{"id":6044,"date":"2006-06-09T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/prince-asturias-prize-2006"},"modified":"2016-03-09T15:28:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:28:29","slug":"prince-asturias-prize-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/prince-asturias-prize-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Asturias Prize 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mary<\/a> Mary Robinson awarded Prince Asturias Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former President of Ireland has become the first ever woman to be awarded the prestigious Principe de Asturias prize for Social Sciences. During the ceremony, the jury underlined the \u201cmoral fibre\u201d of Mary Robinson and her firm commitment to the defense of human rights.<\/p>\n

Mary Robinson attended the award ceremony accompanied by British sociologist Sir Ralf Dahrendorf, US economist Paul Anthony Samuelson and former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan.<\/p>\n

The jury underlined Robinson\u2019s commitment to the \u201cmost noble<\/em>\u201d values, and her life-long dedication to attempting to overcome the many barriers that prevent so many men and women from enjoying full human rights. The jury also mentioned Robinson\u2019s efforts to achieve balanced international relations and introduce human values into a globalised world, by offering her unconformist, brave and wide-reaching voice to people who have no voice or cannot make themselves heard.<\/p>\n

Mary Robinson served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and is currently Honorary President of Oxfam<\/a>. She joins the growing list of other 2006 Asturias prize-winners. So far this year the following people or institutions have received the recognition of the Asturias Prize jury, chaired by Prince Felipe:<\/p>\n