Recommendation 88 (1955) of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe (25 October 1955)
On 25 October 1955, the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe recommends to the Committee of Ministers that it adopt the flag of 12 gold stars on a blue background as the organisation’s emblem and that it propose to the other European organisations that they adopt emblems similar to the Council of Europe’s emblem.
Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Recommendation 88 (1955) on the emblem of the Council of Europe. [ON-LINE]. [Strasbourg]: Council of Europe, [31.01.2006]. Available on http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=/Documents/AdoptedText/ta55/EREC88.htm.