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Papua New Guinea; Use: National flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 3:4: Adopted: 1 July 1971; 53 years ago (): Design: Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with the soaring Raggiana bird-of-paradise and the lower triangle is black with the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star.
Flag Date Use Description 1971–present: Flag of Papua New Guinea: Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with a silhouette of the soaring Raggiana bird-of-paradise in yellow and the lower triangle is black with the Crux of four white larger five-pointed stars and a smaller star.
Susan Hareho Karike Huhume (c. 1956 –11 April 2017) was a Papua New Guinean housewife, who, as a schoolgirl, designed the colours of her country's national flag.. Karike married Nanny Huhume and they had four children and twelve grandchildren.
Papua New Guinea has been a member of the Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992. [73] Papua New Guinea supported Indonesia's control of Western New Guinea, [74] the focus of the Papua conflict where numerous human rights violations have reportedly been committed by the Indonesian security forces. [75] [76] [77]
The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [44] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.
See also: List of New Zealand flags: A British Blue Ensign defaced with four stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. 1981 – Flag of Palau [8] See also: List of Palauan flags: A light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly leaning towards the hoist side. 1971 – Flag of Papua New Guinea [9] See also: List of Papua New Guinean flags
The flag is used by the Free Papua Organization and other independence supporters. [2] Under Papua's Special Autonomy Law, ratified in 2002, the flag may be raised in Western New Guinea (West Papua) region so long as the flag of Indonesia is also raised, with the latter raised higher than the Morning Star flag. [3]
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