The United
Nations (UN) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) would like to congratulate Biliso
Osake from Goroka, who has won first prize in the Pacific Category of the
Asia-Pacific Cartoon Contest.
Osake has won US$1,000 and his cartoon will be portrayed on
international websites as well as international exhibitions and events related
to Human Development and Climate Change.
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| Biliso Osake's prize-winning cartoon |
The theme of the
contest was Climate Change in
Asia-Pacific, A People’s Perspective and Osake’s cartoon was selected as
the winner by an international panel of experts.
“Biliso’s cartoon is creative, funny, and an excellent
portrayal of the impact climate change is beginning to have on thousands of
people in the Pacific.
“This is a lived reality for many people in the region, and
Biliso’s cartoon gets to the heart of the issue.
“We are extremely proud that a Papua New Guinean has won and
is representing the Pacific on such an issue,” remarked UN resident coordinator,
David McLachlan-Karr.
Osake has previously worked with the UN in PNG on cartoons
promoting human rights to the general PNG public.
The objective of contest (www.cartooncontestasiapacific.com)
was to support advocacy that brings people to the centre of climate change and
human development debates.
The contest encouraged people from Asia-Pacific developing
countries to portray issues of concern related to climate change in the region
from a people’s perspective.
Climate change presents a
major development challenge to sustainable livelihoods as it threatens to
undermine international, national, and community efforts to combat poverty, and
exacerbates already existing inequalities between and within countries.
The contest was co-organised by the UNDP
Asia-Pacific Regional Centre and the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
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