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]