PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS LAUREATES FOR CONCORD
The award will be bestowed to the individual, institution, group of individuals or institutions whose work has significantly contributed to fostering peace, the defence of human rights, freedom, solidarity, the safeguarding of heritage or, in general, the progress of humanity.
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2011
Heroes of Fukushima
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
This group of people represent the highest values of the human condition by trying to prevent, through their sacrifice, the nuclear disaster caused by the tsunami that struck Japan from multiplying its devastating effect
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2010
Manos Unidas
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
In its 50 years of history, Manos Unidas has done significant humanitarian and social work, fighting hunger and underdevelopment.
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2009
The City of Berlin, on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
The peaceful revolution, which on 9th November 1989 lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequently to the reunification of Germany, contribute significantly towards the reestablishment of the balance between the
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2008
Ingrid Betancourt
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Ingrid Betancourt personifies all those people in the world who have been deprived of their freedom as a result of their defence of human rights and their fight against terrorist violence, corruption and drug trafficking
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2007
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
has decided to bestow the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord upon the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem.
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2006
UNICEF
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
In recognition of its generous effort, sixty years of child advocacy
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2005
The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
For their exceptional social and humanitarian work to support the underprivileged
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2004
The Way of Saint James
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
According to tradition, the Way of Saint James began in the ninth century when the remains of Saint James the Apostle were discovered in Libredón Forest, where the city of Santiago de Compostela now stands.
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2003
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Children need stories because they need to test their imaginations.
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2002
Daniel Barenboim y Edward Said
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Apart from their outstanding artistic and academic careers, have worked selflessly and praiseworthily to promote coexistence and peace.
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2001
World Network of Biosphere Reserves
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
The World Network of Biosphere Reserves includes 391 reserves of this type in 94 countries in all to date (with 19 natural areas in Spain).
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2000
The Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
In recognition of their unflagging, tenacious efforts to work together for the Spanish language as a vehicle for understanding and concord .
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1999
Cáritas Española
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
For its exemplary work in promoting solidarity on both a local and world-wide.
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1998
Nicolás Castellanos, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea and Muhammad Yunus
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
In consideration of their unselfish and tireless efforts and exemplary contribution, in different geographical areas and spheres of activity.
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1997
Mstislav Rostropovich and Yehudi Menuhin
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Their greatest contributions to freedom, defending the rights of the weak.
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1996
Adolfo Suárez
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Bearing in mind the significance of his personal contribution to democratic harmony among the Spanish people.
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1995
H.M. Hussein I, king of Jordan
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Valuable contribution to the cause of peace in the Middle East, which has shown itself to be one of the points of conflict among humanity.
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1994
National Movement of Street Children, Messengers of Peace y Save the Children
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Bearing in mind that peace and harmony are the result of the integration of people into a just social order in which they may realise their aspirations as human beings.
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1993
Association for Peace in the Basque Country.
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Due to their selfless desire to contribute to eliminating violence and to establishing and consolidating peace so mankind.
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1992
American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
The award- winning organisation's contribution to the struggle against AIDS in developing countries.
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1991
Médicins sans Frontières and Medicus Mundi
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Taking into account the effective contribution made by both organisations to alleviate the disease situation in those countries worst hit by injustice.
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1990
Sephardic Communities
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Well-loved part of the great Hispanic family, who left the Iberian Peninsula five hundred years ago with the keys to their houses in their hands.
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1989
Stephen Hawking
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
For his transcendental research work into the foundations of space and time.
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1988
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural resources and to the World-Wide Fund for Nature
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
For their charitable work in support of peace, progress and prosperity in the world, through the conservation of humanity´s natural heritage.
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1987
Villa El Salvador
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Villa El Salvador continuously carries out actions in defence of human rights.
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1986
The Chilean Vicariate of Solidarity
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
A body which in such a humble and effective way manages to coordinate diverse social and political forces in Chile.