Awards and honors presented to the 14th Dalai Lama

The Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Dalai Lama in 2006

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 (see below).

Other notable awards and honors include:

Honor	Field	Place	Date	Ref
Liberty Medal		Philadelphia	26-10-2015	[4]
Honorary Membership	Neuroscience	Nu Rho Psi	03-02-2014
Honorary Doctorate	Humane Letters	Macalester College	03-02-2014	[5]
Honorary Doctorate	Humane Letters	University of Maryland, College Park	05-07-2013
Templeton Prize	Religion-related	St Paul's Cathedral	14-05-2012	[6]
Honorary Doctorate	Humane Letters	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	08-05-2011
Honorary Doctorate	Oriental studies	University of Tartu	18-08-2011	[7]
Honorary Doctorate		University of Arkansas	11-05-2011
Honorary Doctorate	Doctor of Humane Letters	Southern Methodist University	09-05-2011	[8]
Honorary Doctorate	Laws	Miami University	21-10-2010	[9]
International Freedom Conductor Award		Cincinnati, Ohio	20-10-2010	[10]
Lantos Human Rights Prize			06-10-2009	[11]
Honorary Doctorate		University of Calgary	2009	[12]
Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award		Prague	2009	[13]
Honorary citizenship		Memphis, Tennessee	23-09-2009	[14]
Ján Langoš Human Rights award		Bratislava, Slovakia	09-09-2009	[15]
Honorary citizenship		Paris	07-06-2009
German Media Prize Berlin			10-02-2009	[16]
Honorary citizenship		Italy in Venice	10-02-2009	[16]
Honorary citizenship		Rome	09-02-2009	[17]
Honorary Doctorate		Jagiellonian University	08-12-2008	[18]
Honorary Degree		Lehigh University	13-07-2008
Honorary citizenship		Wroclaw	24-06-2008 (voted)	[19]
Honorary Doctorate	Philosophy	London Metropolitan University	21-05-2008	[20]
Honorary citizenship		Paris	21-04-2008 (voted) (same day as Hu Jia)	[21][22]
Honorary Doctorate	Humane Letter	University of Washington	01-04-2008
Inaugural Hofstra University Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize		Hofstra University, NYC	24-03-2008	[23]
Ahimsa Award	For personifying the principle of Ahimsa	Institute of Jainology, London	08-10-2007	[24]
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	[25]
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	[26]
Key to New York City		Mayor Bloomberg	25-09-2005
Honorary Doctorate	Humane Letters	Rutgers University	25-09-2005	[27]
Honorary Doctorate	Humane Letters	Nova Southeastern University	18-09-2004	[28]
Honorary Doctorate	Philosophy	University of Tartu, Estonia	27-05-2005	[29]
Honorary Doctorate	Doctor of Laws	University of Toronto	29-04-2004	[30]
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	[31]
Honorary Doctorate		Lusíada University of Porto, Portugal	26-11-2001	[32][33]
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	[34]
Honorary Doctorate	Doctor of Humane Letters	Berea College	1994	[35]
Honorary Doctorate	Legum Doctor	University of St Andrews	1993	[36]
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 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.^[37] The committee recognized his efforts in "the struggle of the liberation of Tibet and the efforts for a peaceful resolution instead of using violence."^[38] 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.^[39]

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