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UNCA Awards Announcement

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2010 UNCA AWARDS FOR BEST COVERAGE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES

WINNERS WILL BE HONORED AT GALA EVENT
ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15
AT CIPRIANI 42ND STREET RESTAURANT, NEW YORK.

The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) will host its 15th Annual UNCA Awards Dinner and Dance for the best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field operations.

The prizes amount to over $50,000 with $10,000 each for the main categories.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present the prizes at the Awards gala dinner on Wednesday December 15 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.

John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, and Academy Award Winner Mira Sorvino, will take part in the event with the attendance of Hollywood celebrities, UN Diplomats and journalists from around the world.

The awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world.

The Awards are:

1. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation/UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change

2. The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Alexander Bodini Foundation, for written media (including online media) coverage of the UN and its agencies and their work.

 Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe bureau chief at the United Nations, died while on assignment in Baghdad in 2003.

3. The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast journalism coverage of the UN, and its agencies, jointly sponsored by the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations and Antena-3 of Spain.

 Ricardo Ortega, formerly the New York correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, was one of the leading Spanish journalists of his generation who was shot dead on mission, in Haiti in 2004.

4. The United Nations Foundation prize for any entry in any medium that best covers the humanitarian and development aspects of the U.N. and its agencies.

 

 The judges will look for entries with impact, insight and originality, and will take into account the courage and assiduity of the journalist. Investigative work is welcome.

We particularly welcome entries from outside the USA and even more so from developing world media.

Questions regarding Awards: Ian Williams at 1-212-686-8884, or UNCA office 1-212-963-7137.  

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UNCA Awards Committee:

Giampaolo Pioli (UNCA President), J.Tuyet Nguyen (Awards Event Chairman), Ian Williams (Awards Selection Chairman), Margaret Besheer (UNCA Treasurer), Louis Charbonneau and Masood Haider.

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For more information please contact: UNCA office: 212 963-7137;
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