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Permanent Court of Arbitration

image located by Ben Cahoon, 29 May 2009

Organization flag
1998 proposal

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Organization flag

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has a flag which is different from the UN one. This flag has the PCA seal in white on a UN blue flag. Please see the nice attached photo and the links below showing the flag
http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpics.asp?ac=view&pic_id=94&pag_id=1031&page=1
http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpics.asp?ac=view&pic_id=66&pag_id=1031&page=0
http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpics.asp?ac=view&pic_id=99&pag_id=1031&page=3

I hope that readers, particularly any near The Hague, can provide more back up and a flag image. The seal I mentioned for the PCA and its flag is shown in white on the top of the PCA pages and on the main intro page... http://www.pca-cpa.org/
Ben Cahoon, 29 May 2009

1998 proposal

image by Pascal Gross, 22 December 1999

From http://www.pca-cpa.org/pcanews.htm:

On 13 October 1998, the Administrative Council adopted a design for a flag of the PCA, selected by a working group out of some 160 competing entries from around the world. The winning design came from Ms. Faith Tay Suan Koon, an art student from Singapore. The PCA flag has a blue background with two white bands at the top and bottom. This symbolizes that the parties involved in disputes come to the PCA with sincerity to work out a peaceful resolution of their dispute. At the center of the flag is a diamond-shaped symbol, that may be interpreted as a simplified image of one of the elements of the PCA emblem, namely the "eye" which means wisdom and awareness. This symbol is surrounded by two crossed olive branches which may be regarded as a symbol for peace and arbitration. The artist attended the inauguration ceremony of the flag, which took place at the Peace Palace in The Hague on 8 April 1999, during a meeting of the Administrative Council.
Pascal Gross, 22 December 1999