The United Nations Postal Administration is issuing new UN Flag stamps on 20 August: Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Cyprus, Dominica, Mauritania, Mongolia, and Paraguay.

The flags represent the 193 members of the United Nations - the intergovernmental organization best known for peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and humanitarian help.

The flags were replaced at the Rockefeller Center, not the United Nations. ... "The United Nations replaces all 193 country flags with LGBT flags," reads on-screen text included in the post.

Palestinian flag raised outside United Nations for the first time . ... Israel, one of the eight countries that voted against the measure, has dismissed the Palestinian flag-raising as a photo op.

The U.S., France, Chile and more all have this commonality: red, white and blue flags. Here's why, as explained by Ted Kaye of the North American Vexillological Association.

That blue flag of the United Nations was a banner of hope for me growing up in wartime Korea. October 24, was the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations Organization.

Following an offer by China to the United Nations Secretary-General in July 2003, the flag was provided for the space mission at a ceremony held in Vienna. The flag was returned to the United ...

Palestinians wave their flags as they watch a live-screening of president Mahmud Abbas' speech followed by the raising of the Palestinian flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York City ...

The United States, Israel and six others were the only countries to vote against allowing the flag. Many more abstained. The flag was raised at 1 p.m. ET following a speech at the U.N. by Abbas.

The United Nations Postal Administration is issuing new UN Flag stamps on 20 August: Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Cyprus, Dominica, Mauritania, Mongolia, and Paraguay.

Palestinian flag raised outside United Nations for the first time . ... Israel, one of the eight countries that voted against the measure, has dismissed the Palestinian flag-raising as a photo op.