Order of Liberty (Ukraine) (Catholic Sports Association for Community Care). Former DJK head Prelate Ludwig Wolker played an important role in bringing together the myriad of feuding postwar sports bodies under the national umbrella organization Deutscher Sportbund (German Sports Federation) in 1950. Within the DJK, a fierce factional dispute arose over whether the organization should return to being a separate and purely Catholic organization as it had been before the war, or an ideologically neutral organization that would integrate itself with other national sporting groups. In 1961 the DJK joined the Deutscher Sportbund. The previously separate men's and women's DJK groups were 	German Youth Power Sports Association
1255700	merged in 1970. Today the organization acts as mediator between the church and sports, and places an emphasis on the role of faith in a sporting context. Based in Düsseldorf, the DJK is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (member with special responsibilities) and the Fédération internationale catholique d'éducation physique et sportive (International Organization of Catholic Sports Associations). The DJK-Sportjugend (DJK-Youth Sport) is an independent youth organization and a member of Deutschen Sport Jugend (German Youth Sport) and the Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (Federation of German Catholic Youth). The DJK-Sportsverband includes about 1,200 clubs 	German Youth Power Sports Association
1255701	nationwide and has over 530,000 members, of which almost half are adolescents and young adults (January 2005). The individual member clubs are part of national sports federations and associations for their respective sports. Every two years, the DJK Sportverband awards the DJK Ethics Award for Sport. Volker Monnerjahn has been DJK president since 2004. Championships. DJK-affiliated clubs participate fully in regional and national sports leagues. Prior to 1933, these clubs were part of the separate DJK-sponsored competitions and occasionally staged national championships. The DJK also fielded its own national football side in the pre-war era. German Youth 	German Youth Power Sports Association
1255702	Order of Liberty (Ukraine) Order of Liberty (Ukraine) The Order of Liberty () is an honour of Ukraine. The Order was instituted on April 10, 2008, by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to honour special merits of citizens for strengthening the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, consolidating Ukrainian society, developing democracy, advancing socio-economic and political reforms, and advocating the constitutional rights and liberties of man and citizen. History of the award. On August 18, 2005, President Viktor Yushchenko issued decree No. 1177/2005 which supported the proposal of the Commission on State Awards and Heraldry to establish the Order of Freedom to celebrate the special 	Order of Liberty (Ukraine)
1255703	merits of citizens in establishing Ukraine's sovereignty and independence and developing democracy; the establishment of the medal For Saved Lives" was also supported. The Commission on State Awards and Heraldry was instructed to hold an all-Ukrainian competition to develop designs for the Order of Freedom and the Medal for Saved Life within three months and to submit a bill amending the Law of Ukraine "On State Awards of Ukraine" based on its results. On April 10, 2008, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine No. 258-VI "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine" On  State Awards of Ukraine, which established new state awards of Ukraine - the Order of Freedom and the Medal for Saved Life. On May 20, 2008, President Yushchenko issued decree No. 460/2008 which approved the statute of the Order, which includes a description of the Order's badge. On September 29, 2008, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden became the first recipient. Description of the Order of Freedom. The sign of the Order of Freedom is made of gilded silver and has the shape of an equilateral cross with diverging sides. The sides of the cross are covered with white enamel  and decorated with four rectangular artificial Swarovski crystals. In the center of the cross is a round blue enamel medallion with a gold image of the Sign of the Princely State of Vladimir the Great, which is framed by a laurel wreath. The medallion is bordered by a double decorative strip. The sides of the corners of the cross are framed by stylized floral ornaments. All images are embossed. The reverse side of the sign of the order is flat with the engraved number of the sign. The size of the insignia between the opposite ends of the cross is  54 mm. The emblem of the Order is connected with a decorative bar by means of a ring with an ear, which is the basis of the ribbon for wearing the insignia of the Order on the neck. The Order of Freedom is worn on the neckband and, if the winner has other orders of Ukraine, which are worn on the neckband, placed above them. The strap is made of the same metal as the badge of the Order. White silk moire ribbon with longitudinal stripes - in the middle of wide blue and yellow, bordered on the edges by narrow  stripes of yellow and blue, respectively, and on the edges of the ribbon by narrow strips of orange. The width of the tape is 28 mm, the width of wide strips of blue and yellow - 6 mm each, narrow strips of yellow and blue, as well as strips of orange - 2 mm each. The bar of the order is a rectangular metal plate covered with ribbon. The size of a lath: height - 12 mm, width - 28 mm. Recipients. Since the creation of the Order of Liberty, there were 66 recipients of the decoration. This first recipient is Carl XVI Gustaf  of Sweden. Order of Liberty (Ukraine) The Order of Liberty () is an honour of Ukraine. The Order was instituted on April 10, 2008, by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to honour special merits of citizens for strengthening the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, consolidating Ukrainian society, developing democracy, advancing socio-economic and political reforms, and advocating the constitutional rights and liberties of man and citizen. History of the award. On August 18, 2005, President Viktor Yushchenko issued decree No. 1177/2005 which supported the proposal of the Commission on State Awards and Heraldry to establish the Order of Freedom to celebrate