About Sadako Ogata
Sadako Ogata, née Nakamura , was a Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor emerita at the Roman Catholic Sophia University. She was widely known as the head of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000, as well as in her capacities as Chair of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1978 to 1979 and as President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 2003 to 2012. She also served as Advisor of the Executive Committee of the Japan Model United Nations (JMUN).
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Awards & Honors
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want
Global Citizen Awards
honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
honorary doctor of the University of Auckland
honorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-I
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Order of Culture
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Order of Friendship
Freedom Award
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
Peace Prize of Hesse
Person of Cultural Merit
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Order "Danaker"
Delta Prize for Global Understanding
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
