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, New York

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, New York

NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for 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.

There are no entry fees of any kind for submissions. Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2010.

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.

Work in print, Internet, radio or TV between September, 2009 and August, 2010, covering the UN and its agencies in whatever capacity. 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.

Entries not in one of the official languages of the UN should have a translation into English or French, and video entries should be in DVD or VHS (preferably NTSC) format.

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

A written transcript will assist judging of radio and TV entries. Multiple or joint entries will be accepted.

Mailing address:
Fedex, registered or couriered packages should be sent to:

UNCA Awards Committee
Mailbox 613
The Chrysler Building
132 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017, USA
+1 (212) 867-0001

Send scanned or email entries and any questions to: UNCAAwards2010@unca.com

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

Giampaolo Pioli Tuyet J. Nguyen
UNCA President Awards Event Chairman

J. Tuyet Nguyen
UN Correspondent
German Press Agency dpa
United Nations Room 352
Cell: 646-229-8297
Tel: 212-319-6626
Fax: 212-753-6168
Email: Natuyet@aol.com

Source: United Nations Correspondents Association

CONTACT: Questions regarding Awards: Ian Williams, +1-212-686-8884, or
UNCA office, +1-212-963-7137, or J. Tuyet Nguyen, UN Correspondent, German
Press Agency dpa, United Nations Room 352, Cell: +1-646-229-8297, Tel:
+1-212-319-6626, Fax: +1-212-753-6168, Natuyet@aol.com

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