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| Proportion | 2:3 |
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| Adopted | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) |
TheFlag of the Caribbean Community is the official flag of theCaribbean Community, a regionalintergovernmental organisation. The flag was adopted in 1983.[1]
The Flag of the Caribbean Community was chosen and approved in November 1983 at the Conference of Heads of Government Meeting inPort of Spain, Trinidad. The original design by the firm of WINART Studies inGeorgetown, Guyana was substantially modified at the July 1983 Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government.[2] The flag was first flown on 4 July 1984 inNassau, The Bahamas at the fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government.[3]
The upper part is light blue and the lower part is dark blue. The logo of the Caribbean Community is printed in black within a yellow circle with a narrow green rim in the centre of the Standard.[1]
Dark blue: TheCaribbean Sea[1]
Logo: The logo resembles a broken chain, to represent unity and the colonial past.[1]
Ring of green around the Sun: represents the region's vegetation.[1]
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