Flag of the Caribbean Community

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Adopted1983;42 years ago (1983)

The Flag of the Caribbean Community is the official flag of the Caribbean Community, a regional intergovernmental organisation. The flag was adopted in 1983. [1]

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History

The Flag of the Caribbean Community was chosen and approved in November 1983 at the Conference of Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The original design by the firm of WINART Studies in Georgetown, 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 in Nassau, The Bahamas at the fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. [3]

Design

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]

Symbolism

Dark blue: The Caribbean Sea [1]

Light blue: The sky [1]

Yellow circle: The Sun [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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Symbols of Regional Integration – CARICOM". caricom.org. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  2. ↑ "CARICOM: Our Symbols". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Caribbean Community and Common Market". www.crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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