NEW YORK (Antara): A six-year-old Indonesian boy was presented with the United Nations stamp design award in UN Headquarter on Wednesday.
Bryan Jevoncia was one of the six children whose picture was chosen as the best for 2008 series of UN stamp in a design contest titled “We Can Overcome Poverty” which was conducted to mark the International Poverty Eradication Day. Around 12,000 children aged 6 to 15 from 124 countries took part in the contest.
The presentation of the award was conducted at a park near UN building and was attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Indonesian special representative to UN Marty Natalegawa, and several other foreign representatives.
"Bryan’s dedication to his work is really admirable, because he is the only Indonesian boy elected among thousands of participants as the winner in the contest," Marty Natalegawa said.
He said Bryan`s work indicated that Indonesian younger were able to create good work, to build solidarity and to have sensitivity to poverty issue.
The UN stamp, designed by Bryan, depicted children who, after returning from school, help their mothers in the struggle to make ends meet.
Born in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Dec. 16, 2000, Bryan is at present in the second year of elementary school.
He was accompanied by his mother Rosiana Fardimin and his teacher Rosa de Lima in the trip to New York to receive the award.
Bryan said he was delighted with his work and eager to meet one of his country’s prominent figure after returning to Indonesia from New York.
"I want to meet `Pak` President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to show him the present I get from the United Nations," he said.
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