Spring-2012

Current News, Announcements, Advisories:

• Announcing the 2012 Awards, Call for Submissions - The UNCA invites media worldwide to submit entries for the 17th Annual UNCA Awards for best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field operations. details here submission instructions here  

• Announcing the 2011 Awards Winners - details here

• 2011 Awards Photo Gallery - details here

• Announcing the 2012 UNCA Executive Committee - Meet our Team

Prior News and Announcements:

• 2011 UNCA Executive Committee. We appreciate your service and thank you for a job well done!  details here

• The 2011 UNCA Awards Dinner & Dance - The 2011 UNCA Awards for best coverage of the United Nations and its Agencies was held on Wednesday December 14, 2011 at Cipriani on 42^nd Street.  It was a gala event! details here

• Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize of $2000, donated by NHK to orphanage in Haiti. read more

• Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowship Winners Announced Details Here

• Memorial News  - Alec Collett was a long-standing UNCA member who went on a temporary assignment with UNRWA in Lebanon when he was kidnapped in 1985. UNCA made him Honorary President the following year, and for many years met annually to keep his case alive. In 1995, we made a contribution to a scholarship fund for his son Karim, who was eleven when his father disappeared and many of our members maintained contact with his wife Elaine. We joined our efforts with the UN staff union to pressure the UN to employ her. Last December , it was announced that finally, his remains had been recovered and identified.

  We in UNCA extend our deepest sympathy to Elaine and Karim and reiterate our support for journalists, and indeed UN staff similarly attacked anywhere in the world.

• 2010 UNCA Awards - Winners - The United Nations Correspondents Association announced the 2010 UNCA awards for best coverage or the United Nations and its Agencies. details here

• 2010 UNCA Executive Committee   - We appreciate your service and thank you for a job well done!  details here

• 2009 UNCA Award Winners  - On Friday, December 4th, 2009 Secretary General Ban Ki Moon formally recognized the following winners at the UNCA Awards Dinner at UN Delegates Dining Room in NYC.  details here

• The UNCA Executive Committee for 2009  - We appreciate your service and thank you for a job well done!  details here