Lambang negara Samoa terinspirasi dari lambang PBB, saat Selandia Baru memerintah Samoa Barat, pertama-tama sebagai Mandat Liga Bangsa-Bangsa dan kemudian sebagai Perwalian PBB, sampai Samoa mencapai kemerdekaannya pada tanggal 1 Juni 1962 sebagai Samoa Barat. Samoa adalah negara polinesia pertama yang memulihkan kemerdekaannya pada abad ke-20. Latar belakang lambang ini adalah arsir bersilang dengan jaring seperti lambang PBB, kebanyakan unsur-unsur lain disalin dari bendera nasional Samoa.
Pengertian
Lambang resmi Samoa adalah Lambang negara Samoa kecuali lingkaran-lingkaran geosentris di sekitarnya, dan kalimat "The Public Seal of the Independent State of Samoa". Lambang negara ditentukan dalam undang-undang, yaitu:[1]
A silver shield with the lower two-thirds blue, having thereon 5 silver stars representing the constellation of the Southern Cross, of the same shape and the same relative sizes and dispositions among themselves as in the Flag of Samoa; one half of the upper third depicting a green sea with a green coconut palm issuing therefrom; the shield being surmounted by a gold cross, and superimposed on 2 concentric circles of the world and the olive leaves as in the United Nations Badge, and bearing the subscription of the motto "Faavae i Le Atua Samoa", meaning in the English language "God be the Foundation of Samoa", the whole being contained within surrounding concentric circles between which are inscribed the words "The Public Seal of the Independent State of Samoa.
Lambang-lambang terdahulu
Referensi
- ^ "Public seal of Samoa act 1973". Consolidated Acts of Samoa 2010. Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Diakses tanggal 3 June 2012.
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