I te tau 1983, i whakawhiwhia a Wałęsa ki te Nobel Peace Prize. Mai i taua wa kua riro ia ia neke atu i te 30 nga whakapaipai a te kawanatanga me te neke atu i te 50 nga tohu mai i nga whenua 30, tae atu ki te Order of the Bath (UK), Order of Merit (Germany), Legion of Honour (France) me te European Human Rights Prize (EU 1989). I te tau 2011, i kore ia e whakaae ki te whakahau nui o Lithuania, e kii ana i tana riri ki te kaupapa here a Lithuania mo te diaspora Polish. I te tau 2008, i whakapumautia e ia te Lech Wałęsa Award. Pātai: I te tauhea i whiwhi ai a Walesa i te Nobel Peace Prize?
Ko te tau 1983