Global Tolerance Award 2003

On Human Rights Day, December 10, 2003, the Executive Director of UNAG was honored with the 2003 Global Tolerance Award at United Nations headquarters in New York. This award is presented annually by Friends of the United Nations, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting the principles and values of the United Nations Charter and building supportive constituencies for the work of the organization. According to Friends of the United Nations, the Global Tolerance Award is a “way of recognizing leadership and excellence” in those who answer the call “to practice tolerance and live together with one another in peace as good neighbors.”

In his letter informing UNAG of the nomination of the Executive Director for the award, the President and CEO of Friends of the United Nations, Dr. Noel J. Brown, noted that the Global Tolerance Award for 2003 goes to UNAG for its “significant education projects to heighten public understanding of the role and meaning of the United Nations” as well as “online magazine Civil Georgia committed to promote a broader civil participation in public policy” and “a number of humane programs on behalf of refugee communities.”

Certificate of Compliance with the Five Silver Principles of the Ethics Code

The coalition of national Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has worked for two years to develop an Ethics Code for Civil Society Organizations that spells out the principles CSOs are committed to and the standards of performance they strive to achieve.

The CSOs also charted the roadmap towards achieving these aims gradually. The Five Silver Principles are the initial elements of the roadmap, including transparency, financial diligence and accountability to beneficiaries.

The coalition of national Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has certified that UNAG is one of the sixteen national CSOs to comply with the Five Silver Principles.