Every year the IPB awards the Seán MacBride Peace Prize to a person or organisation that has done outstanding work for peace, disarmament and human rights. These were the principal concerns of Sean MacBride, the distinguished Irish statesman who was Chairman of IPB from 1968-74 and President from 1974-1985.
The award is decided by the IPB Steering Committee. The recipients of this year are the All Okinawa Coalition Against Construction of New Base in Henoko, Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Corbyn.
The Prize is a non-monetary one, consisting of a medal cast by the California-based company From War to Peace: “We recycle copper from disarmed nuclear missile systems to create Peace Bronze, the most precious metal in our world”. At this point, we would like to express our deepest appreciation for making and sponsoring the medals.
Two of the three recipients of the Seán MacBride Peace Prize already received the prize.
The first Ceremony was held in Barcelona, where the All Okinawa Coalition Against Construction of New Base in Henoko was awarded. Without the help of Centre Delàs who helped us organize this event in the cooperation with the City of Barcelona, it would have not been possible to make such a successful event. We are deeply grateful for the given support.
Jeremy Corbyn received the prize in Geneva. We would like to express a sincere thank you to the City of Geneva for helping us organize the ceremony.
The Ceremony with Noam Chomsky will be held in springtime 2018 in the USA.
