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The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. The awards are presented in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias in a ceremony conducted by Felipe, Prince of Asturias. The prizes are regularly criticized for the excessive amount of Spanish winners.

The Prince of Asturias Awards was established in 1981. A sculpture expressly created by Spanish sculptor Joan Miró is presented to the yearly recipients.

The Awards winners are:

  • Concord:
  • *1987: Villa El Salvador
  • *1988: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and World Wild Fund for Nature
  • *1989: Stephen Hawking
  • *1990: Sephardic Communities
  • *1991: Medicus Mundi and Médecins Sans Frontières
  • *1992: American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
  • *1993: Coordinadora Gesto por la Paz in the Basque Country
  • *1994: Save the Children, National Movement of Street Children and Messengers of Peace
  • *1995: H.M. Hussein I, king of Jordan
  • *1996: Adolfo Suárez
  • *1997: Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich
  • *1998: Nicolás Castellanos, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea and Muhammad Yunus
  • *1999: Caritas Española
  • *2000: Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
  • *2001: World Network of Biosphere Reserves
  • *2002: Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said
  • *2003: J. K. Rowling
  • *2004: The Way of Saint James
  • *2005: The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
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