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Tony Jenkins, (l.), UNCA President; Angelina Jolie, recipient of the first UNCA Citizen of the World Award; U.N. First Lady, Nane Annan and Ian Williams, Master of Ceremony, 2003.
The
Executive Committee of the The United Nations Correspondents Association
cordially
invites you to
The 9th Annual UNCA Awards Dinner and
Dance
to
honor the winners of
The
2004 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for Print Journalism
The
2004 Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for Broadcast Journalism
The
2004 United Nations Foundation Prize for Reporting on Humanitarian and
Developmental Affairs
The
2004 Ranan Lurie Prizes for Political Cartoons Reflecting the Spirit of the UN
and
the winners of
The
2004 Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World Award
Reception:
7:00 pm
Dinner
and Presentations: 8:00 pm
Dancing
and open bar till the night is done
Friday
December 3rd 2004
UN
Delegates Dining Room, UN Headquarters 4th Floor
First
Avenue and 45th Street, New York City
Guest
of Honor & Awards Presenter: H.E. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General
The
2004 UNCA Excellence in Journalism Awards
The
Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize was established to celebrate the work of
our former colleague, a correspondent for The Boston Globe, who was
killed while covering the war in Iraq in 2003.
The prize recognizes exceptional reporting on the UN in print media.
It is worth $10,000 and is co-sponsored by The Boston Globe and
the UN Correspondents Association.
The
Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize
was established to celebrate the work of our
former colleague, a correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, who was
killed while covering the situation in Haiti earlier this year.
The prize recognizes superlative reporting in broadcast media.
It is worth $10,000 and is sponsored by Antena 3 TV.
The
United Nations Foundation Prize
recognizes excellence in reporting on
humanitarian and development issues. The prize is worth $10,000 and is sponsored
by the UN Foundation.
The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards were
created in 2000 to reward cartoons that “enhance, explain and help direct the
spirit and principles of the UN.” The
Awards in total are worth $18,000. Ranan
Lurie, an UNCA member, is a world renowned cartoonist.
The
United Nations Correspondents Association
was founded in 1947, when the UN
first began to meet regularly in New York.
We are the legal heirs of the former League of Nations Journalists’
Association. Our 180 members
come from some 50 nations. The
awards were created in 1995 and have been presented annually ever since, except
for one post-9-11 hiatus. The
purpose of the awards is to recognize and encourage excellence in reporting on
the United Nations, its affiliated agencies, organizations and missions, world
wide.
The
2004 UNCA Citizen of the World Award Recipients
Dr
Hans Blix, the former Foreign Minister of Sweden, was most recently the head of
the UN’s weapons inspection team in Iraq.
Before that, from 1981 to 1997, he was the Director General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency in which capacity he oversaw the dismantling
of Iraq’s nuclear weapons program. He was a delegate to the UN General
Assembly for 20 years and to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva for 16.
Lakhdar
Brahimi, former Foreign Minister of Algeria, was most recently the Secretary
General’s chief envoy to Iraq in which capacity he was the principal architect
of the interim government. Prior to
that, as the UN’s top man in Afghanistan for more than 3 years, he shepherded
the formation of the post-war government, the path to constitutional democracy
and the start of reconstruction. Earlier still he led UN missions in Haiti and
South Africa.
Nicole
Kidman, an Oscar winning actress, became a Goodwill Ambassador for Australian
UNICEF in 1994 after witnessing the consequences of the genocide in Rwanda.
She is a strong supporter of humanitarian causes that affect children,
including the campaign against landmines, the plight of Romanian orphans and
after school programs for New York City kids. Her new film The Interpreter, set
in the UN, will open in February.
Guest
of Honor and Awards Presenter
H.E. Kofi Annan, has been Secretary General of the United Nations since 1997. A citizen of Ghana and long time international civil servant, in 2001 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless efforts to rid the world of the scourge of war.
Dinner is designed by Stephen Lewandowski, Executive Chef
at Tribeca Grill
Champagne courtesy of Champagne Piper-Heidseick
Wines courtesy of Baileyana Winery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Cocktails by Master Mixologist Dale DeGroff, author of 'The
Craft of the Cocktail'
The Macallan single
malt has been our distinctive sponsor since we began in 1995
Floral Arrangements by Setsuko Higashimoto, Master Floral Artist
Cameras courtesy Kodak and SNAP students
Music by Cultural Vibes
Event Planner - Clair
McCarthy, CQS Total Event Management, London
Black Tie or National
Dress
Proceeds from the evening
are used to foster excellence in journalism
2004
UNCA Executive Committee
President,
Tony Jenkins
First
Vice President,
Jim Wurst
Second
Vice President,
Vladimir Kikilo
Third
Vice President,
Lee
Love
Secretary,
Anjali Sharma
Treasurer,
Horacio Sofi
Committee
Members at Large
Ricardo Alday
Raghida Dergham
Hongze He
Joe Lauria
Evelyn Leopold
Besty Pisik
William Reilly
William Varner
Sylviane Zehil
Chairman
of the Dinner Committee,
Tony Jenkins
Vice
Chairman Dinner Committee-Chairman Invitations and Ticket Committee,
Gloria Starr Kins
Chairman
of the Awards Committee,
Ian Williams
The
Honorary Committee
Honorary Chairman, H.E. Jean Ping, President of the UN General Assembly
Mrs. Tomiko Abe, Stop Aids Foundation
H.E. Mr. Robert Guba Aisi, Permanent
Representative of Papua New Guinea
Mr. Walter Arbib, Skylink
H.E. Mr. Mr. Abdallah Baali,
Permanent Representative of Algeria
H.E.
Mr. Paul Badji, Permanent Representative of Senegal
H.E. Mr. Lauro L. Baja, Jr.,
Permanent Representative of Philippines
Mr. Dan Bennett
Mr. Bernard J. Bercik, Jr.
H.E. Mr. Enrique Berruga, Permanent Representative of Mexico
Hon. Leanna Brown
Mr. Ken Browar
Hon. Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy
Head of Delegation of the European Commission
Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, USG
and High Representative of OHRLLS
H.E. Mr. John Dauth, Permanent Representative of Australia
Princess Ngeuusay de Brancovan,
Foundation for Leaders of Tomorrow
H.E. Mr. Andrey Denisov, Permanent
Representative of Russia
Mrs. Joycelyn Engle Di Palma
Mr. Amir Dossal, Executive Director,
UNFIP
Mr. Ibrahim A. Gambari, USG, Special
Adviser on Africa
H.E. Mr. Mr. Shofry Abdul Ghafor,
Permanent Representative of Brunei
H.E. Mr. Crispin S. Gregoire,
Permanent Representative of Dominica
H.E. Mr. Wang Guangya, Permanent Representative of China
Mrs. Georganne Aldrich Heller,
President Irish Theatre and Film Productions
Hon. Roy Innis
H.E.
Mr. Jean- Marc Hoscheit, Permanent Representative of
Luxembourg
H.E. Mr. Rastam Mohd Isa, Permanent
Representative of Malaysia
H.E. Mr. Kim Sam-hoon, Permanent
Representative of Republic of Korea
H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov,
Permanent Representative of Republic of Kazakhstan
Mr. Vladimir Kikilo, U.N. Bureau
Chief ITAR-TASS
Mr. Charles Kipps
H.E.
Mr. Hynek Kmonicek, Permanent Representative of Czech
Republic
Kenji Koga
H.E. Mr. Mokhtar Lamani, Ambassador,
OIC
H.E. Khunying
Laxanachantorn Laohaphan, Permanent Representative of Thailand
H.E. Mr. Don MacKay, Permanent
Representative of New Zealand
H.E. Yahya Mahmassani, The League of
Arab States
H.E. Mr. Ismael Gaspar Martins, Permanent Representative of Angola
Giusi Mastro, President, OraStudio
Inc. Architecture & Design
H.E. Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyannis, Permanent Representative of Cyprus
Ms. Clair McCarthy, C.Q.S Total Event Management, London
Mr. Paddy McCarthy, Irish
Connections, Publisher
H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon,
Singapore
Karl Meyer, World Policy Institute
H.E. Mr. Mihnea Ioan Motoc, Romania
H.E. Mr. Heraldo Munoz, Permanent
Representative of Chile
Mr. Dileep Nair, USG for Internal Oversight Service
H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser,
Permanent Representative of Qatar
Mr. Victor Navasky, Editor in Chief,
The Nation, Professor, Columbia J. School
H.E. Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent
Representative of UK
Mrs. Yvonne Paterson
Mrs. Lois Plehn
H.E. Dr. Gunter Pleuger, Permanent
Representative of Germany
Mr. J. Douglas Reid-Green, BASF
H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc de la Sablière,
Permanent Representative of France
Mr. Samir Sanbar, Former ASG, UN
Department of Public Information
H.E. Mr. Marcello Spatafora,
Permanent Representative of Italy
H.E. Mr. Nirupam Sen, Permanent
Representative of India
Mrs. Laura Silber, Open Society
Institute
Mr. and Mrs Christopher B. Smithers,
The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, USG, UN
Department of Public Information
Prof. Seymour Topping, International
Journalism, Columbia University
H.E. Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis, Permanent Representative of Greece
Mr Benno Wiersma, SUNENERGY, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mr. Eugeniusz Wyzner, Vice-Chairman,
International Civil Service Commission
Kousuko Yamada, STONEHEAD, Inc. Japan
H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barrnuevo,
Permanent Representative of Spain
Mr. Bailin Zheng, Bank of China
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