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Applications Invited for
United Nations Journalism Fellowships
The Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Scholarship Fund has announced that it is
accepting applications for its 2006 Dag Hammarskjold Fellowships, which
will be awarded to four journalists from developing countries in Asia,
Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
The application deadline is Monday, April 17. Final selection of the 2006
Fellows will be made in May. The 2006 Fellowships will begin in early
September and extend until early November. The two-month programme will
provide recipients an opportunity to cover the 61st Session of the United
Nations General Assembly, meet with leading international experts and
diplomats, and to increase their understanding of diplomatic
decision-making. The Fellowship includes airfare, hotel accommodations and
per diem expenses.
Three of the Fellows selected will be young journalists, aged 25-35. For
the first time, the Fund will also sponsor a fellowship for a mid-career
distinguished journalist, age 35-45 with 10 to 15 years professional
journalism experience, who is interested in foreign policy and
diplomacy, and who will develop an in-depth project on a U.N.-related
topic during the fellowship.
Raghida Dergham, Chair of the Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Scholarship Fund,
said, "This fellowship programme is about providing a unique opportunity
for exceptional journalists to cover international affairs from the United
Nations."
Dergham, who is also the senior diplomatic correspondent and columnist for
Al Hayat/LBC added, "Coming to New York is a milestone in the lives of
promising journalists interested in the UN and in international
relations. And this is exactly what our mission is all about: a window to
a milestone in the life of a journalist from the developing world."
Over its 45-year history, the Memorial Scholarship Fund has awarded
fellowships to more than 150 journalists from 75 countries; many of them
have risen to prominence in their professions. In 2005, the Fund awarded
four fellowships to journalists from Ethiopia, Lebanon, the Maldives, and
Nepal.
The Dag Hammarskjold Fellowship Program was established in 1961 in memory
of the late UN Secretary-General who was killed in an airplane crash while
on a peace mission. "His wisdom and his modesty, his unimpeachable
integrity and single-minded devotion to duty, have set a standard for all
servants of the international community," said Secretary-General Kofi
Annan.
Application information and full details regarding the Fellowship
Programme can be found at
www.unjournalismfellowship.org.
Further information may be obtained by contacting the Dag Hammarskjold
Memorial Scholarship Fund at: info@unjournalismfellowship.org.
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