Italian National Order of Merit, rank of Cavaliere (Knight), 1988 Spanish National Order of Civil Merit, rank of Caballero (Knight), 1990 French National Order of Merit, rank of Chevalier (Knight), 1994 Italian National Order of Merit, promotion to rank of Commendatore (Commodore), 2006 Belgian National Order of Leopold II, rank of Officier (Officer), 2012 Knight of the Pontifical Order of St Gregory the Great, The Vatican, 2017

Compagnions de la Lumiere award, Paris Sorbonne University - Abu Dhabi, 2016 Knight of the Pontifical Order of St Sylvester, The Vatican, 2017

Compagnions de la Lumiere award, Paris Sorbonne University - Abu Dhabi, 2016