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International Telecommunications Union

image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 June 2000

About ITU
Alternate versions of the flag

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About ITU

The International Telecommunications Union fosters international cooperation to improve telecommunications of all kinds, coordinates usage of radio and TV frequencies, promotes safety measures and conducts research.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 June 2000

International Telecommunication Union
Union internationale des télécommunications (French)

The ITU is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies. ITU coordinates the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promotes international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, works to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world and establishes worldwide standards. ITU organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums, bringing together representatives of government and the telecommunications and ICT industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and technology. The ITU is active in areas including broadband Internet, latest-generation wireless technologies, aeronautical and maritime navigation, radio astronomy, satellite-based meteorology, convergence in fixed-mobile phone, Internet access, data, voice, TV broadcasting, and next-generation networks. ITU is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Zoltan Horvath, 27 April 2011

The flag

Its flag is blue (but its shade is darker than UN blue) with its white logo on it. It consists of a white globe, a red flash and its abbreviation in blue. There are many variations, but based on these images, this variant seems to be the official version.
Images of flag:
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MpD0Y4zeZYM/0.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/4190132034_b690c7545e.jpg
Zoltan Horvath, 27 April 2011

Alternate versions of the flag

image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 June 2000

image located by Jan Mertens, 13 April 2007

The International Telecommunications Union has a typical flag following the UNO pattern. The Office of the Secretary General shows a different (I suppose, modernized)
flag behind Mr Touré: http://www.itu.int/osg/ which is better viewed here (a double-sided flag, apparently), as used at the World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis 2005: http://www.itu.int/wsis/plib/detail.asp?y=2005&n=6850 While the office item seems to have a pale blue globe the outdoor version is more striking. Common are the white ground, red flash, and dark blue (fimbriated) initials. The above official site has a French version showing an ‘UIT’ logo which ought to appear on flags as well, I feel.
Jan Mertens, 13 April 2007

image located by Jan Mertens, 13 April 2007

Here however we see a dark blue flag with modernized logo: http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/media/plib/detail.asp?y=1999&n=2020. Caption: “ITU Flag waving at the [ITU Telecom World, jm] Opening Ceremony, 9 October 1999”. Would there have been three official versions, then?
Jan Mertens, 13 April 2007