person (non-diplomat/non-political figure) was extended the honour of speaking at the UN General Assembly during a country's allocated time. On 8 December 2016, as a direct result of her address, the United Nations ratified the "Persistent Legacy of Chernobyl disaster", a symbolic element of which is the implementation of the "International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day" Honours and awards Roche was awarded the European Woman Laureate Award following the release of the documentary film 'Black Wind, White Land' (1993) which highlighted the Chernobyl children's suffering. In the same year she received the title of the Republic's Person of the Year. In 1997, Roche received Tipperary International Peace Award, described as "Ireland's outstanding award for humanitarian work." In 2001, Roche was awarded an honorary doctor of law degree by the University of Alberta, Canada. In 2007, Roche won the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. In 2010, Roche received the World of Children Health Award. Since then, Chernobyl Children International has saved the lives of thousands of children born with congenital heart defects. In 2015, Roche was named a World of Children Alumni Award Honoree, for the "incredible impact she continues to have in the lives of the children of the Chernobyl region". Also in 2015, Roche won the Princess Grace Humanitarian Award. Awards: President's Award Tipperary Chamber of Commerce 2019 Freedom of the City of Cork 2016 Pride of Ireland Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 Princess Grace Humanitarian Award 2015 Top 20 of Ireland's Greatest Women of All Time 2014 Keynote speaker at the first anniversary commemorations of the Japanese earthquake in Fukushima 2012 David Chow Humanitarian Award 2008 Robert Burns Humanitarian Award 2007 People's Alliance candidate for the Irish Presidential Campaign 1997 European Person of the Year 1996 European Woman Laureate Award 1996 Irish Person of the Year 1996 First Irish woman elected to the Board of Directors of the International Peace Bureau in Geneva Government appointee on the board of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) Honorary Degrees: Roche holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta, Canada. In 2002 she was jointly awarded a Doctorate of Laws with Ali Hewson by the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 2016 she was jointly awarded a Doctorate of Letters with Ali Hewson by the University of Limerick. Politics Roche stood for the office of President of Ireland as a coalition candidate for the Labour Party, Democratic Left and the