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by Marcus Wendel
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Here you'll find the images for the flag of the OAS (Organization of American States, Organizacion de Estados Americanos). I'm sending two versions, since the size of the OAS seal depicted on the flag is not specified on the official description I found at www.oas.org I might, in any case, reGIF it, since I believe the resizing of the seal came out to be very crude and since I think I might have gotten the order of the flags wrong (they are supposedly arranged alphabetically but I am not sure if they are so in English or Spanish, since the seal at the page was very small...).
The flag of the Organization of American States was first used
during the term of office of Secretary General Jose' Antonio
Mora. The flag consists of the seal of the Organization, which
represents the flags of all the member states on a royal blue
background. The seal with the flags was first seen on the
Organization's stationary in the 1920s, when Leo S. Rowe was
Director General. The flag was commissioned from Annin & Co.,
New York, in April 1961. The color chosen for the background was
royal blue: neither light nor dark blue. In the center are the
flags of all the member countries arranged in an arc with 10
flagpoles at the bottom, framed by a circle. The design was
updated most recently in 1991, when Belize and Guyana became
members of the Organization. Each time a new state joins, its
flag is incorporated. The use of the flag has been established
according to tradition and practice followed over the years in
the Organization.
Guillermo Tell, 21 December 1999
Maqtewékpaqtism Tnis Tiámaq, 9 June 2001
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