Honours
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross of the French National Order of Merit
- Croix de la Valeur Militaire
- Médaille de l'Aéronautique
- Knight of the Mérite agricole
- Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
- Knight of the Order of the Black Star (Bénin) (French Colonial Order)
- Knight of the Mérite Sportif
- Grand Cross of the Order pro merito Melitensi
- Honorary Officer of the National Order of Quebec
- Cóndor de oro
- Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope (1996)
- Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2000)
- Member 1st class of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (Russia, 23 September 1997) – for his great personal contribution to the development of cooperation and friendship between the peoples of Russia and France
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
- State Prize of the Russian Federation (2007) – for outstanding achievements in the humanitarian field
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland, 1996)
- Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (Portugal, 1999)
- Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Collar of the Order of the White Lion (Czech Republic, 1997)
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (1998)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (Lithuania, 1997)
- Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (UK)
- Heydar Aliyev Order (Azerbaijan)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania, 24 July 2001)
- Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (Latvia)
- Ig Nobel prize for peace, for commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Hiroshima with atomic bomb tests in the Pacific (1996)
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