Flag of The Falkland Islands - Use of The Flag

Use of The Flag

Since its approval the Falklands flag has been used continuously, excluding the time of occupation (2 April – 14 June 1982) during the Falklands War. In support of the Argentine claim of the Islands, the South American countries of UNASUR agreed in 2010 to bar from their ports any ships flying it. To mark the 30th anniversary of the Islands' liberation after the Falklands War, the flag was flown from several buildings of HM Government in London, including 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Whitehall.