UN Country Team in Armenia is pleased to announce the 2011 Award for the distinguished, outstanding, professional and objective journalistic coverage of the UN work in Armenia. Rules for submitting UN Award entries From April 06, 2011 to October 11, 2011, the UN Office in Armenia will be accepting media materials about UN work in Armenia from individual journalists (citizens of Armenia) from any print media, broadcast and online media outlet, operating on the territory of Armenia. The entries can be in all the journalistic formats, including print, radio, television, online, multimedia and images, etc. They must be prepared in 2011 and published, aired and posted by the time of the submission. The journalists should provide proof to this end (e.g., copy of the published article for print media, DVD of the aired report with TV channel logo evidence and the screenshot or URL of the web site for electronic media). Each journalist can submit as many entries as he/she wants. The authors own the copy right to their works. The entries may be in the Armenian, English or Russian languages. Materials may be submitted both via email at uno.yerevan@unic.org (subject line “UN Journalism Award 2011”), regular post sent to the UNDPI “UN Journalism Award 2011”, UN House, 14 Petros Adamyan Street, Yerevan 0010, Armenia, and in person to the UNDPI/Office at the mentioned address. Please make sure the submitted photos are of high enough digital resolution (minimum 300 dpi), while the videos are in one of the widely used formats (avi, mp4, mpg, wmv). . Questions regarding the UN Journalism Award may be directed to uno.yerevan@unic.org Award The winner will receive the envisaged Prize and a Certificate from the UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia, Ms Dafina Gercheva, at the Awards Ceremony on the UN Day on October 24, 2011. The best entries, including photos and multimedia stories, will be displayed at the UN House during the Ceremony. Awards Committee The Awards Committee consists of the members of the UN Communication Group, which represents all UN Agencies, Funds and Programms based in Armenia. It is left up to the expertise of the Committee members to determine exactly what makes a work "distinguished, outstanding, professional and objective."

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