Each year, the Committee for the United Nations Population Award presents an award to an individual(s) and/or institution(s) in recognition of outstanding contributions to increasing the awareness of population questions and to their solution. The Award, which was established by the General Assembly in November 1981, in resolution 36/201, and was first presented in 1983, consists of a gold medal, a diploma and a monetary prize. Nominations for the award are accepted through 31 December of each year.
Secretary-General Presents Population Award to This Year's Laureates
UNITED NATIONS, 2 June 2009 — Each year the United Nations Population Award recognizes the work of an individual and an institution for outstanding contributions to population concerns and their solutions. Yesterday United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented the 2009 award to two laureates: a Nicaraguan non-governmental organization, Movimiento Comunal Nicaragüense and an Egyptian doctor, Mahmoud Fahmy Fathalla. The Secretary-General praised their work in helping mothers and the rural poor to claim their right to health. read more
For further enquiries on the United Nations Population Award, please send email to: Ms. Lily Tong (tong@unfpa.org) or Mr. Kwabena Osei-Danquah (danquah@unfpa.org).
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