Flags of international organizations
The UN, the EU, NATO, the Olympics and more: flags that stand for groups of countries rather than one.
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Organization flags have to belong to everyone and no one, so they lean on maps, globes, rings and olive branches, and on colours that don’t favour any member.
Worldwide
United Nations
The world seen from above the North Pole, in a wreath of olive branches.
Olympics
Five rings, designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913.
Red Cross
Switzerland’s flag with the colours reversed, honouring the movement’s Swiss founders.
Red Crescent
The Red Cross’s equal, first used by the Ottoman Empire in the 1870s.
OPEC
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Antarctic Treaty
A white map of Antarctica with lines of longitude, on dark blue.
Regional
European Union
Twelve gold stars, a number that has never matched the membership: it stands for completeness.
NATO
A compass rose, for the common path of its members.
Nordic Council
A stylised swan, the Nordic countries’ shared symbol.
Commonwealth of Independent States
Organization of Turkic States
Arab League
Gulf Cooperation Council
African Union
A map of Africa inside a ring of gold stars.
Organization of American States
CARICOM
Two linked Cs for the Caribbean Community.
More flags
- Australia’s state and territory flags
- Brazil’s state flags
- Canada’s provincial and territorial flags
- Flags of autonomous regions and islands
- Flags of disputed territories
- Flags of former countries
- Flags of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
- Flags of the Dutch Caribbean
- France’s regional and overseas flags
- Germany’s state flags
- Italy’s regional flags
- Japan’s prefectural flags
- Liberia’s county flags
- Mexico’s state flags
- Russia’s regional flags
- Spain’s regional flags
- U.S. state flags