"I am convinced that I could not have attained even half of what this IPS International Achievement Award ascribes to me if it weren't for the power of the press, and organisations like IPS in particular, to convey not only the UN's exhaustively documented shortcomings, but also report on the organisation's invaluable and transformative work." – Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General receiving the IPS Award in December 2006.

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"I have followed IPS’s reporting for three decades, and worked with them at close quarters during my media-related assignments at the UN. … I have found IPS an excellent source of news and insightabout the developing world, covering stories that the world’s dominant media outlets too often ignore. … IPS reporters marry the highest professional standards of journalism to an institutional commitment to covering stories of particular concern to the global South. They are indispensable to any reader who wishes to stay abreast of what’s happening in developing countries around the world.” – Shashi Tharoor, a former UN Under- Secretary-General for public information  and auhor of several bestselling novels, including ‘The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone.

South-South Leadership Award
The United Nations presented its 2008 ‘South-South Leadership Award’ to Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency in December 2008 for its role in promoting stronger ties among developing nations and media outlets. “We consider ourselves privileged to accept this award — and we also view this as a recognition of the work we have been doing to highlight South-South cooperation in the field ofcommunications during the last 45 years,” said IPS Director-General Mario Lubetkin (left). The award was presented by Qatar's Ambassador to the UN, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (right), on behalf of the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation within the UN Development Programme (UNDP), which has honoured individuals and institutions over the last four years.

'Voices of the South on Globalization' is a monthly newsletter intended to inspire a meaningful North-South Dialogue by raising awareness for global interdependences and by offering a forum for voices from the South in the globalization debate.

Each edition of Voices of the South on Globalization presents short analyses or commentaries from a Southern perspective on one particular issue of the globalization process.

Voices of the South is published by IPS Europe with financial support from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

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