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International Seabed Authority

image by Zoltán Horváth, 25 February 2010

About the organization
The flag

See also:

About the organization

International Seabed Authority
Autorité internationale des fonds marins (French)
Autoridad Internacional de los Fondos Marinos (Spanish)

The International Seabed Authority is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Authority is the organization through which States Parties to the Convention shall, in accordance with the regime for the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (the Area) established in Part XI and the Agreement, organize and control activities in the Area, particularly with a view to administering the resources of the Area.
The Authority, which has its headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, came into existence on 16 November 1994, upon the entry into force of the 1982 Convention. The Authority became fully operational as an autonomous international organization in June 1996, when it took over the premises and facilities in Kingston, Jamaica previously used by the United Nations Kingston Office for the Law of the Sea. Meetings of the Authority are held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
Home page: http://www.isa.org.jm/en/home
Zoltán Horváth, 25 February 2010

The flag

Its flag is blue with its emblem in the center of the flag, emblem is an oval showing a scale (justice) and wavy blue lines (sea). Name of organization is placed around the oval as well as the olive branch (similar to those of the UN).
Document about its flag and emblem: http://www.isa.org.jm/files/documents/EN/8Sess/Assembly/ISBA-8A-4reiss.pdf (Images available in last page)
Use of flag: http://www.isa.org.jm/files/documents/EN/Newsletter/V4-Nov09.pdf (Page 2)
Zoltán Horváth, 25 February 2010