Winter-2010
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Current News, Announcements, Advisories:
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Announcing the 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
Prior News and Announcements:
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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.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 January 2010 )
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