2015-05-16 19:07 GMT+02:00 Doug Ewell <d...@ewellic.org>: > L2/15-145R says: > > On some platforms that support a number of emoji flags, there is >> substantial demand to support additional flags for the following: >> [...] >> Certain supra-national regions, such as Europe (European Union flag) >> or the world (e.g. United Nations flag). These can be represented >> using UN M49 3-digit codes, for example "150" for Europe or "001" for >> World. >> > > These are uncomfortable equivalence classes. Not all countries in Europe > are members of the European Union
But the flag of the European in fact belongs to the Council of Europe that created it 30 years before the European Community adopted it. According to the Coucil of Europe, the flag is appropriate for ALL countries in Europe. In summary the flag does represents *not only* the EU. It is suitable as well for Russia, Belarussia (even if its seat is suspended in the Coucil of Europe), or Kazakhstan and Turkey (even if only a part of these countries is in Europe). > and the concept of "United Nations" is not really the same by definition > as "all countries in the world." > Yes but the UN recognizes a set of territories (not always their government) that covers the whole world (including Antarctica where no government is also recognized, as well as territorial waters of these territories, plus the international waters that the UN protects). Not all countries also are required to become members of the UN (the Holy See/Vatica is not a full member, but it is recognized; same remark for Palestine). So the UN has a competence on the whole world, and all people of the world can legally seek protection from the UN, wherever they live, or even if they have no country to recognize them a nationality). If you want to seek territories where the UN has no authority at all, the nearest ones are on the Moon !