Awards & Achivements of Nelson Mandela

THE WORLD CELEBRATES MANDELA Nelson Mandela

FELICITATIONS, AWARDS, HONORS AND OTHER FORMS OF RECOGNITION –

In all, more than 194 notable honors have been bestowed upon him. He was worthy of such high regard that a nuclear particle discovered at the University of Leeds was named as the ‘Mandela Particle’ in 1973. He holds more than 31 degrees from universities and colleges across the world. In addition to these - roads, music records, buildings, monuments, schools, days and medals have been named after him. The list is endless. A list of most noted awards and recognitions are given below :-

1981

Seventeen-thousand-signature petition handed to South African Embassy in Paris calling for release of Mandela.
Dr bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria.

1982

Elected Honorary Life President of the Students’ Union at the London School of economics and Political Science.
By August 1982 a total of 2,000 mayors in 53 countries worldwide had signed a petition for Nelson Mandela’s release.

1983

City Council of Dublin, Ireland, unveiled sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink dedicated to Nelson Mandela, 26 June.
City council of Harlow, United Kingdom, renamed one of its major roads in honor of Nelson Mandela, 18 July.
Twelve members of the United States Congress call for Nelson and Winnie Mandela to be made honorary citizens of the USA.
Second chamber of Netherlands parliament asks Netherlands government to urge South African government to release Nelson Mandela and all South African political prisoners.
Seventy-eight members of British parliament call for Nelson Mandela’s release.
Honorary LL.D, University of Lancaster, Britain.

1984

Playa Giron Award, Cuba awarded by Fidel Castro.
Resolution sponsored by 135 Congressman in US House of Representatives calling for release of Nelson Mandela approved by acclamation by House Foreign Affairs Committee and approved by Senate.

1985

The 1985 Third World Prize, awarded annually by the London-based Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies, awarded jointly to Nelson and Winnie Mandela.

	1986	Awarded International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden.
	1987	First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January. Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA. University of Havana, Cuba. Honorary Citizen, city of Florence, Italy. Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November.
	1988	Nelson Mandela 70^th Birthday Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June, Attended by audience of 72,000 and seen on television by close to a billion people in over 60 countries. Awarded freedom of the city of Dublin, Ireland. Awarded the Sakharov Prize. Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, September. Awarded the United nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December.
	1990	Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May. Bestowed ‘Bharat Ratna’, India’s highest civilian award, October. Doctorate honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November. Honorary Doctorate in law, University of Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November.
	1992	Pakistan conferred the Nishan-I-Pakistan Award, 3 October.

1993

Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton. Philadelphia, USA, 4 July.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, 10 December.

1994

Honorary Doctorate Howard University, 7, October.
Received the Olympic Gold Order from International Olympic Committee president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Cape Town, 16 November.

1996

U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sir Chinmoy, 29 January.

1999

Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, baden Baden, Germany, 28 January.

Presented with the Gandhi-King Award by the World Movement for Non-violence at the Parliament of World Religions, Cape Town, 5 December.

2000

Awarded the Queen’s Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May.

2001

Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July.