UNITED NATIONS, New York — The 2008 winners of the United Nations Population Award will receive their medals this week at an official ceremony at United Nations Headquarters. The two laureates, a former policy maker from Barbados and a New York-based non-governmental organization (NGO), were chosen for their outstanding work in population and in improving the health of individuals.
WHO:
- Ambassador Anders Lidén of Sweden, Chair of the Population Award Committee
- Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
The 2008 laureates:
- Dame Billie Antoinette Miller, former Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
- Family Care International, American NGO committed to making pregnancy and childbirth safer around the world
WHERE: ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations, New York.
WHEN: Thursday, 22 May, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Journalists are welcome to the award ceremony and a reception that follows.
To arrange interviews, please contact:
Omar Gharzeddine, tel.: +1 212 297-5028, gharzeddine@unfpa.org.
