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	American Flag
		Although my elementary school days had flag ceremonies and we all faithfully recited the pledge of allegiance every morning, something was missing in our lives that our parents and grandparents had grown up with.
		I feel a glow of patriotism when I see that flag, even though it is not the flag of the country I was born in.
		As for my car, I have not replaced the faded old flag sticker, but it is important to note that the absence of the sticker does not accurately reflect any sense of lost patriotism.
	aboutamericanflag.blogspot.com (1811 words)

	International Transport Workers' Federation: Flags of Convenience campaign
		FOCs provide a means of avoiding labour regulation in the country of ownership, and become a vehicle for paying low wages and forcing long hours of work and unsafe working conditions.
		Where beneficial ownership and control of a vessel is found to lie elsewhere than in the country of the flag the vessel is flying, the vessel is considered as sailing under a flag of convenience.
		The FOC Campaign is the joint responsibility of the Seafarers' and Dockers' Sections and it is the Fair Practices Committee (FPC) which has, since 1952, provided the key forum by which both sections' representatives have come together to review the day to day running and effectiveness of the Campaign.
	www.itfglobal.org /flags-convenience/index.cfm (1018 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Paul Martin
		Simply put, a flag of convenience (FOC) ship is one that flies the flag of a country other than the country of the ship's owner.
		The initial registration of the ship in an FOC country is cheaper, and annual tonnage fees are also typically far lower than in the country of ownership.
		In 2001, flag of convenience registries accounted for over 53 per cent of the total tonnage of the world's seagoing vessels – a percentage that has been steadily growing since the first reflagging took place in the 1920s.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/martin_paul/flagsofconvenience.html (1018 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Flag of convenience
		A flag of convenience is a flag of one country, flown by a ship owned by a citizen of another country.
		Under conventions of international law, the flag flown by a ship determines the source of law to be applied in admiralty cases, regardless of which court has personal jurisdiction over the parties.
		A '"flag of convenience ship"' is a ship that flies the flag of a country other than the country of ownership.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Flag_of_convenience (510 words)

	Shree Raj Travels & Tours::. Flags (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flags were used by the Crusaders fighting Islamic forces in the Holy Land in the 12th and 13th centuries, and it was in these circumstances of a 'holy war' that many of the flags which are familiar today had their origins.
		The most obvious theme in the flags of older Christian countries is the motif of the Cross: this may be plain, as in the English flag, a saltire (generally recognised as the symbol of a martyr), as in the Scottish flag, or an off-centred cross, such as those used in the Scandinavian countries.
		Among the best-known non-national flags are those of international organisations such as the United Nations, with its symbolic olive wreath surrounding the world, the Olympic flag, with the five interlinked circles representing the five continents, and the flags of the Geneva Convention, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent.
	www.raj-travels.com /flags/flag.asp (2240 words)

	Flags of Convenience
		FOC ship-owners are people who, for a variety of reasons all connected with making money, have chosen to give their ship a false nationality.
		In 1974 the ITF defined an FOC as follows: "Where beneficial ownership and control of a vessel is found to lie elsewhere than in the country of the flag the vessel is flying, the vessel is considered as sailing under a flag of convenience."
		The problem is that flags of convenience conflict with the law of the flag, one of the oldest traditions of admiralty.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/xf-conv.html (1611 words)

	Greed and Corruption Rooted in Flag of Convenience System - Global Policy Forum - Nations and States
		Panama is almost universally regarded as a "flag of convenience" nation, in which virtually none of the 6,000 plus ships registered under its flag are owned by genuine Panamanian companies, or staffed by Panamanian crews and officers.
		Flags of convenience (FOC) typically pay little heed to International Labour Organisation conventions and recommendations nor fully abide by IMO conventions pertaining to safety and environmental issues.
		Panama, the world's largest shipping register, is one of 29 countries the ITF classifies as a flag of convenience.
	www.globalpolicy.org /nations/flags/0426greed.htm (484 words)

	Vanuatu (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alvin Helms asked, "Why would the flag of Vanuatu (a Pacific island chain) be flying at Port Canaveral (a United States city, on the Atlantic ocean)?" Vanuatu is one of the top ten flags of convenience if I remember correctly.
		The goofed flag shown on the Flags of Paradise 1996 chart, with a two-branch yellow Y (the two disconnected branches being separated by a large fl stripe connected to the fl triangle).
		I think that the flag attribued to Tanna is only a proposal, a previous flag, or a mistake, because I'm sure that at the time of independence the flags (I know three patterns) hoisted included a yellow circle.
	www.fotw.us /flags/vu.html (942 words)

	Georgia # nationalflaggen.com - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen Nationalflagge Shop Flaggenshop Versand ...
		Flag adopted 14 January 2004, coat of arms adopted on 3 June 2005.
		The Georgian flag as a flag of convenience
		The flag is white with five red crosses, and was used as the flag of the National Movement, whose leader was Mikhail Saakashvili, the new President of Georgia.
	www.nationalflaggen.com /fotw/flags/ge.html (2687 words)

	Jerusalem Civil Ensign 1333-1921 (Palestine)
		This flag was used until 1851 by the guardians of Holy Land (The Franciscans) and then by the Jerusalem Patriarch by recognition of the French navy.
		After 1916 [it] is used as flag by the Franciscans in the Holy land houses under their custody and, sometimes, in the residence of the Latin Patriach of Jerusalen.
		Those red on white flags are the flags of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.
	www.fotw.net /flags/ps~jerus.html (1217 words)

	A fishy identity crisis \| Greenpeace International
		You've changed your boats "flag of convenience" three times in the last five years, in 2002 changing your flag from Russia to Cyprus, deciding in 2004 you prefer the colours of Dominica.
		Because these flag states do not usually belong to regional fisheries management organisations, they are not bound by their decisions and regulations.
		Obtaining a flag of convenience is as easy and quick as a few taps on the keyboard.
	www.greenpeace.org /international/news/a-fishy-identity-crisis140306 (938 words)

	Flags of Convenience and the Need for International Co-operation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The history of flags of convenience dates back to the Roman Empire, but it was not until after World War II that the desire and the need to be competitive in the world shipping markets gave rise to the spectacular growth in the use of such flags.
		Today the primary reason for flags of convenience is to obtain cost economies and stay competitive in the industry.
		Shipowners who operate their vessels under the flags of convenience are supposed to employ their crews under the ITF Collective Agreement.
	www.turkishpilots.org /DOCUMENTS/Oya_Ozcayir_Flags_Of_Convenience.htm (1315 words)

	The Spacefaring Web: 2.10 Saluting the Flag of Convenience
		A number of countries have indicated a willingness to flag foreign vessels, providing negligible legal oversight in return for registration fees which provide a substantial source of income to these small and/or poor countries.
		FOC states choose not to enforce even their international-law-mandated window-dressing social legislation against registered vessels.
		During the development and construction phase of a space colony, it would seem likely that the project would remain under the auspices of the first-world governments whose aerospace and construction conglomerates would be playing a leading role.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/oped-02g.html (1372 words)

	fish, fishing, overfishing, fish stocks, pirates, flaghopping, illicit fishing, The Independent
		The world's fish stocks are being plundered by pirates using "flags of convenience" to mask their illicit activists, according to a report.
		The report says that while the countries issuing flags of convenience are ultimately responsible for the activities of those vessels, in practice they "turn a blind eye and exercise little or no control".
		The flag of convenience system, the report says, "allows an exceptionally large fleet of high seas fishing vessels to roam the world's oceans in search of high-value species of fish and operate completely outside the rule of international law".
	www.animalsvoice.com /PAGES/writes/editorial/news/features/fish_flaghopping.html (858 words)

	Flag T-shirts, American flag t-shirts plus world flags
		Flag t-shirts, ranging from the common american flag t-shirts, to the many hundreds of lesser known world flags from Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia are sold here at flagshag.com.
		Over 520 flag t-shirts are featured within our website; a vast and growing collection of national and state flag t-shirts (including the 50 United States) from all around the globe.
		A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
	www.flagshag.com (379 words)

	Liberia Flag - World Flags 101 - Liberian Flags
		The flag of Liberia consists of six red and five white alternating horizontal stripes that run down the flag.
		In the top left hand corner of the Liberian flag there is a blue square which has a white five-pointed star in the center of it.
		For this reason, the Liberian flag is very similar to the flag of the United States of America.
	www.worldflags101.com /l/liberia-flag.aspx (272 words)

	The Bland Old Flag
		It targeted only the battle flag of the Confederacy – the familiar blue bars crisscrossing a red background – which was a flag of convenience only.
		This flag – a single star on a blue background, signifying the South united as one – became the first unofficial symbol of the Confederacy.
		Section 4 (k) of the Federal Flag Code (Public Law 94-344) declares, "The flag, when...it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way preferably by burning." The American Legion also recommends disposing of a flag by burning it.
	www.lewrockwell.com /mcelroy/mcelroy13.html (742 words)

	Flags of the World
		Flags of the World (FOTW) is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags).
		FOTW (Flags of the World) is a site originally established by Giuseppe Bottasini, and devoted to vexillology.
		Flags of the World is produced and maintained by an Editorial Staff of unpaid volunteers and the contents of these pages are offered freely to the Internet community.
	flagspot.net /flags (398 words)

	Illegal transshipment / English / Fiskeridirektoratet - Fiskeridirektoratet
		In October 2004 The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission agreed to ban Russian and Norwegian fishing vessels from delivering catches to transport vessels flying the flag of convenience.
		Below are listed vessels under flag of convenience registered in this activity in the Barents Sea by Norwegian authorities in 2005.
		Vessels flying flag of convenience and vessels that have participated in illegal transfer of fish
	www.fiskeridirektoratet.no /fiskeridir/english/illegal_transshipment (210 words)

	vmkdir - Create a directory in the Vesta repository
		If the -M flag is specified or [UserInterface]vmkdir_acquires is set to false and the parent directory is mastered remotely, vmkdir will leave mastership of the new directory with the master repository of its parent directory.
		If it is equal (witout regard to case) to "yes", "on", or "true", or can be parsed as an integer that is non-zero, the local repository will acquire mastership (as if the -m flag had been given).
		If it is equal (witout regard to case) to "no", "off", or "false", or can be parsed as an integer that is zero, the master repository of the parent directory will retain mastership of the created directory (as if the -M flag had been given).
	www.vestasys.org /doc/man/html/vmkdir.1.html (1024 words)

	Crimes Under Flags of Convenience
		The flag of convenience registers compete for business by offering quick and cheap ship registration, often on-line at the click of a button with few questions asked.
		But their flag state audit released earlier this year rated Cambodia and St Vincent and the Grenadines has having a "poor" capacity to regulate ships on their registers.
		The ITF says that in 2001, 63% of all reported ship losses at sea, measured by tonnage, were accounted for by just 13 flag of convenience registers and that the five worst performers were Panama, Cyprus, St. Vincent, Cambodia and Malta.
	yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=1633&page=1 (1104 words)

	Untitled
		Today ships are registered in places like Malta, the Bahamas, and many exotic sounding places where a ship can buy a flag of convenience registration for a couple of thousand dollars, and never have to even show up in that port at all.
		The ITF opposes the FOC system as a subterfuge and believes that there should be a genuine link between the flag a vessel flies and the place where it is actually owned and controlled.
		The Flag of Convenience campaign seeks to impose minimum standards for seafarers on FOC ships, including wages.
	www.pww.org /past-weeks-2000/Flags_of_convience.htm (650 words)

	Flag of Convenience
		Cruise ships often run with what is known as a flag of conveninece.
		This means that the ship is owned by a company in one country - but is registered in and flies the flag of another.
		For practical reasons, it doesn't really matter which country's flag your cruise ship is flying.
	www.lisashea.com /lisabase/cruise/ships/flag.html (300 words)

	The Hindu : National : Flag of Convenience ship held up in Vizag
		VISAKHAPATNAM: A Flag of Convenience (FoC) ship is held up at the port here as the crew- members are on strike, demanding back wages following the intervention of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).
		Lady Bellinda carrying the flag of North Korea was berthed in West Quay 7 in the Inner Harbour for discharging urea to Coromandel Fertilizers Limited on January 2.
		An FOC ship is one that flies the flag of a country other than the nation of ownership to take advantage of cheap registration fees, low or no taxes and freedom to employ cheap labour.
	www.thehindu.com /2007/01/31/stories/2007013116211100.htm (347 words)

	SAY GOODBYE TO "FLAG OF CONVENIENCE"TUNA FISHING VESSELS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(4) FOC tuna fishing vessels are a destroyer of tuna resources and the main cause which threats the resource.
		While, Flag of Convenience (FOC) tuna fishing vessels are left intact, despite that their elimination was called for as an necessary action to be taken at same time when the reduction of tuna longline fishing vessels controlled by responsible governments was required.
		FOC fishing vessels catch tunas, which are subject to international management measures, ignoring such measures and export to Japan under the name of "free trade", without any restriction.
	www.suisankai.or.jp /iken_e/iken99_e/ik006_e.html (601 words)

	Flag of convenience
		A flag of convenience is a flag of one country, flown by a ship owned by another country.
		Doing this can avoid taxes and make registration easier for the ship owner, and makes money for the country providing the flag.
		Other countries with stricter requirements for ship registration do not like this as it deprives them of money, and is possibly more dangerous and unfair to ship workers.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Flag_of_convenience (123 words)

	Flags Of Convenience Fuel Fish Depletion
		Nations with flag of convenience rules are "often turning a blind eye to illegal activities and exercising little or no control over how these ships operate," Martin said.
		The report said vessels flying flags of convenience are the hub of a fish laundering trade, in which apparently legitimate ships take delivery of the catch at sea and take it to port.
		"The proliferation of flags of convenience shows that UN laws on flag states are insufficiently robust," said Australian Ambassador Mike Smith, urging the international community to crack down.
	www.terradaily.com /news/oceans-05x.html (688 words)

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