List of awards and honours received by the 14th Dalai Lama

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The Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Dalai Lama in 2005

The 14th Dalai Lama has received numerous awards over his spiritual and political career. [1] [2] He was a laureate for community leadership in 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia's version of Nobel Prize. [3] On 22 June 2006, he became the third person to be recognised with Honorary Citizenship by the Governor General of Canada. On 28 May 2005, he received the Christmas Humphreys Award from the Buddhist Society in the United Kingdom. Most notable was the Nobel Peace Prize, presented in Oslo on 10 December 1989.

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Notable awards and honors

HonorFieldPlaceDateRef
Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award04-03-2019 [4]
Liberty Medal Philadelphia 26-10-2015 [5]
Honorary Membership Neuroscience Nu Rho Psi 03-02-2014
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letters Macalester College 03-02-2014 [6]
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letters University of Maryland, College Park 05-07-2013
Templeton Prize Religion-related St Paul's Cathedral 14-05-2012 [7]
Order of the Republic of Tuva 01-02-2012 [8]
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letters University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 08-05-2011
Honorary Doctorate Oriental studies University of Tartu 18-08-2011 [9]
Honorary Doctorate University of Arkansas 11-05-2011
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Humane Letters Southern Methodist University 09-05-2011 [10]
Honorary DoctorateLaws Miami University 21-10-2010 [11]
International Freedom Conductor Award Cincinnati, Ohio 20-10-2010 [12]
Lantos Human Rights Prize06-10-2009 [13]
Honorary Doctorate University of Calgary 2009 [14]
Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award Prague 2009 [15]
Honorary citizenship Memphis, Tennessee 23-09-2009 [16]
Ján Langoš Human Rights award Bratislava, Slovakia 09-09-2009 [17]
Honorary citizenshipParis07-06-2009
German Media Prize Berlin10-02-2009 [18]
Honorary citizenshipItaly in Venice 10-02-2009 [18]
Honorary citizenshipRome09-02-2009 [19]
Honorary Doctorate Jagiellonian University 08-12-2008 [20]
Honorary Degree Lehigh University 13-07-2008
Honorary citizenship Wroclaw 24-06-2008 (voted) [21]
Honorary Doctorate Philosophy London Metropolitan University 21-05-2008 [22]
Honorary citizenshipParis21-04-2008 (voted)
(same day as Hu Jia)		 [23] [24]
Honorary DoctorateHumane Letter University of Washington 01-04-2008
Inaugural Hofstra University Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize Hofstra University, NYC24-03-2008 [25]
Ahimsa Award For personifying the principle of Ahimsa Institute of Jainology, London08-10-2007 [26]
Honorary Doctorate chemistry and pharmacy University of Münster 20-09-2007
Honorary Doctorate Southern Cross University 08-06-2007
Presidential Distinguished Professorship Emory University 05-02-2007 [27]
Order of the White Lotus 10-12-2006 [8]
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letters State University of New York at Buffalo 01-09-2006
Honorary citizenship of Canada 28-06-2005
Honorary citizenship Ukraine Mc Leod Ganj, Ukraine09-12-2006
(anniversary of his Nobel Prize)
United States Congressional Gold Medal 27-09-2006 [28]
Key to New York CityMayor Bloomberg 25-09-2005
Honorary DoctorateHumane Letters Rutgers University 25-09-2005 [29]
Honorary DoctorateHumane Letters Nova Southeastern University 18-09-2004 [30]
Honorary DoctoratePhilosophy University of Tartu, Estonia 27-05-2005 [31]
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Laws University of Toronto 29-04-2004 [32]
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Laws Simon Fraser University 20-04-2004
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Laws University of British Columbia 19-04-2004
Honorary Fellowship Liverpool John Moores University 27-05-2004
Jaime Brunet Prize for Human Rights 09-10-2003
International League for Human Rights Award19-09-2003
Honorary Doctorate University of San Francisco 05-09-2003 [33]
Honorary Doctorate Lusíada University of Porto, Portugal 26-11-2001 [34] [35]
Life Achievement Award Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization 24-11-1999
Honorary citizenship Palermo (Italy)17-05-1996
Four Freedoms Award Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute 04-06-1994
World Security Annual Peace Award Lawyers Alliance for World Security 27-04-1994
Berkeley Medal University of California, Berkeley,20-04-1994
Wallenberg Medal University of Michigan 12-04-1994 [36]
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Humane Letters Berea College 1994 [37]
Honorary Doctorate Legum Doctor University of St Andrews 1993 [38]
Nobel Peace Prize -October 6, 1989
Peace and Unity Awards National Peace conference 23-08-1991
Earth Prize United Earth and U.N. Environmental Program 05-06-1991
Advancing Human Liberty Freedom House 17-04-1991
Le Prix de la Memoire Fondation Danielle Mitterrand 04-12-1989
Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Award
(or Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Human Rights Award)		 Congressional Human Rights Caucus 21-07-1989
Key to Los AngelesMayor Bradley September 1979
Key to San Francisco Mayor Feinstein 27-09-1979
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Humane Letters Tulane University 18-05-2013

Nobel Peace Prize

On 10 December 1989 the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. [39] The committee recognized his efforts in "the struggle of the liberation of Tibet and the efforts for a peaceful resolution instead of using violence." [40] The chairman of the Nobel committee said that the award was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi." In his acceptance speech the Dalai Lama criticised China for using force against student protesters during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He said the victims' efforts were not in vain. His speech focused on the importance of the continued use of non-violence and his desire to maintain a dialogue with China to try to resolve the situation. [41]

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