UNCA Awards 2014 to be announced in New York:
For Immediate Release
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, New York, December 13,
2013 -- On Tuesday, December 16th, 2014, U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon will be the guest of honor at the U.N.
Correspondents Association and present the awards for journalists
who have provided the best coverage of U.N. activities worldwide
during the year, and he will award the UNCA top prizes for the Global
Citizen of the Year, Global Advocate of the Year, and the U.N.
Correspondents Association Special Award for Global Education.
The U.N. Correspondents Association will be honoring Andrea
Bocelli and his wife Veronica Berti as the UNCA Global
Citizens of the Year for the Andrea Bocelli Foundation’s devotion
to helping people in need with a special commitment to Haiti. The
Association will honor Sting and Trudie Styler as the UNCA
Global Advocates of the Year for their work as co-founders of the
Rainforest Foundation Fund, which supports the rights of indigenous
peoples and preserves the environment.
The U.N. Correspondents Association will honor Enver Yücel,
Chairman and founder of Bahçeşehir Ugur Education Institutions
with the UNCA Special Award for Global Education. The award
will be presented by the U.N. Secretary General, for Enver Yücel’s
global contributions to education worldwide.
To journalists from around the world, UNCA will award the
Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, the Ricardo Ortega
Memorial Prize, the Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA
Global Prize, and the United Nations Foundation Prize.
The dinner will be attended by U.N. officials, diplomats, and
journalists from around the world.
UNCA, founded in 1948, is a non-profit association that represents
over 250 journalists from around the world covering U.N. activities at
U.N. headquarters in New York.
Previous winners include President Bill Clinton, Sir Richard Branson,
Angelina Jolie, Ted Turner, Columbia Professor Jeffrey Sachs,
Nicholas Cage, Mira Sorvino, John Prendergast, Raymond G.
Chambers with Professor Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Forest Whitaker and
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Last year, the Association honored
Stevie Wonder for his work as an advocate for Persons with
Disabilities and Michael Douglas as a Messenger of Peace for
disarmament and recognized Emmanuel Jal, South Sudanese
musician and former child soldier, and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels,
for their advocacy of peace through music.
Andrea Bocelli and Andrea Griminelli, flutist will perform
at the event.
The UNCA Awards Committee is a non-profit organization devoted to
encouraging and rewarding excellence in journalism.
Giampaolo Pioli is UNCA Awards Chairman, and can be reached at
[email protected]
Media contact Kahraman Haliscelik Tel: 646-981 7787 Email:
[email protected]