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Harvard's Nieman Foundation this month presented its highest honor to Monica Gonzalez, a noted journalist and critic of the Chilean government who was almost prevented from leaving her country to receive the award...
...foundation announced earlier this summer that Gonzalez had won the $1000 Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism. A four-member selection panel honored her for unbiased reporting under the repressive Chilean regime...
...award was an indirect tribute to U.N. Secretary-General Javiar Perez de Cuellar. Perez de Cuellar was instrumental in mediating the Iran-Iraqcease fire, initiating the Soviet withdrawal fromAfghanistan and promoting peace talks in southwestAfrica...
...Nobel Peace Prizes are usually symbolic,"Hoffmann said. But Hoffmann added the award willforce the nations of the world to "think moreseriously about peacekeeping forces...
With the honor of the prize comes a $390,000cash award. Perez de Cuellar said he would acceptthe prize on behalf of the forces Dec. 10 in Oslo...