a. Upon the death of a Head of State or Head of Government of a
Member State, the United Nations Flag will be flown at half-mast at
United Nations headquarters, at the United Nations Office at Geneva
and at United Nations offices located in that Member State;
b. On such occasions, at Headquarters and at Geneva, the United
Nations Flag will be flown at half-mast for one day immediately
upon learning of the death. If, however, Flags, have already been
flying on that day they will not normally be lowered, but will
instead be flown at half-mast on the day following the death;
c. Should the procedure in paragraph(b) above not be practicable
due to weather conditions or other reasons, the United Nations Flag
may be flown at half-mast on the day of the funeral. Under
exceptional circumstances it may be flown at half-mast on both the
day of the death and the day of the funeral;
d. United Nations offices other than those covered by paragraph(a)
above in the case of the death of a national figure or a Head of
State or Head of Government of a Member State, will use their
discretion, taking into account the local practice, in consultation
with the Protocol Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and/or
the Dean of the locally accredited Diplomatic Corps;
e. The head of a specialized agency is authorized by the
Secretary-General to lower the United Nations Flag flown by the
agency to half-mast in cases where he wishes to follow the official
mourning of the country in which the office of the agency is
located. He may also lower the United Nations Flag to half-mast on
any occasion when the specialized agency is in official
mourning;
f. The United Nations Flag may also be flown at half-mast on
special instructions of the Secretary-General on the death of a
world leader who has had a significant connection with the United
Nations;
g. The Secretary-General may in special circumstances decide that
the United Nations Flag, wherever displayed, shall be flown at
half-mast during a period of official United Nations mourning;h.
The United Nations Flag when displayed at half-mast should first be
hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the
half-mast position. The Flag should again be raised to the peak
before it is lowered for the day;
i. When the United Nations Flag is flown at half-mast no other flag
will be displayed;
j. Crepe streamers may be affixed to flagstaffs flying the United
Nations Flag in a funeral procession only by order of the
Secretary-General of the United Nations;
k. When the United Nations Flag is used to cover a casket, it
should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the
ground