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Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec)

by Richard Knipel

Source: http://www.mpa.eurasec.ru/en_index.htm

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This flag carries the emblem of the Eurasian Economic Community (EURASEC). The members are Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The logo and flag seem to represent a map of all the member countries. This has got to be one of the larger and more artificial landmasses depicted on any flag. Also, one of the most difficult maps to recognize, especially with its small size.
Richard Knipel 18 June 2004

Apparently, there was some sort of contest for the design of the Eurasec (Eurasian Economic Community) flag and emblem. I got this info from:
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kyrgyzstan/hypermail/200112/0028.shtml which says it was from Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (A US government service) Kyrgyz News of December 14, 2001. The winner was to receive a prize of the equivalent of about $1,250 (A number was also given in Kyrgyz currency but this struck me as irrelevant since the contest was surely open to all nationalities of the Community). It said terms of the contest were on www.mpa.eurasec.org, but this link is now dead. I presume that this contest resulted in the current flag and emblem of Eurasec, but one can never be sure.
Richard Knipel, 11 July 2004