List of awards and honours received by Kofi Annan explained

The following is a list of honours and awards received by Kofi Annan.

List

Honours

1999: Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk

1999: Ceremonial first pitch, Game 3 of the World Series

2000: Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana^[1]

2000: Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland^[2]

2001: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania^[3]

2002: Title of Busumuru, Honour of the Asante Empire^[4]

2002: Knight Commander of the Most Courteous Order of Lesotho^[5]

2005: Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (Portugal)^[6]

2006: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion^[7]

2007: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria

2007: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) from Queen Elizabeth II (UK)^[8]

2008: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[9]

2013: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour^[10]

Awards

2000: Kora All Africa Music Awards in the category of Lifetime Achievement^[11]

2001: Nobel Foundation, The Nobel Peace Prize, jointly presented to Kofi Annan and the United Nations^[12]

2002: Profiles in Courage Award.^[13]

2002: The American Whig-Cliosophic Society James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service.^[14]

2003: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[15]

2003: Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation at the University of St. Gallen^[16]

2004: Freedom medal^[17]

2006: International World Order of Culture, Science and Education, Award of the European Academy of Informatization, All Belgium

2006: IPS International Achievement Award.^{[18] [19]}

2006: Olof Palme Prize^[20]

2007: Wooden Crossbow, special award from the Swiss World Economic Forum

2007: People in Europe Award of Verlagsgruppe Passau

2007: MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Award for International Justice ^[21]

2007: North-South Prize of the Council of Europe^[22]

2008: Harvard University Honors Prize

2008: Gottlieb Duttweiler Award^[23]

2008: Peace of Westphalia Prize^[24]

2008: Open Society Award – CEU Business School Budapest.^[25]

2011: Gothenburg Award^[26]

2012: Confucius Peace Prize^[27]

Honorary degrees

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (Kumasi), Honorary Doctor of Science, 24 August 1998^[28]
• United Nations Mandated University for Peace, Honorary President, 1999
• Lund University, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1999^[29]
• National University of Ireland, Doctor of Law, 22 January 1999^[30]
• Technische Universität Dresden, doctor honoris causa, 27 April 1999
• Howard University, honorary doctorate of humane letters, 8 May 1999^[31]
• Comenius University in Bratislava, doctor honoris causa, 14 July 1999^[32]
• University of Michigan, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 3 May 1999^[33]
• University of Notre Dame, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, 21 May 2000^[34]
• Seton Hall University, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Honorary Doctorate, February 2001
• Brown University, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 28 May 2001^[35]
• Liberty Medal International Selection Commission, Liberty Medal, 4 July 2001
• Free University of Berlin, doctor honoris causa, 13 July 2001
• Tilburg University, Honorary Doctorate, 2002^[36]
• University of Alcalá, Doctor Honoris Causa, 9 April 2002
• Northwestern University, Doctor of Laws, 21 June 2002^[37]
• University of Pittsburgh, honorary Doctor of Public and International Affairs degree 21 October 2003^[38]
• Ghent University (Belgium), doctor honoris causa 21 March 2003^[39]
• Harvard University, 2004^[40]
• Carleton University, Legum Doctor, honoris causa, 9 March 2004
• University of Ottawa, Doctor of the University Degree, 9 March 2004^[41]
• University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 16 May 2005 ^[42]
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa, doctor honoris causa, 12 October 2005
• The George Washington University, Doctor of Public Service, 5 May 2006
• University of Tokyo, Honorary Doctorate, 18 May 2006^[43]
• Georgetown University, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, 30 October 2006^[44]
• University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize (originally awarded 2003, but postponed due to Annan's illness), 18 November 2006
• Princeton University, Crystal Tiger Award, 28 November 2006
• 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
• University of Neuchâtel, Honorary Doctorate, 1 November 2008
• Glasgow Caledonian University, Doctor of Laws, 18 November 2011^[45]

Notes and References

1. News: Ghana honours famous son Kofi Annan News . 2 August 2000 . 13 March 2011 . BBC News.
2. Web site: Secretary-General Visits Poland . 27 June 2000 . United Nations . 18 August 2018.
3. Web site: List of Recipients 1998-2017 . canord.presidency.ro . Presidency of Romania . 18 August 2018 . ro . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703203714/http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls . 3 July 2015 . dead .
4. Web site: 2018-09-15. Kofi Annan earned 'Busumuru' for his selflessness. 2021-08-16. GhanaWeb. en.
5. Web site: Lesotho: Order of Achievement. Gentleman's Military Interest Club. en-GB. 17 October 2017.
6. Web site: ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PORTUGAL, 11 - 13 OCTOBER . United Nations . 18 August 2018.
7. Web site: 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 .
8. News: Honorary knighthood for Kofi Annan . Metro . 24 October 2007 . 25 February 2008.
9. News: "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 . 13 March 2011 .
10. https://www.kofiannanfoundation.org/speeches/remarks-by-h-e-mr-kofi-annan-on-being-decorated-with-the-title-of-grand-officer-of-the-national-order-of-the-legion-of-honour/ Legion of Honour
11. Web site: Kora Award winners announced. news24.com. 30 June 2016. 20 November 2000.
12. Web site: The Nobel Peace Prize 2001. Annan. Kofi. nobelprize.org. 25 July 2013.
13. Web site: Award Recipients . JFK Library . 18 August 2018.
14. http://archives-trim.un.org/webdrawer/rec/552938/view/Item-in-KAA%20Schoolsuniversities%202002%20-%20oct.%20-%20dec..PDF Archives-trim.un.org
15. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 18 April 2011.
16. Web site: Max Schmidheiny-Stiftung Freedom Prize 1979–2003. www.max-schmidheiny.foundation. en. 18 May 2018.
17. [Four Freedoms Award#Freedom Medal]
18. Web site: RECIPIENTS OF THE IPS AWARD . https://web.archive.org/web/20061231224520/http://www.ips.org/about/award.shtml . dead . 31 December 2006 . IPS . 18 August 2018.
19. Web site: MEDIA: IPS Honours Annan's Four Decades of Service Inter Press Service. www.ipsnews.net. 20 December 2006. 22 September 2016.
20. Web site: 2006 – Kofi Annan and Mossaad Mohamed Ali . Olom Palmes Minnesfond . 18 August 2018.
21. Web site: MacArthur Foundation. www.macfound.org. en. 12 July 2018.
22. Web site: Council of Europe 2008 North-South Prize goes to Kofi Annan and Simone Veil . Council of Europe . 18 August 2018.
23. Web site: GD-PRIZE . GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute . Rüschlikon, Switzerland . 2018-08-18.
24. Web site: Former UN secretary general receives the Prize of the Peace of Westphalia . Alamy . 18 August 2018.
25. Web site: CEU Open Society Prize Winners . CEU . 18 August 2018.
26. Web site: Award Winner 2011 - Kofi Annan shares the award with food supply project Tigray in Ethiopia. The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development. 26 April 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134841/http://www.gothenburgaward.com/en/award-winners/award-winner-2011/. 9 April 2016.
27. Web site: Annan, agriculture scientist win Confucius Peace Prize. scmp.com. 28 July 2013.
28. Web site: 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. en. 30 April 2018.
29. Web site: Honorary Doctorates. Faculty of Law Lund University.
30. News: Annan receives NUI honorary degree. . 8 May 2017.
31. Web site: Recipients of Honorary Degrees (Alpha Order) - Office of the Secretary - Howard University. www.howard.edu. 29 January 2018.
32. Web site: United Nations Photo . www.unmultimedia.org . en.
33. Web site: SECRETARY-GENERAL TRAVELS TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases . www.un.org . en.
34. Web site: SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING DOCTORATE OF LAWS, GIVES COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT NOTRE DAME Meetings Coverage and Press Releases . www.un.org . en.
35. Web site: 00-135 (Honorary Degrees).
36. Web site: Tilburg University - Honorary Doctorates. 2018-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010956/https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/profile/awards/honorary-doctorates/. dead.
37. Web site: Full text of "Annual commencement / Northwestern University.". archive.org. en. 20 January 2017.
38. Web site: A Global Approach: Pitt delegates to One Young World Summit aim to translate big goals into realities Pitt Chronicle University of Pittsburgh. Webteam. University of Pittsburgh University Marketing Communications. www.chronicle.pitt.edu. en. 20 January 2017.
39. Web site: Overview doctors "honoris causa" (1919-2004) — Ghent University. www.ugent.be. en. 2 February 2018.
40. Web site: Honorary Degrees Harvard University . www.harvard.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150825234715/http://www.harvard.edu/on-campus/commencement/honorary-degrees . 2015-08-25.
41. News: ANNAN, Kofi. Office of the President. 2 February 2018. en.
42. Web site: University of Pennsylvania. 2018-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20171011183417/https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/honorary.html. 2017-10-11. dead.
43. Web site: ja: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. http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/public/public01_180428_j.html. The University of Tokyo. 10 November 2015. Japanese. 28 April 2006.
44. News: US University Awards Honorary Degree to Annan. VOA. 30 April 2018. en.
45. Web site: Denholm. Andrew. Kofi Annan receives honorary doctorate. The Herald. 26 January 2018.