The following is a list of honours and awards received by Kofi Annan.
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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 2000: Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2001: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania 2002: Chieftaincy title of the Busumuru, an honour of the Ashanti Confederacy 2002: Knight Commander of the Most Courteous Order of Lesotho 2005: Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (Portugal) 2006: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion 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) 2008: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2013: Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourLegion of Honour
Awards 2000: Kora All Africa Music Awards in the category of Lifetime Achievement 2001: Nobel Foundation, The Nobel Peace Prize, jointly presented to Kofi Annan and the United Nations 2002: Profiles in Courage Award. 2002: The American Whig-Cliosophic Society James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service.Archives-trim.un.org 2003: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2003: Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation at the University of St. Gallen 2004: Freedom medalFour Freedoms Award#Freedom Medal 2006: International World Order of Culture, Science and Education, Award of the European Academy of Informatization, All Belgium 2006: IPS International Achievement Award. 2006: Olof Palme Prize 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 2007: North-South Prize of the Council of Europe 2008: Harvard University Honors Prize 2008: Gottlieb Duttweiler Award 2008: Peace of Westphalia Prize 2008: Open Society Award – CEU Business School Budapest. 2011: Gothenburg Award 2012: Confucius Peace Prize 2025: Cameroon was recognized for its proactive commitment to reducing road accidents through the implementation of several innovative reforms.
Honorary degrees Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (Kumasi), Honorary Doctor of Science, 24 August 1998 United Nations Mandated University for Peace, Honorary President, 1999 Lund University, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1999 National University of Ireland, Doctor of Law, 22 January 1999 Technische Universität Dresden, doctor honoris causa, 27 April 1999 Howard University, honorary doctorate of humane letters, 8 May 1999 Comenius University in Bratislava, doctor honoris causa, 14 July 1999 University of Michigan, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 3 May 1999 University of Notre Dame, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, 21 May 2000 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 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 University of Alcalá, Doctor Honoris Causa, 9 April 2002 Northwestern University, Doctor of Laws, 21 June 2002 University of Pittsburgh, honorary Doctor of Public and International Affairs degree 21 October 2003 Ghent University (Belgium), doctor honoris causa 21 March 2003 Harvard University, 2004 Carleton University, Legum Doctor, honoris causa, 9 March 2004 University of Ottawa, Doctor of the University Degree, 9 March 2004 University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 16 May 2005 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 Georgetown University, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, 30 October 2006 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
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