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I heard the ABC news mention some sort of ceremony
in East Timor which included a welcome to a «blue and
white UN flag». Something about the way they said it
(can't remember what) suggested that this may not be
the UN flag, but something along the lines of
Somalia,
Cambodia, etc. Has anyone
else heard of this?
Jonathan Dixon, 05 Jan 2000 and 17 Jan 2000
My best guess is that we'll have a UN-style interim
flag during the next two years, so
this problem will probably
have a lot of time to be addressed. Perhaps the map
of East Timor on light
blue, or something of the sort…
Jorge Candeias, 22 Oct 1999
In all the images taken in these meetings
I’ve seen so far, the only flag visible is the flag of
the UN.
Jorge Candeias, 17 Jan 2000
The current UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
has probably no flag. Its web page displays only the flag of UN
Organization.
Jan Zrzavy, 23 Feb 2000
And only the UN flag is shown in the transfer
ceremonies in which military responsibility was transferred from
INTERFET to UNTAET. Press reports, if these
are to believed, mention that as the INTERFET flag was taken down, the
United Nations flag was hoisted.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 Feb 2000
The FALINTIL militia was reconstitu
