World Peace Council supports Nobel Prize for Cuban medical contingent

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 28 (ACN) The World Peace Council (WPC) once again ratified its support for the proposal to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban medical contingent Henry Reeve, in recognition of his historic humanitarian work.

In a letter sent to Berit Reiss-Andersen, president of the Norwegian committee of the award, the international body indicates that "the pandemic of the COVID-19 is another example of how essential international solidarity becomes in the promotion of a just peace and in the relief of the suffering of people during emergencies", Prensa Latina reported.

In this regard, it points out, the work of the Cuban medical contingent Henry Reeve, which was carried out long before the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, is distinguished as the most honest paradigm.
For the Council, this fact leads it to ask that it 'recognize how brave and exemplary the group's effort is by awarding it the Nobel Peace Prize'.

It highlights that currently several Cuban medical brigades are saving lives in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, in 27 African countries, two in the Middle East and seven in Asia.

Signed by its president Socorro Gomes, the letter insists that the work of the Henry Reeve is "crucial in fostering peace in the midst of violent and structural conflicts, and in creating conditions so that people can have their most basic needs fulfilled in conditions of disaster and extreme poverty.