A defender of freedom, justice and peace

Pau Casals struggled constantly for peace, justice and freedom. In 1971 the Secretary-General of the United Nations awarded Pau Casals the U.N. Peace Medal. The speech that Pau Casals gave to express his gratitude for this distinction, and afterwards his performance of "El cant dels ocells" (The Song of the Birds), form one of the most impressive testimonies to his human dimension