Twelfth Annual UNCA Awards

THE UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA)

Announces its 2007 Awards for Coverage of the United Nations and its
Agencies

- Over $30,000 IN JOURNALISM PRIZES

United Nations President Tuyet Nguyen
New York NY 10017

The UN Correspondents Association invites media worldwide to submit entries
for its Twelfth Annual UNCA Awards for the best written and electronic
media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field operations.

There are no entry fees of any kind for submissions.

The UNCA Awards include the $10,000 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for
written media (including online media), the $10,000 Ricardo Ortega Memorial
Prize for broadcast journalism, and the $10,000 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 awards are made possible by the generous support of the U.N.
Foundation, Antena 3 TV of Spain, The Boston Globe, and UNCA itself.

Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will present the prizes at the UNCA Awards
Dinner at UN Headquarters in New York, 8 December 2007. The deadline for
entries is 27 October 2007

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

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.

The judges will look for similar qualities in entries for the UNCA
Journalism Awards

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

Work in print, internet, radio or TV between 1st October 2006 and
September 30th 2007 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
VHS (preferably NTSC) format. We particularly welcome entries from
outside the USA and even more so from developing world media.

A written transcript assists judging of radio and TV entries.

Multiple or joint entries will be accepted

Internal entries, or those arriving through UN pouch should go to

UNCA- Awards 2007, UNCA, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA

Mail, Fedex, registered or couriered packages should be sent to: Awards
Committee Correspondents Association Mailbox 613The Chrysler Building 132
East 43rd StreetNew York, NY 10017, USA
+1 (212) 867-0001

and scanned or email entries to unca-awards@ igc.org

Any questions, please email that address or telephone Awards Chair Ian
Williams at +1 212 686 8884

Check www.UNCA.com for details, results and lists of previous winners.