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The West Papua flag, or the Morning Star flag, was a flag used in a supplemental fashion on Netherlands New Guinea to the Flag of the Netherlands. It was first raised on 1 December 1961, but was removed a year later on 1 October 1962, when the territory came under administration of the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA).
Today the flag is used by the Free Papua Organization and other independence supporters. However, such an interpretation was disavowed by the Dutch authorities at its creation. Under Papua's Special Autonomy Law, approved in 2002, the flag may be raised in Papua so long as the flag of Indonesia is also raised and it is higher than the Morning Star flag.
The flag consists of a red vertical band along the hoist side, with a white five-pointed star in the center.
