UN poster for Peace contest winners

United Nations commemorated its first UN General Assembly resolution 70 years ago calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, on May 3, 2016. 11 artists were honoured by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moom, General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft and Hollywood actor as well as UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas f abd 22-year old Anjali Chandrashekar of Tamil Nadu India, for winning the United Nations Poster for Peace contest.

First prize winner Ivan Ciro Palomino Huamani of Peru as 4,149 entries were submitted in the contest from 123 countries, sponsored by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs. Three winners and nine honourable mentions were announced.

The Second prize winner is Michelle Li from the United States for Peace in Our Hands,

Anjali Chandrashekar bagged the third price and an award of $1,000 for her poster “Cutting Barriers through Peace”, She also received an honourable mention for another poster entry titled “Break Free”.

 

The other honourable mentions are:  Who is the Bird Now? by Nadia Anthouli from Greece; The Red Beak by Jorge Malo from Spain; Change for Peace by Kazem Bokaei from Iran; War and Peace by Jixin Wang from China;Bomb of Peace by Sylwia Kuran from the United Kingdom; Love Peace No War by Lijang Sun from China; Must Be Zero by Kumi Nakazato from Japan; and Clear Nuclear Weapons from the World by Roberto Losada Maestre from Spain.  Each of these artists will receive a cash prize in the amount of $250.

The contest aims to raise awareness of the need for nuclear disarmament and to inspire citizens across the globe to add their voices, and use their artistic talents, to promote a world free of nuclear weapons.

Submitted posters must be original and in the 60 by 90 centimetres (2 feet x 3 feet) format. Also, posters must be created using traditional methods (pens, pencils, crayons, charcoal, oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolour, etc.) or modern digital illustration process.