Appendix 6 – Operational Service Medal (OSM) regulations - Humanitas Ribbon

(Reprint of Order in Council P.C. 2019-1400)

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, pursuant to section 5 and subsection 13(1) of the Operational Service Medal Regulations,

1. repeals Order in Council P.C. 2010-1097 of September 2, 2010;
2. determines that service that satisfies the following conditions is recognized as being worthy of the award of the Operational Service Medal with the HUMANITAS ribbon:
   1. service is performed outside Canada on an approved humanitarian mission conducted in response to a natural disaster or human conflict including rescue, relief and reconstruction; and
   2. the service consists of
      1. a minimum of 30 cumulative days during the period beginning on August 1, 2009 and ending on April 27, 2015;
      2. a minimum of 14 cumulative days beginning on April 28, 2015; or
      3. in the case where some of the days of service are referred to in clause (A) but without meeting the minimum referred to in that clause and other days of service are referred to in clause (B) but without meeting the minimum referred to in that clause, the sum of those days of service if that sum is at least 14 cumulative days;
3. specifies that the HUMANITAS ribbon referred to in paragraph (b) shall be 32 mm in width, consisting of a 27-mm white stripe in the middle, flanked by 2.5-mm red stripes; and
4. determines that the Operational Service Medal with the HUMANITAS ribbon referred to in paragraph (b) shall be worn after all other Operational Service Medals with geographic area-specific ribbons and precede the Operational Service Medal with the EXPEDITION ribbon.