The Peace Flag is a name, which unites all flags rendered white on white and raised on 21st September – the International Day of Peace. While there are various peace symbols – the olive branch, dove – there is no official world flag of peace adopted by the United Nations. That’s why we are proposing that, for one day a year on 21st September, every country raises an all-white version of their national flag. The principle behind the design will work across any flag – whether it is sports teams or corporations.

18 September, 2012. We started our initiative to encourage embassies to raise the Peace Flag.

 

7 March, 2013. We begin 2013 by sending out 156 individually addressed letters to national embassies based in and out London to bring their attention.

 

19 March, 2013. The embassy of Colombia to the United Kingdom has officially agreed to support The Peace Flag initiative by raising a colorless version of the Colombian flag on International Day of Peace, September 21.

 

8 May, 2013. The embassy of Equatorial Guinea to the United Kingdom has officially agreed to support The Peace Flag initiative by raising a colorless version of the Equatorial Guinea flag on International Day of Peace, September 21.

21 September, 2012. After a successful event with good sign up in London, the intention is to continue the event each year in different cities. The Peace Walk, with the participating flags proudly displayed by the walkers is the signature event.

15-18 November, 2012. The Peace Flag was invited by the One Club’s Creative Boot Camp to write a peace brief for 150 students from 15 universities to create a new campaign for The Peace Flag 2013 in support of Peace One Day. After 4 days of intense brainstorming, students came up with 21 exciting campaigns to promote the cause. Students (Aria Rer, Ben Sawyer, Faye Hetherington, Joshua Giles-Burnette and Michaela Wehtje) winning idea will be produced in 2013.

27 November, 2012. The Peace Flag were nominated for its efforts in this year’s 2012 D&AD White Pencil competition in support of Peace One Day. We were honored to be part of an event filled with inspiring people.