The following is a list of honours and awards received by Kofi Annan.
List
Honours
- 1999: Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk [1]
- 1999: Ceremonial first pitch, Game 3 of the World Series
- 2000: Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana [2]
- 2000: Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland [3]
- 2001: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania [4]
- 2002: Title of Busumuru, Honour of the Asante Empire [5]
- 2002: Knight Commander of the Most Courteous Order of Lesotho [6]
- 2005: Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty ( Portugal) [7]
- 2006: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion [8]
- 2007: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria[ citation needed]
- 2007: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) from Queen Elizabeth II (UK) [9]
- 2008: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany [10]
- 2013: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour [11]
Awards
- 2000: Kora All Africa Music Awards in the category of Lifetime Achievement [12]
- 2001: Nobel Foundation, The Nobel Peace Prize, jointly presented to Kofi Annan and the United Nations [13]
- 2002: Profiles in Courage Award. [14]
- 2002: The American Whig-Cliosophic Society James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service. [15]
- 2003: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [16]
- 2003: Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation at the University of St. Gallen [17]
- 2004: Freedom medal [18]
- 2006: International World Order of Culture, Science and Education, Award of the European Academy of Informatization, All
Belgium[ citation needed]
- 2006: IPS International Achievement Award. [19] [20]
- 2006: Olof Palme Prize [21]
- 2007: Wooden Crossbow, special award from the Swiss World Economic Forum[ citation needed]
- 2007: People in Europe Award of Verlagsgruppe Passau[ citation needed]
- 2007: MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Award for International Justice [22]
- 2007: North-South Prize of the Council of Europe [23]
- 2008: Harvard University Honors Prize[ citation needed]
- 2008: Gottlieb Duttweiler Award [24]
- 2008: Peace of Westphalia Prize [25]
- 2008: Open Society Award – CEU Business School Budapest. [26]
- 2011: Gothenburg Award [27]
- 2012: Confucius Peace Prize [28]
Honorary degrees
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (Kumasi), Honorary Doctor of Science, 24 August 1998 [29]
- United Nations Mandated University for Peace, Honorary President, 1999[ citation needed]
- Lund University, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1999 [30]
- National University of Ireland, Doctor of Law, 22 January 1999 [31]
- Technische Universität Dresden, doctor honoris causa, 27 April 1999[ citation needed]
- Howard University, honorary doctorate of humane letters, 8 May 1999 [32]
- Comenius University in Bratislava, doctor honoris causa, 14 July 1999 [33]
- University of Michigan, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 3 May 1999 [34]
- University of Notre Dame, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, 21 May 2000 [35]
- Seton Hall University, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Honorary Doctorate, February 2001[ citation needed]
- Brown University, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 28 May 2001 [36]
- Liberty Medal International Selection Commission, Liberty Medal, 4 July 2001[ citation needed]
- Free University of Berlin, doctor honoris causa, 13 July 2001[ citation needed]
- Tilburg University, Honorary Doctorate, 2002 [37]
- University of Alcalá, Doctor Honoris Causa, 9 April 2002[ citation needed]
- Northwestern University, Doctor of Laws, 21 June 2002 [38]
- University of Pittsburgh, honorary Doctor of Public and International Affairs degree 21 October 2003 [39]
- Ghent University (Belgium), doctor honoris causa 21 March 2003 [40]
- Harvard University, 2004 [41]
- Carleton University, Legum Doctor, honoris causa, 9 March 2004[ citation needed]
- University of Ottawa, Doctor of the University Degree, 9 March 2004 [42]
- University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 16 May 2005 [43]
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, doctor honoris causa, 12 October 2005 [7]
- The George Washington University, Doctor of Public Service, 5 May 2006[ citation needed]
- University of Tokyo, Honorary Doctorate, 18 May 2006 [44]
- Georgetown University, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, 30 October 2006 [45]
- University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize (originally awarded 2003, but postponed due to Annan's illness), 18 November 2006[ citation needed]
- Princeton University, Crystal Tiger Award, 28 November 2006[ citation needed]
- Uppsala University, receiver of the Uppsala University Linnaeus Medal in gold, 23 May 2007, and doctor honoris causa 26 May 2007
- King's College London, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 28 May 2008[ citation needed]
- University of Neuchâtel, Honorary Doctorate, 1 November 2008[ citation needed]
- Glasgow Caledonian University, Doctor of Laws, 18 November 2011 [46]
References
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- ^ "Ghana honours famous son Kofi Annan News". BBC News. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Secretary-General Visits Poland". United Nations. 27 June 2000. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "List of Recipients 1998-2017". canord.presidency.ro (in Romanian). Presidency of Romania. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Kofi Annan earned 'Busumuru' for his selflessness". GhanaWeb. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Lesotho: Order of Achievement". Gentleman's Military Interest Club. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ a b "ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PORTUGAL, 11 - 13 OCTOBER". United Nations. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "On receiving 'knight grand cross' of the Netherlands, secretary-general expresses appreciation for country's 'generous assistance to less fortunate peoples'". United Nations. 12 April 2006.
- ^ "Honorary knighthood for Kofi Annan". Metro. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
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- ^ Legion of Honour
- ^ "Kora Award winners announced". news24.com. 20 November 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Annan, Kofi. "The Nobel Peace Prize 2001". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Award Recipients". JFK Library. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Archives-trim.un.org Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Max Schmidheiny-Stiftung | Freedom Prize 1979–2003". www.max-schmidheiny.foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Four Freedoms Award#Freedom Medal
- ^ "RECIPIENTS OF THE IPS AWARD". IPS. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "MEDIA: IPS Honours Annan's Four Decades of Service | Inter Press Service". www.ipsnews.net. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "2006 – Kofi Annan and Mossaad Mohamed Ali". Olom Palmes Minnesfond. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Council of Europe 2008 North-South Prize goes to Kofi Annan and Simone Veil". Council of Europe. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "GD-PRIZE". Rüschlikon, Switzerland: GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ "Former UN secretary general receives the Prize of the Peace of Westphalia". Alamy. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "CEU Open Society Prize Winners". CEU. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Award Winner 2011 - Kofi Annan shares the award with food supply project Tigray in Ethiopia". The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Annan, agriculture scientist win Confucius Peace Prize". scmp.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ "SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING HONORARY DOCTORATE AT KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY, URGES STUDENTS TO ANSWER CALL TO PUBLIC SERVICE | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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- ^ "University of Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
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- ^ Denholm, Andrew. "Kofi Annan receives honorary doctorate". The Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
The following is a list of honours and awards received by Kofi Annan.
List
Honours
- 1999: Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk [1]
- 1999: Ceremonial first pitch, Game 3 of the World Series
- 2000: Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana [2]
- 2000: Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland [3]
- 2001: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania [4]
- 2002: Title of Busumuru, Honour of the Asante Empire [5]
- 2002: Knight Commander of the Most Courteous Order of Lesotho [6]
- 2005: Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty ( Portugal) [7]
- 2006: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion [8]
- 2007: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria[ citation needed]
- 2007: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) from Queen Elizabeth II (UK) [9]
- 2008: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany [10]
- 2013: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour [11]
Awards
- 2000: Kora All Africa Music Awards in the category of Lifetime Achievement [12]
- 2001: Nobel Foundation, The Nobel Peace Prize, jointly presented to Kofi Annan and the United Nations [13]
- 2002: Profiles in Courage Award. [14]
- 2002: The American Whig-Cliosophic Society James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service. [15]
- 2003: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [16]
- 2003: Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation at the University of St. Gallen [17]
- 2004: Freedom medal [18]
- 2006: International World Order of Culture, Science and Education, Award of the European Academy of Informatization, All
Belgium[ citation needed]
- 2006: IPS International Achievement Award. [19] [20]
- 2006: Olof Palme Prize [21]
- 2007: Wooden Crossbow, special award from the Swiss World Economic Forum[ citation needed]
- 2007: People in Europe Award of Verlagsgruppe Passau[ citation needed]
- 2007: MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Award for International Justice [22]
- 2007: North-South Prize of the Council of Europe [23]
- 2008: Harvard University Honors Prize[ citation needed]
- 2008: Gottlieb Duttweiler Award [24]
- 2008: Peace of Westphalia Prize [25]
- 2008: Open Society Award – CEU Business School Budapest. [26]
- 2011: Gothenburg Award [27]
- 2012: Confucius Peace Prize [28]
Honorary degrees
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (Kumasi), Honorary Doctor of Science, 24 August 1998 [29]
- United Nations Mandated University for Peace, Honorary President, 1999[ citation needed]
- Lund University, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1999 [30]
- National University of Ireland, Doctor of Law, 22 January 1999 [31]
- Technische Universität Dresden, doctor honoris causa, 27 April 1999[ citation needed]
- Howard University, honorary doctorate of humane letters, 8 May 1999 [32]
- Comenius University in Bratislava, doctor honoris causa, 14 July 1999 [33]
- University of Michigan, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 3 May 1999 [34]
- University of Notre Dame, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, 21 May 2000 [35]
- Seton Hall University, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Honorary Doctorate, February 2001[ citation needed]
- Brown University, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 28 May 2001 [36]
- Liberty Medal International Selection Commission, Liberty Medal, 4 July 2001[ citation needed]
- Free University of Berlin, doctor honoris causa, 13 July 2001[ citation needed]
- Tilburg University, Honorary Doctorate, 2002 [37]
- University of Alcalá, Doctor Honoris Causa, 9 April 2002[ citation needed]
- Northwestern University, Doctor of Laws, 21 June 2002 [38]
- University of Pittsburgh, honorary Doctor of Public and International Affairs degree 21 October 2003 [39]
- Ghent University (Belgium), doctor honoris causa 21 March 2003 [40]
- Harvard University, 2004 [41]
- Carleton University, Legum Doctor, honoris causa, 9 March 2004[ citation needed]
- University of Ottawa, Doctor of the University Degree, 9 March 2004 [42]
- University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 16 May 2005 [43]
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, doctor honoris causa, 12 October 2005 [7]
- The George Washington University, Doctor of Public Service, 5 May 2006[ citation needed]
- University of Tokyo, Honorary Doctorate, 18 May 2006 [44]
- Georgetown University, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, 30 October 2006 [45]
- University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize (originally awarded 2003, but postponed due to Annan's illness), 18 November 2006[ citation needed]
- Princeton University, Crystal Tiger Award, 28 November 2006[ citation needed]
- Uppsala University, receiver of the Uppsala University Linnaeus Medal in gold, 23 May 2007, and doctor honoris causa 26 May 2007
- King's College London, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 28 May 2008[ citation needed]
- University of Neuchâtel, Honorary Doctorate, 1 November 2008[ citation needed]
- Glasgow Caledonian University, Doctor of Laws, 18 November 2011 [46]
References
- ^ Vachulová, Klára (2000), Zpráva o zahraniční politice České republiky za období od července 1998 do prosince 1999, Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí ČR, p. 59
- ^ "Ghana honours famous son Kofi Annan News". BBC News. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Secretary-General Visits Poland". United Nations. 27 June 2000. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "List of Recipients 1998-2017". canord.presidency.ro (in Romanian). Presidency of Romania. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Kofi Annan earned 'Busumuru' for his selflessness". GhanaWeb. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Lesotho: Order of Achievement". Gentleman's Military Interest Club. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ a b "ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PORTUGAL, 11 - 13 OCTOBER". United Nations. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "On receiving 'knight grand cross' of the Netherlands, secretary-general expresses appreciation for country's 'generous assistance to less fortunate peoples'". United Nations. 12 April 2006.
- ^ "Honorary knighthood for Kofi Annan". Metro. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ ""Work for a better world" – Speech by Federal President Horst Köhler at a dinner in honour of Mr Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General". official website of the Federal President of Germany. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2011.[ dead link]
- ^ Legion of Honour
- ^ "Kora Award winners announced". news24.com. 20 November 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Annan, Kofi. "The Nobel Peace Prize 2001". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Award Recipients". JFK Library. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Archives-trim.un.org Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Max Schmidheiny-Stiftung | Freedom Prize 1979–2003". www.max-schmidheiny.foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Four Freedoms Award#Freedom Medal
- ^ "RECIPIENTS OF THE IPS AWARD". IPS. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "MEDIA: IPS Honours Annan's Four Decades of Service | Inter Press Service". www.ipsnews.net. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "2006 – Kofi Annan and Mossaad Mohamed Ali". Olom Palmes Minnesfond. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Council of Europe 2008 North-South Prize goes to Kofi Annan and Simone Veil". Council of Europe. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "GD-PRIZE". Rüschlikon, Switzerland: GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ "Former UN secretary general receives the Prize of the Peace of Westphalia". Alamy. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "CEU Open Society Prize Winners". CEU. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Award Winner 2011 - Kofi Annan shares the award with food supply project Tigray in Ethiopia". The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Annan, agriculture scientist win Confucius Peace Prize". scmp.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ "SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING HONORARY DOCTORATE AT KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY, URGES STUDENTS TO ANSWER CALL TO PUBLIC SERVICE | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Honorary Doctorates". Faculty of Law | Lund University.
- ^ "Annan receives NUI honorary degree". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Recipients of Honorary Degrees (Alpha Order) - Office of the Secretary - Howard University". www.howard.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "United Nations Photo". www.unmultimedia.org.
- ^ "SECRETARY-GENERAL TRAVELS TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
- ^ "SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING DOCTORATE OF LAWS, GIVES COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT NOTRE DAME | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
- ^ "00-135 (Honorary Degrees)".
- ^ "Tilburg University - Honorary Doctorates". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19.
- ^ "Full text of "Annual commencement / Northwestern University."". archive.org. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Webteam, University of Pittsburgh University Marketing Communications. "A Global Approach: Pitt delegates to One Young World Summit aim to translate big goals into realities | Pitt Chronicle | University of Pittsburgh". www.chronicle.pitt.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Overview doctors "honoris causa" (1919-2004) — Ghent University". www.ugent.be. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees | Harvard University". www.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-08-25.
- ^ "ANNAN, Kofi". Office of the President. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "University of Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ コフィ・アナン国際連合事務総長への名誉博士称号授与並びに記念講演会の開催 (in Japanese). The University of Tokyo. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "US University Awards Honorary Degree to Annan". VOA. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Denholm, Andrew. "Kofi Annan receives honorary doctorate". The Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2018.