HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan)
- Member, Council of Women World Leaders
- Don Quixote De La Mancha award from Spain's King Juan Carlos (2010)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Japan's Waseda University (2002)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Kyungsung University in Pusan, South Korea. (2005)
- Honorary doctorate degree from University of San Francisco in California, United States (2004).
- Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Fordham University (2003)
- Doctor of Laws, La Trobe University in Australia (2000)
- Time magazine's "People Who Mattered" list for 2005
- Forbes magazine's 100 Most Powerful Woman in the World (from 2004–2009) – she ranked 4th in the 2005 list
- Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella – from Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández (2011)