- known as
- politician, diplomat, writer, jurist, university teacher, general secretary
- fields
- international relations, political science
- awards
- Companion of the Order of Canada, Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, honorary doctor of Waseda University, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Order of Merit, Order of the Republic, Order of the Nile, Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali, Order of the Star of Nepal, honorary doctor of the Tbilisi State University, honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University, 1980, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, 1983, United Nations Peace Medal, 1992, honorary doctorate from Sciences Po, 1993, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, 1993, honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II, 1992, honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I, 1994, Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University, 2001, honorary doctor of Baku State University
- member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Institut de Droit International, Académie des sciences d'outre-mer
- notable works
- An Agenda for Peace