• May 29, 1983: H.B. Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch& All the East decorates Fares with the Order of Sts. Peter& Paul
• June 8, 1993: The Grand Officer of the National Order awarded by H.E. the President of the Lebanese Republic Mr. Elias Hraoui
• November 14, 1993: His Beatitude the Patriarch of Antioch& All the East decorates Fares with the Order of St. John of Damascus
• October 25, 1994: First lecture of Issam Fares Lecture Series at Tufts titled ‘A Retrospective on the Gulf War And Its Impact’; The keynote speaker is Mr. George Bush, the 41rst President of the United States
• In 1996, Fares is offered the key of the City of Mexico
• February 8, 1996: The Issam Fares Lecture given by former President of France Mr. Valery Giscard D’Estaing under the title ‘The Contribution of the European Union to the Peace and Development of the Middle East’
• October 30, 1996: The Issam Fares Lecture given by former US Secretary of State Mr. James A. Baker the under the title ‘American Interests in the Persian Gulf And the Middle East’
• 1997: Fares is awarded the Doctorate Honorisis Causa by the Diplomatic Academy of Moscow
• 1997: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia offers to Fares the Medal of Saints Boris and Gleb
• September 24, 1997: The Issam Fares Lecture given by Mrs. Margaret Tatcher the former Prime Minister of Great Britain under the title ‘Europe and the Middle East: The Future of Democracy’
• September 29, 1997: The Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia offers to Fares the Grand Cordon of Saint Daniel in recognition of his charitable activities and his generous aide to the Russian Orthodox Church
• October 1997: Certificate of Acknowledgement awarded by the Patriarch of Moscow& All the Russia awarded to Fares in recognition of his contribution to the reconstruction of Russia’s Holy Church of Christ
• November 4, 1998: The Issam Fares Lecture given by Mr. George Mitchell the US Senate Majority Leader, under the title ‘Principles for Peace: Northern Ireland And the Middle East’