Manos Unidas Prince of Asturias Award for Concord 2010

At its meeting in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, made up of Mr. Matías Rodríguez Inciarte, Fernando de Almansa Moreno-Barreda, Viscount of Castillo de Almansa, Mr. José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles, Mr. José María Arias Mosquera, Mr. Adolfo Barthe Aza, Mr. Antonio Basagoiti García-Tuñón, Mr. José Celma Prieto, Mr. Ramón Colao Caicoya, Mr. Jacobo Cosmen Menéndez-Castañedo, Mr. Francisco Daurella Franco, Juan Manuel Desvalls Maristany, Marquis of Poal, Mr. Felipe Fernández Fernández, Mr. Pedro Luis Fernández Pérez, Ms. Paz Fernández Felgueroso, Mr. José Antonio Fernández Rivero, Mr. Emilio Ferré Solé, Mr. Francisco de la Fuente Sánchez, Mr. José Luis García Palacios, Mr. Ignacio Garralda Ruiz de Velasco, Mr. Juan Luis Iglesias Prada, Mr. Gabino de Lorenzo Ferrera, Mr. Fernando Menéndez Rexach, Mr. José Oliú i Creus, Ms. María del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, Mr. Mariano Puig Planas, Mr. Ángel Ron Güimil, Mr. Antonio Ramón Suárez Gutiérrez, Mr. Antonio Trevín Lombán, Mr. José María Villanueva Fernández, Mr. Santiago de Ybarra y Churruca, Mr. Santiago Zaldumbide Viadas, chaired by Mr. Vicente Álvarez Areces, and with Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-Jovellanos acting as secretary, has decided to confer the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord on Manos Unidas, which, throughout the 50 years it has existed, has given its generous, committed support to the fight against poverty while working in favour of education for development in over sixty countries, as well as for its contribution in recent years to specific projects aimed at fighting hunger and reducing maternal mortality in the world.

Oviedo, 15th September 2010