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![Libyan flag]](../images/l/ly.gif)
1:2, image by Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni, 13 December 2011
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At the Fourth Contact Group Meeting on Libya (a one-day meeting), held on
July 15, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey "more than 30 Western and Arab countries,
agreed to recognise the rebels" as the "legitimate governing authority".
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14164517
http://www.cmi.com.co/?nt=66673
The recognition comes from a total of 32 countries and seven
international organizations (including: NATO, United Nations, African Union,
European Union and Arab League, as well as the Libyan rebel TNC).
Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/us-recognizes-libyan-rebels-libyan-government-124658625.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/15/c_13988116.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/15/c_13987890.htm
For the full official statement of the meeting please go to:
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/fourth-meeting-of-the-libya-contact-group-chair_s-statement_-15-july-2011_-istanbul.en.mfa
For additional information please see:
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/address-by-h_e_-ahmet-davutoglu_-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-turkey-on-the-occasion-of-the-opening-of-the-fourth-meeting-of.en.mfa
http://www.tccb.gov.tr/news/397/80236/president-gul-receives-libyan-ntc-chairman.html
Esteban Rivera, 15 July 2011
The date could be:
- first use in the uprising (could be 17 Feb 2011 as
Wikipedia says...)
- date of any act of the National
Transitional Council (or any predecessor of such body) that declared this as the
flag of the movement
(in whatever form, order, declaration, guideline...) if
there was such at any time (as far as I am aware, there was none, the use of the
flag was so far not regulated)
- date of first official hoisting of the flag,
if there was such ceremony made in the capital or something similar
- date of
first official hoisting at the UN (which is not relevant for first
hoisting/adoption, but still of general vexillological interest)
- date of
any new legislation adopting the flag, probably still to come - probably we
shall have to wait for the new Constitution to make the new flag official and
then there may be a separate law as well.
- there might also be a legislative
act regarding the flags on ships
Željko Heimer, 27 October 2011
![Libyan flag construction sheet]](../images/l/ly'.gif)
1:2, image by Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni, 13 December 2011 [Click on
image for full size version.]
I constructed the flag according to some of the pictures I found and made a
construction sheet and placed my version of the flag on Wikipedia.
Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni, 13 December 2011
The Constitutional Declaration issued by the National Transitional Council on
August 2011 defines the new flag of Libya, but does not give any color
specification.
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags
and Anthems Manual London 2012) provides recommendations for national flag
designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for
their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm
version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the
official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC
believed the flag to be. For Libya: PMS 485 red, 348 green and black. The
vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012
Other sources for colors:
The Flag Manual - Beijing 2008 gives Pantone
color values: PMS 348 (green) [for 1997-2011 flag]
The Album des
Pavillons 2000 [pay00] (Corr. No. 6.) gives
approximate colors in Pantone and CMYK systems:
Green: Pantone 356 c, CMYK
95-0-100-27
Red: Pantone 186 c, CMYK 0-100-81-4
Blue: Pantone 2925c, CMYK
85-24-0-0
The Album des Pavillons 2023 already specifies the colors of
the flags in three color systems.
Blue: Pantone 2925c, CMYK 78-31-0-0, RGB
0-146-221
Blue: Pantone 635c, CMYK 36-0-8-0, RGB 173-221-235
Red: Pantone
186c, CMYK 10-100-74-2, RGB 210-16-52
Silver: Pantone 877c, CMYK 47-35-35-14,
RGB 138-141-143
Green: Pantone 356c, CMYK 89-29-100-18, RGB 0-114-41
Vexilla Mundi gives colors in Pantone
system: PMS 032C (red), PMS Black, PMS 355C (green), and PMS White.
Wikipedia gives a construction
sheet and gives color values as follows:
Red: RGB 231-0-19, Hex #E70013, CMYK
0-100-92-9
White: RGB 255-255-255, Hex #FFFFFF, CMYK 0-0-0-0
Green: RGB 35-158-70, Hex #239E46, CMYK 78-0-56-38
Black: RGB 0-0-0, Hex #000000,
CMYK 0-0-0-100
Flag Color Codes gives the following color values:
Red:
Hex
#E70013, RGB 231-0-19CMYK 93-0-98-17, Pantone 348, RAL 6032
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
![Libyan emblem]](../images/l/ly).gif)
image located by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Since 2011, Libya currently does not have an official national emblem. The
Constitutional Declaration issued by the National Transitional Council on August
2011 defines the flag of Libya, but does not make any provisions for a coat of
arms.
A new biometric Libyan passport was revealed in February
2013. The cover of the new passport depicts a star and crescent as its central
feature, as found in the flag of Libya. Thus, the symbol can be considered a de
facto emblem for Libya.
The Government of National Unity,
established in March 2021 has adopted an official seal incorporating a crescent
moon and star and the name of the state and government in Arabic.
Zoltan
Horvath, 28 June 2024
The NTC has a new emblem as coat of arms, seen here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_National_Transitional_Council_(Libya).svg.
For additional information please visit: NTC
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 18 July 2011
As a result of the 2011 Libyan uprising, there are currently two entities
claiming to be the official government of Libya. The English Wikipedia refers to
the "Transitional National Council". The council refers to the state as the
Libyan Republic. The 1951-1969 Libyan flag has been used by most flag-bearing
protesters as an opposition symbol.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya
Ivan Sache, 12 March 2011
A common thread seems to be that most of these flags are homemade. Many
variants are in use. We can probably attribute any irregularities to that.
Here's an interesting phenomenon though: Multiple people carrying printouts of
some digital image of the old flag. Note the equal-width stripes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/a7fadhomar/5461019183/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/a7fadhomar/5461629824/
I wonder where that
image comes from. Presumably there's a source online somewhere but it doesn't
look like anything from Wikipedia or FOTW.
Brendan, 21 February 2011
The red-black-green flag is also being raised at at least some Libyan
embassies in foreign capitals:
BBC television news reported that "tonight in
London another extraordinary scene, a protester scales the front of the Libyan
embassy to pull down the Gadaffi flag and replace it with the emblem of the
previous monarchy. The fact he's unchallenged by Libya's diplomats inside
suggests they too sense profound change in the air."
Dave Fowler, 21
February 2011
Colin Dobson, 22 February 2011
The 2011 Libyan uprising began as a series of protests and confrontations
occurring in the North African state of Libya against Muammar Gaddafi's
42-year old rule. The protests began on 15 February 2011 and has since become a
widespread uprising that continues to the present. Inspiration for the unrest is
attributed to the uprisings in Tunisia and
Egypt, connecting it with the wider 2010–11 Middle East
and North Africa protests. On 22 February, The Economist
described the events as an "uprising that is trying to reclaim Libya from the
world's longest-ruling autocrat." Gaddafi has referred the opposition
variously as "rats", "cockroaches", "al-Qaeda" and "drugged kids". He has
asserted that he will chase and hang them."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Libyan_uprising
The opposition forces
(Anti-Gaddafi forces) are:
Today the red-black-green flag was hoisted
on the Libyan Embassy in Budapest. Image:
http://static1.origos.hu/i/1103/20110321libianepi4.jpg
Zoltan Horvath,
21 March 2011
The flag of Libya is under discussion. See these two newspaper articles:
https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/tobruk-based-hor-ponders-changing-libya%E2%80%99s-national-anthem-and-flag
http://www.libyanexpress.com/eastern-hor-considers-replacing-libyas-national-anthem-flag/:
The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) said it had received a letter from HoR members urging for the replacement of the current national anthem and flag in the country because, they said, they are slowing down the current efforts for achieving nationwide reconciliation.Jos Poels, 11 January 2017
The HoR members told the Speaker of the HoR, Agilah Saleh, that changing the flag and the anthem has become mandatory for the reconciliation to stay in effect, adding that a number of Libyan conflict parties have seen it obligatory for the flag and anthem to be replaced to attain reconciliation and end conflicts. They also said they wanted to have this decision taken by the Constitution Drafting Assembly, but since it is experiencing some setbacks now, they found the HoR the best place where such a decision can be made.
According to analysts, this gesture by the HoR members hints at a desire to bring back the former regime followers and allow them to change the February revolution gains, such as the flag and the anthem.
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