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