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Autónoma de Ceuta |
Time history of the award
1st International Edition of the Ceuta Autonomous Convivence Award 1999, granted to the Rt. Hon. Mr. Adolfo Suárez “for his significant and exemplary contribution in fostering values of justice, fraternity, peace, freedom, access to culture and equality among men during the Spanish political transition”. 2nd International Edition of the Ceuta Autonomous City Convivence Award 2000, granted to Mr. Vicente Ferrer “for his humanitarian work developed in the last thirty years in the fight against ignorance, sickness, disunion, destitution and poverty on earth”. 3rd International Edition of the Ceuta Autonomous City Convivence Award 2001 granted to the Association Messengers of Peace “for its priceless contribution since 1972 in favour of the most needy, fostering the values of equality, tolerance and love among people, all these values corresponding to those recognised by this Award and accredited by the Institution”. 4th International Edition of the Ceuta Autonomous City Convivence Award 2002, granted to the writer Mr. Dominique Lapierre “for his contribution in improving the living conditions of numerous communities in the most needy areas of the world” In 2003, with a consolidated award with its fifth edition, the Jury conceded this prize to the People of El Salvador for the harmony, the tolerance and the understanding shown in ten years of transition toward a society pluralistic, participative and in pacific cohabitation. In the sixth edition of the Convivence Award, in spite of the strength of the rest of candidacies, the Jury assembled for this edition, decides to reward to the Town of Madrid for its unison reaction the past March 11th, converting one fatidical and terrible day in the biggest exponent of solidarity, fraternity and union in front of a dreadful pain for all its neighbours. And it, with integrity enough not to lose one’s temper and knowing to turn his anger into tears, standing straight, like community of citizens of the world, without distinguished between colours and races, in brother of everyone about the victims, in mother of everyone of the orphans and protectress of wholeness the abandoned ». |
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