The Sir Brian Urquhart Award is given annually by the United Nations Association – UK for distinguished service to the United Nations.[1] The award celebrates Urquhart’s work on behalf of the UN, and is presented to individuals whose own efforts reflect his contribution.
Urquhart was the second person recruited to the UN Secretariat in 1945[2] and worked with the Executive Committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations to establish the administrative framework of the organisation that had been created by the U.N. Charter. Having served at the United Nations for four decades,[3] Urquhart undertook the direction of peacekeeping operations, in the Middle East, Cyprus, Kashmir, Lebanon and the Congo. Urquhart retired in 1986 at the rank of Under-Secretary-General.[4] He is currently[when?] a member of UNA-UK's expert advisory panel.
Recipients
editPast recipients of the award include:
- 2011: Dame Margaret Anstee[5]
- 2012: Sir Richard Jolly[6][7]
- 2013: Ian Martin[8]
- 2014: Lynn Davies[9]
- 2015: Lord Hannay of Chiswick[10]
- 2016: Christine Chinkin[11]
- 2017: Lord Judd of Portsea[1]
- 2018: Purna Sen[1]
- 2019: Andrew Gilmour
- 2020: Zeinab Badawi[1]
- 2021: Nisreen Elsaim and Maria Fernanda Espinosa
References
edit- ^ a b c d "The Sir Brian Urquhart Award". United Nations Association.
- ^ "The 2000 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Brian Urquhart - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation". Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ "In praise of … Brian Urquhart | Editorial". The Guardian. 2011-05-24. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ "Urquhart - Sir Brian Urquhart - Amherst College". www.amherst.edu.
- ^ "Dame Margaret Joan Anstee, DCMG 1926-2016". www.cchs.co.uk. 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Richard Jolly on human security at the UN - UNA-UK". www.una.org.uk.
- ^ "UNESCO Director-General celebrates UN Day". www.unesco.org.
- ^ "UNA-UK celebrates United Nations Day 2013". United Nations Association.
- ^ "Professor Lynn Davies presented with the Sir Brian Urquhart award". www.birmingham.ac.uk.
- ^ "Ambassador hosts reception for 70th anniversary of UN". France in the United Kingdom - La France au Royaume-Uni.
- ^ "Professor Christine Chinkin wins UN award for distinguished service - 10 - 2016 - News archives - News and media - Website archive - Home". www.lse.ac.uk.