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I received some images with proposals of the new Bosnian flag
which I will share with you. Some time ago I sent to the list a
report from an interview with general Klein, "governor"
of Bosnia and Herzegovina (or at least I intended to send it). He
was claiming to have a solution for the flag (and car licence
plates etc.) that could be acceptable to all sides. There was no
good image of it in the article, but there was a photograh of Mr.
Klein with his proposal wich was not very well visible. The
images I received now are strikingly similar to that one.
As I said before, I received four images from Velid Jerlagic from
Sarajevo, tonight, but without any explanation. They are
proposals for the new flag of Bosnia and herzegovina, judging
from their names. In any case, they are very similar to what I
remember from the article mentioned above. I believe that these
are the proposals made by Mr. Klein, now finally published
somewhere, and it is very probable that something in this
direction will be adopted.
Diagonally striped tricolour (of Congo pattern) of
red-white-blue with the blue map of Bosnia and Herzegovina
outlined in yellow in the middle inside a circle of 10
five-pointed yellow stars. Ratio 1:2.
Due to the wider ratio than in the case of Congo, the white
stripe is wider. The number of stars could be reffering to the
number of cantons/counties in the Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, but that is a bit odd.
Same as above, but with 12 stars. Do they stand for the European Union? Even odder.
Similar diagonal tricolour but with an even wider white stripe (so the angle is not 45 degrees), with a yellow map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green and flanked with the green olive wreath exactly the same as in United Nations logo.
Horizontal tricolour of Blue white red with the same emblem in
the middle as the previous one.
This one is exactly the same that I remember showed in the
article, except I believe that there was the red-white-blue
tricolour. I am very sorry that I can't find it now, since I
believe that this is an important distinction (cf. flag of
Croatia vs. Yugoslavia).
Personally, I don't like neither of the designs - those with
stars are just "stupid". The map could be easily taken
out, since it doesn't give much distinction, and is complicated
to make (cf. Bangladesh case). In my humble opinion, the olive
branches have nothing to do on the flag (Bosnia is not an UN
protectorate, but an independent country, at least in theory).
Again In my humble opinion, the flag of diagonal tricolour could
be distinctive enough, it would keep the Panslavic colours (all
three nations are Slavic after all).
Zeljko Heimer, 16 December 1997
Yesterday there was a reportage of the late TV news,
considering the new flag of Bosnia and herzegovina. Unfortunately
nothing sensational was said there. According to them, the
deadline for the deal for the new flag is postponed again (it was
20 December 1997, if I recall correctly) for three months. The
same discussion is about the design of the new currency (for
those interested: it should be of unique design on one side, and
with different other side for the Federation and for Srpska
Republic, but at the moment are only three persons in the world
who know how they look like - the governor of the central bank
and his two associates).
There were shown several proposals for the new flag, all based on
the last four designs that I have posted recently (diagonal, with
map). All of these were showed only as images on TV screens
behind some speakers intervewd of the reportage, and they were
several variations, including variations in the order of colours
(interchanged red and blue). As some point it was told that out
of some 60 proposals the commisions choosed some 4 or 5 into the
"finals". It