Order of Honor (Belarus)

The Order of Honor (Ордэн Пашаны) is an award of Belarus. It is a single level award that was instituted on 13 April 1995. It is awarded for services to Belarus.

Criteria
The Order of Honor is presented in recognition of:


 * Achievements in manufacturing, science, public/social/cultural work, or sports
 * High level performance in manufacturing, agriculture, construction, communications, trade, housing, utilities services, transportation, and other industries
 * Notable achievement in the fields of healthcare, education, or working with youth professionally
 * Recognition of high labor productivity, improvement of the quality of products, or reduction of material and labor costs in product manufacturing
 * Introduction of new equipment, inventions, and technologies that are deemed especially valuable
 * Numerous and broad public and social activities
 * Contributions to strengthening economic, scientific, technical, cultural or other ties between Belarus and other countries

Appearance
The medal of the Order of Honor is eight sided, made of gold-plated silver, and is 50 mm high and 46 mm wide. The obverse depicts a four-pointed silver star with an image of a man and a woman superimposed in the center. The man and the woman hold a sheaf of wheat and the Flag of Belarus, in green, white and red enamel. Below the star is a wreath of oak and laurel branches joined by a blue enameled ribbon. The reverse is plain bearing only the award's serial number in the center. The order is attached by a ring suspension to a pentagonal ribbon drape. The ribbon is yellow with red stripes at the edges and a thin green stripe in the center.

Notable recipients

 * Pierre Cardin, fashion designer
 * Helmut Kutin, president of SOS Children's Villages
 * Borys Paton, chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
 * Alexander Shilov, Russian artist
 * Victoria Azarenka, professional tennis player