Already in the 1918 draft of Constitution of the Ukrainian People's Republic the order of colours was defined as blue and yellow. The same order could be found in legislative acts of the West Ukrainian People's Republic for November 1918 and the Republic of Carpathian Ukraine on March 15, 1939. The argument on the order of colours was taking place in the Ukrainian diaspora as well. In 1949 it was decided that until in Ukraine it would not be defined a single state flag, the diaspora will be using the blue-and-yellow banner.