International Cartoon Exhibition - "21 st Century Humanity in Nature"

As part of its efforts to link Earth Day (22 April) and World Environment Day (5 June) in a stream of activities to raise awareness of issues affecting the global environment, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hosting an International Environmental Cartoon Exhibition in the Public Lobby at UN Headquarters for the month of May.

Mose (France).
The father of modern French cartoons began in 1946 in major newspapers.

Ross Thomson (United Kingdom)
His works can be seen in many magazines, children books, animated commercials, et al.
Ross Thomson (U.K.)
Prize of United Nations
Environnment Programme

This exhibit is the result of a contest conducted by KICC last year, which includes the work of 70 artists from 25 countries, with over 200 pieces in the full exhibition.

Three main prizes were awarded by the exhibition's organizers: the "Prize of the United Nations" awarded to Ms Svetlana Tiourina (Netherlands), the "Prize of the UN Environment Programme" went to Mr. Ross Thomson (United Kingdom) and the "Prize of the Kyoto International Cartoon Congress" to Mr. Rimantas Rolia (Lithuania).

Svetlana Tiourina (Netherlands)

Svetlana Tiourina (Netherlands)
Prize of the United Nations

Eray Ozbek (Turkey)
Has won 49 prizes in national and international exhibitions.

Mik Jago (Israel)
Political cartoonist for 5 newspapers all over the world for the past 30 years.

The exhibition has been put together by the Kyoto International Cartoon Congress (KICC) and Kyoto's Seika University, with support from several private sources in Japan. A similar exhibition was staged at the 1997 Kyoto Climate Change Conference.

Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine)
Has won prizes in many countries.

Pyotr Kulinich (Russia)
His work has appeared in local and national publications, books and collections of humorous drawing.

As part of its efforts to link Earth Day (22 April) and World Environment Day (5 June) in a stream of activities to raise awareness of issues affecting the global environment, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hosting an International Environmental Cartoon Exhibition in the Public Lobby at UN Headquarters for the month of May.
Ross Thomson (U.K.) Prize of United Nations Environnment Programme	This exhibit is the result of a contest conducted by KICC last year, which includes the work of 70 artists from 25 countries, with over 200 pieces in the full exhibition. Three main prizes were awarded by the exhibition's organizers: the "Prize of the United Nations" awarded to Ms Svetlana Tiourina (Netherlands), the "Prize of the UN Environment Programme" went to Mr. Ross Thomson (United Kingdom) and the "Prize of the Kyoto International Cartoon Congress" to Mr. Rimantas Rolia (Lithuania).	Svetlana Tiourina (Netherlands) Prize of the United Nations

The exhibition has been put together by the Kyoto International Cartoon Congress (KICC) and Kyoto's Seika University, with support from several private sources in Japan. A similar exhibition was staged at the 1997 Kyoto Climate Change Conference.