Awards and honors presented to the 14th Dalai Lama

Main article: 14th Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama has received numerous awards over his spiritual and political career.[1] He was a laureate for community leadership in 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia's version of Nobel Prize.[2] 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 (see below).

Other notable awards and honors include:

Honor Field Place Date Ref
Honorary Doctorate Oriental studies University of Tartu 18-08-2011 [3]
Honorary Doctorate University of Arkansas 11-05-2011
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Humane Letters Southern Methodist University 09-05-2011 [4]
Honorary Doctorate Laws Miami University 21-10-2010 [5]
International Freedom Conductor Award Cincinnati, Ohio 20-10-2010 [6]
Lantos Human Rights Prize 06-10-2009 [7]
Honorary citizenship Memphis, Tennessee 23-09-2009 [8]
Ján Langoš Human Rights award Bratislava, Slovakia 09-09-2009 [9]
Honorary citizenship Paris 07-06-2009
German Media Prize Berlin 10-02-2009 [10]
Honorary citizenship Italy in Venice 10-02-2009 [10]
Honorary citizenship Rome 09-02-2009 [11]
Honorary Doctorate Jagiellonian University 08-12-2008 [12]
Honorary Degree Lehigh University 13-07-2008
Honorary citizenship Wroclaw 24-06-2008 (voted) [13]
Honorary Doctorate Philosophy London Metropolitan University 21-05-2008 [14]
Honorary citizenship Paris 21-04-2008 (voted)
(same day as Hu Jia)		 [15][16]
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letter University of Washington 01-04-2008
Inaugural Hofstra University Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize Hofstra University, NYC 24-03-2008 [17]
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 [18]
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, Ukraine 09-12-2006
(anniversary of his Nobel Prize)
United States Congressional Gold Medal 27-09-2006 [19]
Key to New York City Mayor Bloomberg 25-09-2005
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letters Rutgers University 25-09-2005 [20]
Honorary Doctorate Humane Letters Nova Southeastern University 18-09-2004 [21]
Honorary Doctorate Philosophy University of Tartu, Estonia 27-05-2005 [22]
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 Award 19-09-2003
Honorary Doctorate University of San Francisco 05-09-2003 [23]
Honorary Doctorate Lusíada University of Porto, Portugal 26-11-2001 [24][25]
Life Achievement Award Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization 24-11-1999
Four Freedoms Award Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute 04-06-1994
World Security Annual Peace Award Lawyers Alliance for New York 27-04-1994
Berkeley Medal University of California, Berkeley, 20-04-1994
Wallenberg Medal University of Michigan 12-04-1994 [26]
Honorary Doctorate Legum Doctor University of St Andrews 1993 [27]
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 Angeles Mayor Bradley September 1979
Key to San Francisco Mayor Feinstein 27-09-1979

Nobel Peace Prize

On 10 December 1989 the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[28] The committee recognized his efforts in "the struggle of the liberation of Tibet and the efforts for a peaceful resolution instead of using violence."[29] 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.[30]

References

  1. ^ List of awards
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Roman, Steve (18 August 2011). "UT Rector Delivers Dalai Lama's Honorary Doctorate". ERR News. http://news.err.ee/politics/b9c3f33a-43d8-4238-83cf-eec483af103d. Retrieved 25 August 2011. "At the Academy of Sciences today, August 18, University of Tartu Rector Alar Karis handed the Dalai Lama a medal and certificate signifying the Tibetan spiritual leader's honorary doctorate in Oriental studies." 
  4. ^ "The Dalai Lama delivers special lecture at SMU". http://www.smu.edu/News/2011/dalai-lama-09may2011.aspx. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
  5. ^ "Dalai Lama: Simple man, simple message on Ohio visit". http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/10/22/simple-man-simple-message.html?sid=101. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 
  6. ^ "His Holiness the Dalai Lama Honoured with Int'l Freedom Conductor Award". http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+Honoured+with+Int'l+Freedom+Conductor+Award&id=28402. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 
  7. ^ "CNN.com: Pelosi gives Dalai Lama human rights award". Cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com. http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/06/pelosi-gives-dalai-lama-human-rights-award/. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  8. ^ Michael Lollar. "The Dalai Lama became an honorary citizen of Memphis and Shelby County on Tuesday and left behind a white scarf as a blessing of the Mississippi River.". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/sep/22/dalai-lama-arrives-memphis-dignitarys-welcome/. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 
  9. ^ Slovensko navštívil Dalajláma(Slovak)
  10. ^ a b "Search - Global Edition - The New York Times". International Herald Tribune. 29 March 2009. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Germany-Dalai-Lama.php. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  11. ^ "His Holiness the Dalai Lama made honorary citizen of Rome". Tibet Post. 9 Feb 2009. http://tibetpost.net/old/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=986&Itemid=1. Retrieved 8 May 2010. 
  12. ^ "Doktorzy honoris causa". www.uj.edu.pl. http://www.uj.edu.pl/uniwersytet/nagrody-i-wyroznienia/doktorzy-hc. Retrieved 21 September 2011. (Polish)
  13. ^ Civitate Wratislaviensi Donatus since 1993
  14. ^ "news.bbc.co.uk, Dalai gets honorary doctorate". BBC News. 20 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7411257.stm. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  15. ^ Paris makes Dalai Lama honorary citizen
  16. ^ (AFP) – Apr 21, 2008 (21 April 2008). "Paris makes Dalai Lama, Chinese dissident honorary citizens". Afp.google.com. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hjjR12Btx5NFrFYBiVC44m59MNEw. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  17. ^ Pais, Arthur J. (11 April 2008). "The Dalai Lama wins Hofstra University's first Guru Nanak Interfaith prize". India Abroad. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1466845591&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=20886&RQT=309&VName=PQD. Retrieved 25 September 2008. 
  18. ^ dalailama.emory.edu - The Dalai Lama as Professor
  19. ^ "Public Law 109-287". Frwebgate.access.gpo.gov. 27 September 2006. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ287.109. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  20. ^ [2] "Dalai Lama charms, uplifts New Jersey"
  21. ^ "Exhibit - Buddhist Prayer Wheel". Nova Southeastern University - Library - Events and Exhibits. 5 August 2008. http://www.nova.edu/library/about/events/prayerwheel.html. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  22. ^ University of Tartu "UT Council Confers Honorary Doctorate on His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso The XIV Dalai Lama "
  23. ^ Dalai Lama’s Brother Returns to USF, MASTER OF ARTS IN ASIA PACIFIC STUDIES, p. 4
  24. ^ [3]
  25. ^ [4]
  26. ^ wallenberg.umich.edu - The Wallenberg Endowement
  27. ^ University of St Andrews - Previous Recipients of Honorary Degrees
  28. ^ "Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee". Nobelprize.org. http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1989/presentation-speech.html. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  29. ^ "The Nobel Prize". Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso). Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. http://www.nobelpreis.org/english/frieden/dalai-lama.html. Retrieved 6 October 2009. 
  30. ^ "The Government of Tibet in Exile". His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize acceptance speech University Aula, Oslo, 10 December 1989. http://www.tibet.com/DL/nobelaccept.html.