wfn.org | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Honored by UN Environment Programme

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For Immediate Release
April 18, 2005

Contact: Nikki Stephanopoulos

MEDIA ADVISORY

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will be awarded the
United Nations Environment Programme's 2005 Champions of the Earth Award.
The Ecumenical Patriarch has been recognized for his outstanding
achievements in the Field of the Environment.  One of the seven
international recipients of this year's award, His All Holiness receives
the award for his initiatives in the field of the environment which have
earned him the title "Green Patriarch".

Representing His All Holiness, and accepting the award on his behalf, will
be His Eminence Demetrios of America, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox
Church in America and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.  The Award
Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 7:30 pm at the
Delegates Dining Room, United Nations Headquarters, 46th  Street at First
Avenue, New York City.

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