The Belarusian flag is the flag of the country named Belarus. Belarus is located in continental Europe. Belarus has 5 neighbouring countries. The total length of land borders of Belarus is 1 802 mi/ 2 900 km. Belarus border neighbours and border lengths are: Latvia: 141 km, Lithuania: 502 km, Poland: 407 km, Russia: 959 km, Ukraine: 891 km.

Upon the death of a sitting constitutional officer, state legislator, or cabinet member, the governor may order national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff on the grounds of all state operated facilities, on the day of death and the following day. Flags should be raised to full staff at sunset on the second day.

In accordance with federal and state law, it shall be the policy of the Office of the Governor to authorize the national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff in the following circumstances and at any time deemed appropriate:

Federal law governing the display of the U.S. flag and specifically the authority of governors to lower the flag, falls under U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 7m, which states:

The governor may order the Nebraska flag lowered when deemed appropriate in response to a specific incident, such as when a Nebraska member of the military dies in combat or when a law enforcement officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty. The governor may order national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff on the grounds of all state operated facilities, on the day of interment. Flags should remain lowered for the duration of that day until sunset.

Upon the death of a former or sitting, county, municipal and city official, the governor may delegate authority to local officials, such as a mayor, to lower flags within their jurisdiction on the day of interment. Flags should remain lowered for the duration of that day until sunset.

The currency in Belarus is the Belarusian ruble Br (BYR). UTC (standard time) in Belarus is UTC+03:00 and UTC+03:00 in summer. Belarus has the unique two-letter country code, BY (also Internet top-level domain), its three-letter country code is BLR, and its three-digit country code is 112. The calling code for Belarus is +375.

PO Box 94848, Lincoln, NE 68509-4848 Governor's Office is located at: 1445 K Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 Phone: 402-471-2244 Fax: 402-471-6031 Contact the Governor's Office

Upon the death of a former constitutional officer, state legislator, or cabinet member, the governor may order national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff on the grounds of the Nebraska State Capitol Complex in Lincoln and in the district in which the legislator was elected, on the day of interment. Flags should remain lowered for the duration of that day until sunset.

In the event of the death of a present or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the death of a member of the Armed Forces from any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty, or the death of a first responder working in any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving in the line of duty, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff, and the same authority is provided to the Mayor of the District of Columbia with respect to present or former officials of the District of Columbia, members of the Armed Forces from the District of Columbia, and first responders working in the District of Columbia.

The above State of Nebraska Governor’s Office Flag Policy applies at all times unless otherwise ordered by the president of the United States or the governor of Nebraska.

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The Belarusian flag is a horizontal bicolour. The used colors in the flag are red, white, green. The proportion of the Belarusian flag is 1:2. The Flag of Belarus was adopted in 1995. The first use of the current flag design was in 1951. The last change to the current Belarusian flag design was in 2012.

Upon the death of a former governor, the governor may order national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff on the grounds of all state operated facilities from the day of death throughout the day of interment. Flags should remain lowered for the duration of that day until sunset.

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The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President; 10 days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress.

Law enforcement K-9s are a part of the public safety community; therefore, in the event that a K-9 dies in the line of duty, the governor may authorize the appropriate cabinet agency official, in which the K-9 was a part of, to lower flags at the state facility the K-9 and his handler worked at, on the day of interment. Flags should remain lowered for the duration of that day until sunset.

9 549 747 people are living in Belarus, a country stretching over 80 155 sq mi/ 207 600 km² (2.26% water). The population density in Belarus is of 119 per sq mi/ 46 people per km². The official language of Belarus is Belarusian, Russian. The capital city of Belarus is Minsk. Belarus is a Presidential republic.

When the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, issues a proclamation under the preceding sentence that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession or in the District of Columbia because of the death of a member of the Armed Forces, the National flag flown at any Federal installation or facility in the area covered by that proclamation shall be flown at half-staff consistent with that proclamation.

Sitting members of Congress fall under the U.S. Code. Upon the death of former members of Congress, the governor may order national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff on the grounds of the Nebraska State Capitol Complex in Lincoln and in the district in which the congressman was elected, from the day of death throughout the day of interment. Upon the death of a former U.S. senator, the governor may order national and state flags to be displayed at half-staff on the grounds of all state operated facilities from the day of death throughout the day of interment. Flags should remain lowered for the duration of that day until sunset.