Ian Lavery MP is the eighteenth British parliamentarian to formally nominate Cuban medics for the Nobel Peace Prize
Ian Lavery MP is the eighteenth British Member of Parliament to formally nominate the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Ian was elected MP for Wansbeck in North East England in 2010 and was Chair of the Labour Party between 2017-2020. Ian was previously President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 2002 to 2010.
In support of his nomination Ian said:
Online meeting with CSC Committee in Merseyside
London, 13 January, 2021.- Cuban Ambassador to the United Kingdom Bárbara Montalvo Álvarez attended this afternoon an online event organized by the Cuban Solidarity Campaign local group in Merseyside, England.
Montalvo gave an up-to-date presentation of the country’s efforts to tackle the COVID-19, and praised Cuba’s health system which allows to sustain all other health programs. She highlighted that 85.1% of all diagnosed cases have recovered, and that only 3.6% of them had to be admitted to critical care units.
Third member of the House of Lords and the eighteenth British parliamentarian to formally nominate Henry Reeve Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
“The inspirational Henry Reeve International Brigade is an example of the solidarity, mutual support and cooperation which we need in place of the competition and exploitation which typifies globalisation today."
The 17th British parliamentarian to formally nominate Henry Reeve Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
"The Henry Reeve Medical Brigade embodies the vocation of medicine and the spirit of the revolution. Its medics show selfless conduct in the service of others and often at great risk to themselves. It deserves to be recognised for the good it does and the example it sets - humanity and medicine in essence and at its finest.