Editing Mohamed ElBaradei (section)

== Awards ==
During his tenure as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, ElBaradei received many awards for his efforts to ensure that nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes.

=== 2005 Nobel Peace Prize ===
On 7 October 2005, ElBaradei and the [[IAEA]] were announced as joint recipients of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for their "efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy, for peaceful purposes, is used in the safest possible way." ElBaradei donated all of his winnings to building [[orphanage]]s in [[Cairo]]. The IAEA's winnings are being spent to train scientists from developing countries to use nuclear techniques in combating cancer and malnutrition. ElBaradei is the fourth Egyptian to receive the Nobel Prize, following [[Anwar Sadat]] (1978 in Peace), [[Naguib Mahfouz]] (1988 in Literature), and [[Ahmed Zewail]] (1999 in Chemistry).

In [http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/2005/ebsp2005n020.html his Nobel lecture], ElBaradei said that the changing landscape of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament may be defined by the emergence of an extensive black market in nuclear material and equipment, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and sensitive nuclear technology, and the stagnation in [[nuclear disarmament]]. To combat proliferation, ElBaradei has suggested keeping nuclear and radiological material out of the hands of extremist groups, tightening control over the operations for producing the nuclear material that could be used in weapons, and accelerating disarmament efforts.<ref name=NP2005>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2005/elbaradei-lecture-en.html The Nobel Foundation: Mohamed ElBaradei, The Nobel Peace Prize 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804152356/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2005/elbaradei-lecture-en.html |date=4 August 2016 }}</ref> ElBaradei also stated that only one percent of the money spent to develop new weapons would be enough to feed the entire world and that, if we hope to escape self-destruction, nuclear weapons should have no place in our collective conscience and no role in our security.

[[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] said that he was delighted that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog and its head, ElBaradei. "The secretary general congratulates him and the entire staff of the agency, past and present, on their contributions to global peace," a spokesman for Annan said.<ref name=PeoplesDailyNobel>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/08/eng20051008_213260.html ''Peoples Daily'': Int'l community hails IAEA, ElBaradei's winning of Nobel Peace Prize] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514105318/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/08/eng20051008_213260.html |date=14 May 2013 }}</ref>

==== Postage issues ====
[[Egypt Post]] on 8 October 2005 commemorated this award by issuing a set of two postage stamps.<ref>[http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=EG029.05 Stamps number EG029.05 and EG030.05] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050757/http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=EG029.05 |date=4 March 2016 }} (of the [[WADP Numbering System]] commemorating the awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei</ref> On 1 June 2009, to commemorate 4th Extraordinary Session of [[PAPU]] Plenipotentiary Conference held in Cairo between 1 and 9 June,<ref>[http://www.mcit.gov.eg/Media_Center/latest_News/News/649 MCIT | News | Egypt Post to Host the Fourth PAPU Extraordinary Session] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801001721/http://www.mcit.gov.eg/Media_Center/latest_News/News/649 |date=1 August 2016 }}</ref> Egypt Post issued a set of 16 stamps bearing African winners of Nobel Prizes, among which one is of ElBaradei<ref>[http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/EG021.09 Stamp number EG021.09] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030638/http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/EG021.09 |date=4 March 2016 }} of the [[WADP Numbering System|WNS]] commemorating the 4th Extraordinary Session of PAPU Plenipotentiary Conference]</ref>

=== Other awards and recognition ===
[[File:Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development-2008 to D.G., IAEA, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei for his impassioned opposition to the use of Nuclear Energy for Military purpose.jpg|thumb|Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development-2008 to D.G., IAEA, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei for his impassioned opposition to the use of Nuclear Energy for Military purpose]]
ElBaradei has received many awards for his work as director of the IAEA:
* [[Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria]] (Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash) (2009)
* [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (Grand Cross with Star and Sash) (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundespraesident.de/Reden-und-Interviews/Reden-Horst-Koehler-,12213.662472/Visionaer-fuer-eine-Menschheit.htm |title=Der Bundespräsident / "Visionär für eine Menschheitsfamilie" – Ansprache von Bundespräsident Horst Köhler anlässlich der Verleihung des Großen Verdien |publisher=bundespraesident.de |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=24 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511133419/http://www.bundespraesident.de/Reden-und-Interviews/Reden-Horst-Koehler-,12213.662472/Visionaer-fuer-eine-Menschheit.htm |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
* "El Athir" award of the [[National Order of Merit (Algeria)|National Order of Merit]], [[Algeria]]'s one of the highest national distinction<ref name="iaea.org"/>
* The Franklin D. Roosevelt [[Four Freedoms Award]] (2006)<ref>[http://www.fourfreedoms.nl/index.php?lang=en&id=17&year=2006 Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award Laureates since 1982] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104192910/http://www.fourfreedoms.nl/index.php?lang=en&id=17&year=2006 |date=4 January 2016 }}</ref>
* [[James Park Morton Interfaith Award]]<ref name=Yale>[http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=2513 Yale University: ElBaradei Will Speak at Yale] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725170700/http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=2513 |date=25 July 2010 }}</ref>
* Golden Plate award from the [[American Academy of Achievement]]<ref name=Yale /><ref>{{cite web|title= Mohamed ElBaradei Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=  https://www.achievement.org/achiever/elbaradei/#interview}}</ref>
* Jit Trainor award from [[Georgetown University]] for distinction in the conduct of diplomacy<ref>[http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18816&prog=zgp&proj=znpp Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: ElBaradei Remarks at Georgetown University] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607132930/http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18816&prog=zgp&proj=znpp |date=7 June 2011 }}</ref>
* Human Security award from the [[Muslim Public Affairs Council]]<ref>[http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=410 MPAC: Dr. Mohamed Elbaradei to be Presented with MPAC's Human Security Award] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721230031/http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=410 |date=21 July 2010 }}</ref>
* Prix de la Fondation award from the Crans Montana Forum<ref>[http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/french/newsroom.asp Arrivée de Graça Machel au Comité d’attribution du Prix Mo Ibrahim] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403105354/http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/french/newsroom.asp |date=3 April 2009 }}</ref>
* Golden Dove of Peace prize from the President of Italy<ref name=Amherst>[https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2008/05/node/48005 Amherst: Amherst College To Honor Atomic Agency Head, Princeton President and Five Others at Commencement 25 May] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823205817/https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2008/05/node/48005 |date=23 August 2013 }}</ref>
* Honorary Patron of the [[University Philosophical Society]] (2006) of [[Trinity College, Dublin]], following in the footsteps of previous [[Nobel Peace Prize]] Winners [[Desmond Tutu]] and [[John Hume]]<ref>[http://www.tcdphil.com/honorary_members.php University Philosophical Society: Honorary Patrons] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003222152/http://www.tcdphil.com/honorary_members.php |date=3 October 2011 }}</ref>
*Golden Doves for Peace journalistic prize awarded by the Italian Research Institute Archive Disarmo in 2007<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archiviodisarmo.it/images/pdf/list.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422180003/https://www.archiviodisarmo.it/images/pdf/list.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Nile]], the highest Egyptian civilian decoration, awarded by the Government of [[Egypt]]<ref name=Amherst />
* Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Peaceful Worldwide Use of Nuclear Technology, awarded by The [[World Nuclear Association]] in September 2007<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear-university.org/html/inaugural_ceremony/part_2.htm World Nuclear University: Inaugural Ceremony of the World Nuclear University – Part Two] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922073311/http://www.world-nuclear-university.org/html/inaugural_ceremony/part_2.htm |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>
* 2006: [[Four Freedoms Award#Freedom Medal|Freedom medal]]
* The [[Mostar]] 2007 international peace award of the Mostar Center for Peace and Multiethnic Cooperation<ref>[http://www.centarzamir.org.ba/baradei/index-baradei.html Center za mir: "Centar za mir – Mostar"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063826/http://www.centarzamir.org.ba/baradei/index-baradei.html |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
* The 2008 "Peacebuilding Award" of the [[EastWest Institute]]<ref>[http://www.ewi.info/announcements/events/index.cfm?title=Events&view=detail&nid=323&aid=6384&activityID=4 ZERO NUCLEAR'S FOUR STATESMEN, ELBARADEI TO BE HONORED]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.richarderdman.com/assets/Uploads/Honorees.pdf Richard Erdman and the EastWest Institute: Statesman of the Year Award] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728151905/http://www.richarderdman.com/assets/Uploads/Honorees.pdf |date=28 July 2013 }}</ref>
* The International Seville NODO Prize for Peace, Security and Inter-Cultural Dialogue<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150801125020/http://www.fundacionsevillanodo.org/ Entrega del IV Premio Sevilla-Nodo]}}</ref>
* The 2008 [[Indira Gandhi Prize]] for Peace, Disarmament and Development<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/elbaradei-chosen-for-indira-gandhi-peace-prize/387813/ ''Indian Express'': ElBaradei chosen for Indira Gandhi Peace Prize] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515145851/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/elbaradei-chosen-for-indira-gandhi-peace-prize/387813/ |date=15 May 2011 }}</ref>
* The 2009 [[Delta Prize for Global Understanding]], sponsored by the [[University of Georgia]] and [[Delta Air Lines]]<ref>[http://uga.edu/news/deltaprize/recipients/mohamed_elbaradei/ University of Georgia: 2009 Delta Prize Recipient] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928113926/http://uga.edu/news/deltaprize/recipients/mohamed_elbaradei/ |date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>
* The XIV International Grupo Compostela-Xunta de Galicia Prize
* Breastplate of the Russian Foreign Ministry "Contribution to International Cooperation"
* [[Order of Francisc Skorina]] (Belarus)
* [[Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus)]]

ElBaradei has also received honorary doctoral degrees from the [[Trinity College, Dublin#The College and the University|University of Dublin, Trinity College]]; [[New York University]]; the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]; the [[American University in Cairo]]; the [[Free Mediterranean University]] (LUM) in Bari, Italy; [[Soka University]] of Japan; [[Tsinghua University]] of Beijing; the [[Polytechnic University of Bucharest]]; the [[Universidad Politecnica de Madrid]]; [[Konkuk University]] in [[Seoul]]; the [[University of Florence]]; the [[University of Buenos Aires]]; the [[National University of Cuyo]] in Argentina; [[Amherst College]] and [[Cairo University]].<ref>[http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/elbaradei_cv.pdf IAEA: Biography of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104192912/http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/elbaradei_cv.pdf |date=4 January 2016 }}</ref>

He is also a member of the [[Mo Ibrahim Foundation]]'s [[Ibrahim Prize]] Committee.