World Prize "In the Service of Humanity" Awarded in Moscow

The Moscow World Trade Center hosted today the gala ceremony of the World Public Recognition Prize "In the Service of Humanity," as Prensa Latina confirmed.

The ceremony was the final gala event of the Second World Public Assembly "New World: Values That Unite," which brought together more than five thousand delegates from 150 countries in the Russian capital over two days.

The prize is awarded to statesmen and public figures, representatives of science, culture and cosmonautics from different countries around the world, whose long-term activities have become an example of service to society, strengthening peace and mutual understanding among peoples, protecting human dignity and responsibility for the future.

On this occasion, the winners of the World Public Recognition Prize "In the Service of Humanity" were Ali Nasser Mohammed of Yemen; Vladimir Yakunin of Russia; Tokon Mamytov of Kyrgyzstan; Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu of South Africa; Lisa Sotilis of Greece; Marcos César Pontes of Brazil; and Fidel Antonio Castro Smirnov of Cuba.

Dalbir Singh, a member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the World Assembly of Peoples, was the guest of honor at the ceremony and addressed the audience with a welcoming speech.

For his part, Castro Smirnov, who was elected this month as Vice President of the World Assembly of Peoples, emphasized that above all we are human beings with the same indivisible dignity, wherever we live. And dignity is not an abstract feeling or a phrase of diplomatic courtesy.

It takes material form in a school that opens its doors, in a hospital that can truly care for its patients, in a laboratory that can import the equipment it needs, in an electrical grid that keeps a family's light on throughout the day and night, he added.

And he noted that when any of that is denied to a people, not by real scarcity but by the decision of others, dignity ceases to be a philosophical concept and becomes a concrete wound.

He likewise stated that we are diversity: different languages, histories, religions and systems of thought that do not divide us, but should remind us that dignity does not belong to one particular civilization, but to the entire human species. No culture has a monopoly on what it means to be dignified, and no hierarchy among peoples can honestly be sustained in light of that premise.

From the Caribbean nation, the director of the Fidel Castro Center, René González Barrios, also participated in this Second World Public Assembly, and was among those who led the high-level panel "Culture, New Media and Social Diplomacy: Creating Transparent Trust Among Peoples."

The award ceremony, held in a solemn atmosphere, symbolized recognition of the contributions of outstanding individuals to strengthening humanitarian values, promoting international cooperation and building a just and safe future for generations to come.