(from the Graphic Competitions website)
The United Nations, in its desire to promote the highest standard of excellence in political cartoons, has established this annual political cartoon award given in the international field, and named the award after political cartoonist Ranan Lurie. We have named this award after Mr. Lurie, as we find that his political cartoons epitomize the high standards that we at the United Nations would like to see.
Winning cartoons will be chosen for their high professional standards in art, political analysis of events, projection of events to come, humor, while emphasizing the spirit and principles of the U.N.