
make a special display of its
national flag, such a special display
can only be made where the
arrangement of the flags takes
the form of a line, cluster or
semi-circle grouping, in which
case the national flag of the
country in which the display is
taking place should be displayed
at each end of the line of flags
separated from the grouping by
an interval of not less than one
fifth of the total length of the line.
(~ In accordance with article 5
of the UNIPA Flag Code
the UNIPA Flag may be
used to demonstrate the support
of the UNIPA and to further
its principles and purposes;
(E) It is deemed especially appropriate
that the UNIPA
Flag should be displayed on the
following occasions:
(i) On all national and official
holidays,
(ii) On United Nations Day,
24 OctOber,
(iii) On the occasion of any
official event, particularly
in honour of the United
Nations,
(iv) On the occasion of any
official event which might
or is desired to be related
in some way to the United
Nations & UNIPA
In accordance with article 7
of UNIPA Flag Code
on no account shall the UNIPA Flag or a replica thereof
be used for commercial purposes
or in direct association with an
article of merchandise;
(h) Not withstanding anything to
the contrary contained in clause
(~) of this section, neither the
UNIPA Flag nor any replica
thereof shall be stamped,
printed, engraved or otherwise
affixed on any stationery, books,
magazines, periodicals or other
publications of any nature whatsoever
in a manner such as could
imply that any such stationery,
books, magazines, periodicals or
other publications were published
by or on behalf of the UNIPA unless such is in fact the
case or in a manner such as has
the effect of advertising a commercial
product;
(2) Subject to the provisions of
clauses (h) and @ of this section
neither the UNIPA Flag
nor any replica thereof should be
affixed in any manner on any
article of any kind which is not
strictly necessary to the display
of the UNIPA Flag itself.
Without restricting the generality
of the foregoing sentence the
UNIPA Flag should not
be reproduced on such articles as
cushions, handkerchiefs and the
like, nor printed nor otherwise
impressed on paper napkins or
boxes, nor used as any portion
of a costume or athletic uniform
or other clothing of any kind, nor
used on jewellery.
(Q) Not withstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this
section, a replica of the UNIPA Flag may be manufactured
in the form of a lapel
button;(~ No mark, insignia, letter,
word, figure, design, picture or
drawing of any nature shall ever
be placed upon or attached to
the UNIPA Flag or placed
upon any replica thereof.
(g) Upon the death of a Head of
State or Head of Government of
a Member State, the UNIPA
Flag will be flown at half-mast
at UNIPA Headquarters,
at the UNIPA & Branches /Chapter offices.
Office at all member countries and at UNIPA
Offices lofted in that
Member State;
(Q) On such occasions, at Headquarters
and at THE branches /chapters Flag will be flown
at half-mast for one day immediately
upon learning of the death,
If, however, Flags, have already
been flying on that day they will
not normally be lowered, but will
instead be flown at half-mast on
the day following the death Flag should
in no case be made a part of a
circle of flags. In such a circle
of flags, flags other than the
UNIPA Flag should be
displayed in the English alphabetical
order of the countries
represented reading clockwise.
The UNIPA Flag itself
should always be displayed on
the flagpole in the centre of the
circle of flags or in an appropriate
adjoining area.
(Q) Should the procedure in
paragraph (Q) above not be practicable
due to weather conditions
or other reasons, the UNIPA
Flag may be flown at half mast
on the day of the funeral,
Under exceptional circumstances
it may be flown at half-mast on
both the day of the death and the
day of the funeral;
(g) UNIPA offices other
than those covered by paragraph
(§!.) above, in the case of the death
of a national figure or a Head of
State or Head of Government of
a Member State, will use their
discretion, taking into account
the local practice, in consultation
with the Protocol Office of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and/
or the Dean of the locally accredited
Diplomatic Corps;
~ The head of a specialized
agency is authorized by the
Secretary-General to lower the
UNIPA Flag flown by
the agency to half-mast in cases
where he wishes to follow the
official mourning of the country
in which the office of the agency
is located. He may also lower
the UNIPA Flag to half mast
on any occasion when the
specialized agency/brances ,chapter is in official
mourning;
ill The UNIPA Flag
may also be flown at half-mast
on special instructions of the
Secretary-General on the death
of a world leader who has had a
significant connexion with the
UNIPA;
(g) The Secretary-General may
in special circumstances decide
that the UNIPA Flag,
wherever displayed, shall be
flown at half-mast during a period
of official UNIPA mourning;
(Q) The UNIPA Flag
when displayed at half-mast
should first be hoisted to the
peak for an instant and then
lowered to the half-mast position.
The Flag should again be raised
to the peak before it is lowered
for the day; When the UNIPA
Flag is flown at half-mast no
other flag will be displayed;
ill Crepe streamers may be
affixed to flag staffs flying the
UNIPA Flag in a funeral
procession only by order of the
Secretary-General of the UNIPA
ffi:) When the UNIPA
Flag is used to cover a casket,
!t should not be lowered into the
grave or allowed to touch the
ground.
NATIONS FLAG
In accordance with article 9 (2)
(.!!) of the UNIPA Flag
Code the Secretary-General
hereby grants permission to sell
the UNIPA Flag without
reference to the SecretaryGeneral
as to the price to be
charged.
UNITED NATIONS INTER-PACIFIC ASSOCIATION-UNIPA FLAG CODE
The following is the text of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) Flag Code as
amended by the SecretaryGeneral
on November 11,2001:
Whereas by resolution 167 (Il)
of 20 October 2002 the General
Assembly Of UNIPA decided that the flag of
the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) should be the
official emblem adopted by the
General Assembly in resolution
92 (I) of 7:December 2002, centred
on a United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)White
background, and authorized the
Secretary-General to adopt a
Flag Code, having in mind the
desirability of a regulated use of
the flag and the protection of its
dignity;
“-‘hereas under this authority a
Flag Code was issued by the
Secretary-General on 19 December
2002; and
“-‘hereas it has become desirable
to amend this Flag Code to
permit display of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag by organizations and
persor:s desiring to demonstrate
their support of the UNIPA and as well as United Nations;
The Secretary-General, by
virtue of the authority vested in
him, hereby rescinds the Flag
Code of 19 December 2002 and
adopts the following Flag Code:
The Flag of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA}
shall be the official emblem of
theUNIPA, centred on a United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA} white background.
And its logo shall appear in
Light blue on the flag except
when otherwise prescribed
by regulation. The flag shall be
made in such sizes as may from
time to time by prescribed by
regulation.
The flag shall not be subjected
to any indignity.
(1) The flag of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
shall not be subordinated
to any other flag;
(2) The manner in which the
flag of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) may be
flown, in relation to any other
flag, shall be prescribed by
regulation.
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) and and its chapters/agencies
of the UNIPA.
(1) The flag shall be flown:
(g) From all buildings, offices
and other property occupied by
the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
(b) From any official residence
when such residence has been so
designated by regulation;
(2) The flag shall be used by
any unit acting on behalf of the
United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA) such as any Committee
or Commission or other
entity established by the UNIPA)
in such circumstances not covered in this Code as may
become necessary in the interests
of the UNIPA.
(3) The flag may be flown from
all buildings, offices and other
property occupied by any specialized
agency of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
The flag may be used in accordance
with this Flag Code by
Governments, organizations and
individuals to demonstrate support
of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
and tofurther its principles and purposes.
The manner and circumstances
of display shall conform,
in so far as appropriate, to the
laws and customs applicable to
the display of the national flag of
the country in which the display
is made.
operations
The flag may be used in military
operations only upon express
authorization to that effect by a
competent organ of the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
The flag shall not be used in
any manner inconsistent with this
Code or with any regulations
made pursuant thereto. On no
account shall the flag or a replica
thereof be used for commercial
purposes or in direct association
with an article of merchandise.
The Secretary-General will
prescribe by regulation or otherwise
the cases in which the flag
shall be flown at half-mast as
sign of mourning.
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(1) The flag may be manufactured
for sale only upon written
consent of the Secretary-General;
(2) Such consent shall be subject
to the following conditions:
@) The flag shall be sold at a
price to be agreed upon with the
Secretary-General,
(!2) It shall be the responsibility
of the manufacturer to ensure that
every purchaser of the flag is furnished
with a copy of this Code as
well as a copy of any regulations
issued pursuant thereto, and that
each purchaser is informed that
his use of the flag is subject to
the conditions contained in this
Code and in the regulations made
pursuant thereto.
Any violation of this Flag Code
may be punished in accordance
with the law of the country in
which such violation takes place.
(1) The Secretary-General may
delegate his authority under this
Code;
(2) The Secretary-General or
his duly authorized representative
is the only person empowered
to make regulations under this
Code. Such regulations may be
made for the purposes indicated
in this Code and generally for
the purpose of implementing or
clarifying any provision of this
Code whenever the SecretaryGeneral
or his duly authorized
representative considers such
implementation or clarification
necessary.
(1) In pursuance to article 1
of the Flag Code the proportions
of the UNIPA Flag shall
be:
(~) Hoist (width) of the UNIPA
Flag-2,
Fly (length) of the UNIPA
Flag-3;
or
(2) Hoist (width) of the UNIPA
Flag-3,
Fly (length) of the UNIPA Flag-5;
or
(Q) The same proportions as
those of the national flag of any
country in which the UNIPA
Flag is flown;
(2) The emblem shall in all
cases be one half of the hoist of
the UNIPA Flag and entirely
centred.
In pursuance to article 3 (2) of
the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag Code the
manner in which the UNIPA
Flag may be displayed is
as follows:
(fl,) Under article 5 of the Flag
Code the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag may be displayed or otherwise used
in accordance with the Flag Code
by organizations
and individuals to demonstrate
support of the UNIPA & United Nations and
to further its principles and
purposes;
(£) The UNIPA Flag
may be displayed alone or with
one or more other flags to demonstrate
support of the UNIPA & United
Nations and to further its principles
and purposes. The Secretary-
General may, however,
limit such display to special
occasions either generally or in
particular areas. In special circumstances
he may restrict the
display of the UNIPA
Flag to official use by United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
organs and specialized
agencies;
(Q) When the UNIPA
Flag is displayed with one or
more other Flags, all flags so
displayed should be displayed on
the same level and should be of
approximately equal size;
(s!) On no account may any flag
displayed with the United Nations Inter-Pacific Association(UNIPA)
Flag be displayed on a higher
level than the UNIPA Flag and on no account may any flag
so displayed with the UNIPA Flag be larger than the UNIPA Flag;
(s:) The UNIPA Flag
may be displayed on either side
of any other flag without being
deemed to be subordinated to any
such flag within the meaning of
article 3 (1) of the UNIPA
Flag Code;
ill The UNIPA Flag
should normally only be displayed
on buildings and on stationary
flag staffs from sunrise to sunset.
The UNIPA Flag may also
be so displayed at night upon special occasions;
(g) The Flag should never be
Used as drapery of any sort, never
festooned, drawn back, nor up, in
folds, but always allowed to fall
free.
The and on no account may any flag
so displayed with the UNIPA
Flag be larger than the
UNIPA Flag;
(s:) The UNIPA Flag
may be displayed on either side
of any other flag without being
deemed to be subordinated to any
such flag within the meaning of
article 3 (1) of the UNIPA
Flag Code;
ill The UNIPA Flag
should normally only be displayed
on buildings and on stationary
flag staffs from sunrise to sunset.
The UNIPA Flag may also
be so displayed at night upon special occasions;
(g) The Flag should never be
Used as drapery of any sort, never
festooned, drawn back, nor up, in
folds, but always allowed to fall
free.
The UNIPA Flag should
in no case be made a part of a
circle of flags. In such a circle
of flags, flags other than the
UNIPA Flag should be
displayed in the English alphabetical
order of the countries
represented reading clockwise.
The UNIPA Flag itself
should always be displayed on
the flag pole in the centre of the
circle of flags or in an appropriate
adjoining area.
of flags
In line, cluster or semi-circle
groupings all flags other than the
UNIPA Flag shall be displayed
in the English alphabetical
order of the countries repre-
sented starting from the left. The
UNIPA Flag, in such
cases, should either be displayed
separately in an appropriate area
or in the centre ofthe line, cluster
ot semi-circle or, in cases where
two UNIPA Flags are
available, at both ends of the
line, cluster or semi-circle.
which the display takes place
(g) The national flag of the
country in which the display takes
place should appear in its normal
position according to the English
alphabetical order;
(2) When the country in which
the display takes place wishes to
make a special display of its
national flag, such a special display
can only be made where the
arrangement of the flags takes
the form of a line, cluster or
semi-circle grouping, in which
case the national flag of the
country in which the display is
taking place should be displayed
at each end of the line of flags
separated from the grouping by
an interval of not less than one
fifth of the total length of the line.
(~ In accordance with article 5
of the UNIPA Flag Code
the UNIPA Flag may be
used to demonstrate the support
of the UNIPA and to further
its principles and purposes;
(E) It is deemed especially appropriate
that the UNIPA
Flag should be displayed on the
following occasions:
(i) On all national and official
holidays,
(ii) On United Nations Day,
24 OctOber,
(iii) On the occasion of any
official event, particularly
in honour of the United
Nations,
(iv) On the occasion of any
official event which might
or is desired to be related
in some way to the United
Nations & UNIPA
In accordance with article 7
of UNIPA Flag Code
on no account shall the UNIPA Flag or a replica thereof
be used for commercial purposes
or in direct association with an
article of merchandise;
(h) Not withstanding anything to
the contrary contained in clause
(~) of this section, neither the
UNIPA Flag nor any replica
thereof shall be stamped,
printed, engraved or otherwise
affixed on any stationery, books,
magazines, periodicals or other
publications of any nature whatsoever
in a manner such as could
imply that any such stationery,
books, magazines, periodicals or
other publications were published
by or on behalf of the UNIPA unless such is in fact the
case or in a manner such as has
the effect of advertising a commercial
product;
(2) Subject to the provisions of
clauses (h) and @ of this section
neither the UNIPA Flag
nor any replica thereof should be
affixed in any manner on any
article of any kind which is not
strictly necessary to the display
of the UNIPA Flag itself.
Without restricting the generality
of the foregoing sentence the
UNIPA Flag should not
be reproduced on such articles as
cushions, handkerchiefs and the
like, nor printed nor otherwise
impressed on paper napkins or
boxes, nor used as any portion
of a costume or athletic uniform
or other clothing of any kind, nor
used on jewellery.
(Q) Not withstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this
section, a replica of the UNIPA Flag may be manufactured
in the form of a lapel
button;(~ No mark, insignia, letter,
word, figure, design, picture or
drawing of any nature shall ever
be placed upon or attached to
the UNIPA Flag or placed
upon any replica thereof.
(g) Upon the death of a Head of
State or Head of Government of
a Member State, the UNIPA
Flag will be flown at half-mast
at UNIPA Headquarters,
at the UNIPA & Branches /Chapter offices.
Office at all member countries and at UNIPA
Offices lofted in that
Member State;
(Q) On such occasions, at Headquarters
and at THE branches /chapters Flag will be flown
at half-mast for one day immediately
upon learning of the death,
If, however, Flags, have already
been flying on that day they will
not normally be lowered, but will
instead be flown at half-mast on
the day following the death Flag should
in no case be made a part of a
circle of flags. In such a circle
of flags, flags other than the
UNIPA Flag should be
displayed in the English alphabetical
order of the countries
represented reading clockwise.
The UNIPA Flag itself
should always be displayed on
the flagpole in the centre of the
circle of flags or in an appropriate
adjoining area.
(Q) Should the procedure in
paragraph (Q) above not be practicable
due to weather conditions
or other reasons, the UNIPA
Flag may be flown at half mast
on the day of the funeral,
Under exceptional circumstances
it may be flown at half-mast on
both the day of the death and the
day of the funeral;
(g) UNIPA offices other
than those covered by paragraph
(§!.) above, in the case of the death
of a national figure or a Head of
State or Head of Government of
a Member State, will use their
discretion, taking into account
the local practice, in consultation
with the Protocol Office of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and/
or the Dean of the locally accredited
Diplomatic Corps;
~ The head of a specialized
agency is authorized by the
Secretary-General to lower the
UNIPA Flag flown by
the agency to half-mast in cases
where he wishes to follow the
official mourning of the country
in which the office of the agency
is located. He may also lower
the UNIPA Flag to half mast
on any occasion when the
specialized agency/brances ,chapter is in official
mourning;
ill The UNIPA Flag
may also be flown at half-mast
on special instructions of the
Secretary-General on the death
of a world leader who has had a
significant connexion with the
UNIPA;
(g) The Secretary-General may
in special circumstances decide
that the UNIPA Flag,
wherever displayed, shall be
flown at half-mast during a period
of official UNIPA mourning;
(Q) The UNIPA Flag
when displayed at half-mast
should first be hoisted to the
peak for an instant and then
lowered to the half-mast position.
The Flag should again be raised
to the peak before it is lowered
for the day; When the UNIPA
Flag is flown at half-mast no
other flag will be displayed;
ill Crepe streamers may be
affixed to flag staffs flying the
UNIPA Flag in a funeral
procession only by order of the
Secretary-General of the UNIPA
ffi:) When the UNIPA
Flag is used to cover a casket,
!t should not be lowered into the
grave or allowed to touch the
ground.
NATIONS FLAG
In accordance with article 9 (2)
(.!!) of the UNIPA Flag
Code the Secretary-General
hereby grants permission to sell
the UNIPA Flag without
reference to the Secretary General
as to the price to be
charged.