THE UNITED NATIONS
CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION
RANAN LURIE POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD
AND
THE UNITED NATIONS
SOCIETY OF WRITERS & ARTISTS
RANAN LURIE POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD
COMMITTEE
for 2004
Invite political cartoonists of publications throughout the world to participate in
THE RANAN LURIE POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD
Competition For the Year 2004
UNCA and the UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY OF WRITERS & ARTISTS, in their desire to promote the highest standard of excellence in political cartoons depicting the spirit and principles of the United Nations, have established this annual political cartoon award given in the international field, and named the award after political cartoonist Ranan Lurie.
We have named this award after Mr. Lurie, as we find that his political cartoons epitomize the high standards that we at the UNCA and THE UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY OF WRITERS & ARTISTS, would like to see.
Dr. Elie Wiesel
Nobel Laureate
Chairman of the Judging Committee
Tony Jenkins
President
United Nations
Hans Janitschek
President
United Nations
Correspondence Association Society of Writers and Artists
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PRIZES
To be awarded in the presence of the Secretary General of the United Nations,
The Honorable Kofi Annan
1st prize - $10,000 and a plaque
2nd prize - $5000 and a plaque
3rd prize - $3000 and a plaque
10 Honorable Mentions in the form of plaques
PANEL OF JUDGES:
Chairman of the Judging Committee
Dr. Elie Wiesel
UNITED NATIONS Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Info.
Shashi Tharoor
President, UNITED NATIONS Correspondence Association
Tony Jenkins
President, UNITED NATIONS Society of Writers and Artists
Hans Janitschek
His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
Editor, Foreign Affairs
James F. Hoge, Jr.
Author
Norman Mailer
Actor and Founding Member of "The End-Hunger Network"
Jeff Bridges
Cy Young Award winner
David Cone
Publisher & CEO, The Advocate/Greenwich Time
Durham J. Monsma
Advocate of Freedom of the Press
Floyd Abrams, Esq.
Algeria's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Abdallah Baal
Canada's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Paul Heinbecker
Egypt's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Finland's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
Her Excellency Marjatta Rasi
Hungary's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency André Erdös
India's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma
Jordan's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Nigeria's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Prof. Ibrahim A. Gambari
Panama's Alternate Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
Her Excellency Mary Morgan-Moss
South Korea's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Sun Joun-yung
Spain's Ambassador to the UNITED NATIONS
His Excellency Inocencio F. Arias
For entry forms and more details, look at http://www.LurieUNaward.com