Flag of the United Nations

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flag international organization flag national symbol

The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations flag	9
United Nations emblem	5
Flag of the United Nations canonical	4
Emblem of the United Nations	3
emblem of the United Nations	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17196 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the United Nations
Context triple: [United Nations, flag, Flag of the United Nations]

A. Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
B. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
C. United Nations Headquarters
The United Nations Headquarters is the main administrative and diplomatic center of the UN, where representatives of member states convene to discuss and address global issues.
D. The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
E. United States of America
The United States of America is a large federal republic in North America known for its global political, economic, military, and cultural influence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of the United Nations
Target entity description: The Flag of the United Nations is a light blue banner featuring a white world map surrounded by olive branches, symbolizing global peace and international cooperation.

A. Grand Union Flag
The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
B. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
C. United Nations Headquarters
The United Nations Headquarters is the main administrative and diplomatic center of the UN, where representatives of member states convene to discuss and address global issues.
D. The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.
E. United States of America
The United States of America is a large federal republic in North America known for its global political, economic, military, and cultural influence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag ⓘ international organization flag ⓘ national symbol ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations ⓘ
adoptionBody	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1947-10-20 ⓘ
aspectRatio	2:3 ⓘ 3:5 ⓘ
backgroundColor	light blue ⓘ
branchCount	2 ⓘ
branchPosition	encircling the world map ⓘ
branchType	olive branches ⓘ
category	Flags of international organizations ⓘ United Nations symbols ⓘ
country	United Nations ⓘ
designBasedOn	Emblem of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Flag of the United Nations
designDate	1945-04 ⓘ
designedFor	United Nations Conference on International Organization ⓘ linked to: San Francisco Conference
designers	Donal McLaughlin ⓘ team of designers for the UN emblem ⓘ
emblemColor	white ⓘ
features	olive branches ⓘ world map ⓘ
fieldColor	azure ⓘ
inspiredBy	emblem used at the 1945 San Francisco Conference ⓘ
ISOStandardReference	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code "UN" for entity represented ⓘ
mapCenter	North Pole ⓘ linked to: Arctic region
mapCoverage	all inhabited continents ⓘ major latitude circles ⓘ
mapProjection	azimuthal equidistant projection ⓘ
protocol	flown with flags of member states at UN Headquarters ⓘ takes precedence at UN premises over national flags ⓘ
status	official flag of the United Nations ⓘ
symbolizes	friendship among nations ⓘ global unity ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ security ⓘ world peace ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber	A/RES/167(II) ⓘ
usage	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ
usedAt	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ missions of UN member states ⓘ offices of United Nations agencies ⓘ peacekeeping operations ⓘ
usedBy	UN observer missions ⓘ UN peacekeepers ⓘ UN specialized agencies ⓘ linked to: United Nations Economic and Social Council

How these facts were elicited