What is the rule for lowering the flag at half-mast in the United Nations? You must know why those people broke the rule.
The United Nations lowering the flag at half-mast has always attracted everyone's attention. 
This is the most authoritative regulation of the United Nations lowering the flag at half-mast. It clearly stipulates the applicable rules for lowering the United Nations flag at half-mast. However, there are actually several issues worth mentioning separately:
1. Heads of State The death of a serving head of state or government is a situation in which the flag should be flown at half-mast without exception, and does not require diplomatic consultation by member states.
2. The death of a sitting head of state or head of government definitely requires the flag to be flown at half-mast. However, the death of a former but retired head of state or government does not necessarily require the flag to be flown at half-mast. According to the United Nations' records of flying flags at half-mast, many former but retired heads of state and government have also lowered flags at half-mast. The determination needs to be based on national influence and personal contribution.
3. The time for flags to be flown at half-mast is usually one day, but two days in special circumstances. However, there are very few other situations involving Premier Zhou and other leaders of our country, which will be discussed later.
Regarding the situation in which the United Nations flag was flown at half-mast when Premier Zhou Enlai passed away, there is a widely circulated story on the Chinese Internet:
"On January 8, 1976, when Zhou Enlai passed away, the United Nations flag in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA was flown at half-mast.
Since 1945 Since the founding of the United Nations, many heads of state in the world have passed away, and the United Nations has never flown the flag at half-mast for anyone. Some countries felt unfair. Their diplomats gathered in the square in front of the United Nations and spoke angrily to the United Nations headquarters. Questioned: 'When our head of state passed away, the United Nations flag was raised so high, and the Chinese Prime Minister passed away, why should the flag be flown at half-mast for him? '
The then United Nations Secretary-General Waldheim stood up in front of the United Nations Building. He delivered a very short speech on the steps, lasting only one minute.
He said: 'In order to commemorate Zhou Enlai, the flag of the United Nations is flown at half-mast. This is my decision for two reasons: First, China is an ancient civilization, and her gold and silver. There are countless treasures, and she uses more RMB than we can count, but her Premier Zhou does not have a penny in savings! Second, China has a population of 1 billion, accounting for 1/4 of the world's population, but her Premier Zhou does not have any. A child. If any of your country's heads of state can do one of these things, the headquarters will still fly the flag at half-mast for him on the day of his death. '
After saying this, he turned and left. The diplomats in the square were speechless. There was thunderous applause. "
This story is most likely false, because of the following points:
1. Premier Zhou has served as the Premier of the State Council of our country for a long time and is the head of our government. Our country has restored its legal seat in the United Nations in 1976. These premises determine that lowering the flag at half-mast for Premier Zhou is a situation specified in the United Nations Flag Code and Rules and does not require special study.
2. There have been no special news reports for a long time about the situation where the flag of the United Nations was lowered to half-mast after the death of Premier Zhou Enlai. But in the late 1990s, many newspapers and periodicals suddenly published stories about Premier Zhou lowering flags at half-mast. Wu Miaofa, a former Chinese staff member at the United Nations, published an article describing the above situation in "People's Daily" on January 4, 2002, which was then widely circulated on the Internet. Looking at domestic newspapers, English websites and the official website of the United Nations at the time, we found that such a major event as was not reported in the news in 1976, so it is more likely that it was fabricated by future generations who admire Premier Zhou.
However, there is one thing that is likely to be unique among the United Nations commemorations of Premier Zhou’s death, and that is the number of days the flag will be flown at half-mast.
According to the notice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council and the announcement of Zhou Enlai's Funeral Committee, the mourning period for Zhou Enlai's death started from the release of the obituary on January 9, 1976 and ended with the holding of the memorial service on the 15th. . The report on the third page of " Reference News " on January 12, 1976 only said that the United Nations flag was flown at half-mast, "this method of mourning will continue for several days." In a book "Memories of the Five Lakes" published in March 1978 with the theme of global mourning for Zhou Enlai, the flag was lowered to half-mast by quoting Reuters news, which mentioned that the mourning method would last for several days.A sentence from in "The Great Man Revered by the World, Zhou Enlai" - "The sad news of the death of Premier Zhou Enlai shocked the United Nations. The United Nations immediately decided to fly the flag at half-mast for a week to express its condolences, giving this great man who made outstanding contributions to world peace and progress a unique honor".
These evidences include official Chinese and Western reports as well as the memoirs of those who have experienced it. They can be corroborated with each other and together show that the United Nations flags were flown at half-mast for 7 consecutive days after the death of Premier Zhou. This is unique in the history of the United Nations.
Moreover, from a legal point of view, this is also in line with the aforementioned "United Nations Flag Code and Rules" Chapter 5, Article 7: The Secretary-General of the United Nations may decide under special circumstances to display the United Nations flag anywhere during the official mourning period of the United Nations. In , the flag is at half-mast.
welcome everyone to discuss and make corrections. If there is anything you are interested in, please comment and forward it.
Follow me @ Earl of Ivory Mountain , economics, law, humanistic talks, there will be the content you need.
