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The UN
Correspondents Association Awards
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Sharon Stone, Alessandro Benetton, Sofia Carson.
Photo by: Jared Siskin
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The UN Correspondents Association (UNCA) Awards honored
journalists from Ghana, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
Philippines, UK, and the USA as well as Alessandro
Benetton, Sofia Carson, and Sharon Stone at a
black-tie ceremony at Casa Cipriani. Guest of honor, US
Secretary-General António Guterres was one of many
speakers who reminded the audience of “the grave and growing
dangers faced by journalists worldwide.” Valeria Robecco,
president of the UNCA “
at least 88 journalists were killed in the line of duty in
2022, marking a sharp increase over previous years”. |
Alessandro Benetton, the chairman of Edizione SaA, one
of the largest European holding companies, honored for
his advocacy, and his family’s legacy of inclusion, and
longstanding support of sustainability and human rights
lauded the work of journalists and explained humbly,
“there is nothing worse than long speeches by
businessmen so let me focus only on one project, the
Roma Fiumicino Airport, the main gate to Italy, which we
control in partnership with Blackstone. We’ve turned
the airport into an innovation hub, where airplanes run
on sustainable fuel, water is recycled, and operations
are powered by renewable energy. We are testing
artificial intelligence to handle aircrafts while
they’re on the ground and fully electric, zero emissions
taxi drones, to move passengers through the terminal. It
sounds like the future, but this is a current reality,
born from a focus on sustainability that we have been
applying to our businesses for almost a decade.
Sofia Carson, stunning in a full length black and white
dress, explained that being a UNICEF Ambassador was her
highest honor, “I am infinitely grateful to UNICEF for
bestowing me with the immense honor of being a UNICEF
Ambassador,” she declared, “UNICEF has been, and always
will be, a beacon of hope, a lifesaving force, and an
instrument of good for children in every corner of the
world. I am proudly, wholly and humbly, committed to
their life saving mission, and I cannot wait for the
journey that lies ahead…being a voice for women and
girls was the greatest joy of my life. A passionate
advocate for girls and their education. She played
tribute to her mother, Laura Char Carson, who was
seated next to her.
Sharon Stone spoke emotionally of the toll that “total
commitment to work" can take as she recalled her
marriage to a journalist, “The cost of truth is never
small in this effort to bring awareness" she declared
with tears in her eyes. Stone spoke of the commitment
to environmental sustainability, HIV/AIDS, and praising
the commitment of the Secretary General and all the
journalists assembled there as well as and the joys of
raising three children as a single mother.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s
Sherwin Bryce-Pease proved a witty master of
ceremonies. The evening included several witticisms at
the expense of the personalities assembled, not unlike
the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Attendees included Agnese
Benetton, Luce Benetton, Francesca Bodini, Dr. Joyce
F. Brown, Chiara Clemente, Marco Congiu, Carmelia
Entekhabi, Evelyn Leopold, H.E. Miguel Angel
Moratinos, Ricardo Ortega, Priscilla Rattazzi,
Shalini Singh, Carl Skau, Alannah Travers, Carlo
Tunioli, Nadima Umar.
The UNCA
Awards honors journalists from around the world who have
provided the best print, broadcast and electronic media
coverage of the United Nations, UN agencies, and field
operations. UNCA is a professional organization of over
200 journalists from dozens of countries representing
scores of publications and broadcasters from all regions
of the world, plus the major global news agencies.
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