UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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image by António Martins, 10 October 1999

• The UNESCO
• The flag
• Universal Flag of Peace and Solidarity

See also:

• Organization of World Heritage Cities
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites
• United Nations Organization
• International Organizations
• Six Flags of Tolerance

The UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization promotes education for all, cultural development, protection of the world's natural and cultural heritage, international cooperation in science, press freedom and communication.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 June 2000

The Flag

The flag of UNESCO show its logo in white on UN blue, akin to most other organizations of the UNO system. The logo is a stylized Ancient Greek temple portico, with three stairs steps, seven columns and a pediment, the columns being the letters "UNESCO" in a condensed (sans serif) typeface set very loosely.
António Martins-Tuvalkin, 31 May 2008

Universal Flag of Peace and Solidarity

by Ivan Sache, 12 August 2002

Jean Illel is a French poet and designer, currently President of the Club of Poets and Artists at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). On 10 December 1998, for the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Illel presented the Universal Flag of Peace and Solidarity, a flag horizontally divided black-white-red-yellow.

I have not found any reference to this flag on the UNESCO website. Therefore, I believe Illel's flag has remained unofficial until now.
Source: http://jean.illel.free.fr/sommaire.html
Ivan Sache, 12 August 2002

Note the similarity with the flag of the Miccosukee Indian tribe flag in USA.
John Ayer, 14 August 2002