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U.N
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Richard Branson, named
Citizen of the World by the United Nations Correspondents Association for his
strong support of environmental and humanitarian causes. Stephen Schlesinger,
historian and MaximsNews Senior Editor/Columnist is among the U.N. press corps
offering congratulations. Photo
by
Gloria Starr Kins, MaximsNews Diplomatic Editor.
Dr.
Max Stamper, Publisher of MaximsNews; Stephen
Schlesinger,
historian and Senior
Editor/Columnist of MaximsNews; Kiyotaka Akasaka, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General of Communications; Dr.
Susan Roosevelt Weld, Harvard Law
School and MaximsNews Columnist at the United Nations Correspondents Association
Awards Dinner at U.N. headquarters in
New York
on 07 December 2007. Photo by
Gloria Starr Kins, MaximsNews Diplomatic Editor.
UNITED
NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA) AWARDS CITIZEN OF THE WORLD AWARD TO
RICHARD BRANSON - HONOURS INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS: 11/12/2007
(MaximsNews Network)
UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 11
December 2007 -- The U.N. Correspondents Association (UNCA)
presented their Twelfth UNCA Annual Awards Friday at the Delegates Dining Room
at United Nations Headquarters in New York. J Tuyet Nguyen, UNCA president
and Awards Chair Ian Williams presided and the following awards were
presented: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented awards to Richard
Branson as UNCA Citizen of the World and others as follows:
Secretary
General Ban Ki Moon will present the awards to the following:
UNCA Citizen of the World Award
Richard Branson,
For
his strong support for environmental and humanitarian causes,
Who
will be introduced by Oscar-winning Actress Mira Sorvino
UN
Foundation Prize for Coverage of Development Issues
Gold:
Lazaro Mabunda O
Pais
Mozambique
“a
very strong effort at documenting national failure on what G77 governments claim
is the most pressing UN goal”
Silver:
Shakuntala Perera, Daily
Mirror Sri Lanka
“A
revealing window on how ‘jawboning’ by UN human rights bodies and
representatives can generate domestic political pressures domestically for
government to clean up its act.”
Elixabeth
Neuffer Award for best Overall Print Coverage of the UN and its Work
Joint
Gold:
Opheera McDoom
Reuters,
Sudan
“A
consistent, continuing, and convincing coverage of the Darfur agony and
Khartoum
mendacity – from the capital and from the countryside; multitextured and
fearless”
&
Maggie Farley & Edmund Sanders,
LA Times, USA, Coverage of Darfur
“impressive
reporting on a global disaster.”
Silver
Godwin
Nnanna Businessday,
Nigeria
,
“A
good series ‘from the streets’ of
Ivory Coast, tracking locals' assessment of the UN at work there."
Antena
3 Ricardo Ortega Prize for Best Electronic Coverage
Gold:
Cairo
Bureau
NHK,
Japan
,
“For
a broad television audience in a faraway land, this represents a major
journalistic investment – and one that palpably captures the feel of a
collapsed
Somalia
”
Silver:
Martin Semukanya Executive
Producer Channel Africa
South Africa
“An
informative radio report on development issues in
Africa
, balanced yet critical."
Gold:
Talal Al-Haj,
Producer, Al-Arabiya
“for a detailed historical overview and current examination of UN for
the Arab World”
As
befits a competition rewarding coverage of the United Nations, this year’s
finalists submitted in Arabic, English, French, Japanese, and Portuguese. The
winners will share $33,000 in prizes- but it is the glory that counts!
Entries
this year came from Afghanistan, Armenia, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroun, China, Egypt, Ghana,
Japan, Kenya, Korea, India,
Lebanon, Mongolia, Mozambique, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Romania, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan,
Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States, which reflects the unique nature
of the UNCA Awards, which are unusual
in being international in nature and in not charging an entry fee.
There
will be a photo-op at 7:15, on the second floor of the UN. The Dinner and Awards
begin at 7:30 in the Delegates Dining Room.
Press
must obtain a UN grounds pass for the event.
Photos
of some of this year's winners and details of previous awardees are available at
www.unca.com
For
more details call
Ian Williams, Chairman
UNCA Awards Committee, 917 362 1477
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