Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award

The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, received a prestigious international disability award on behalf of New Zealand at the United Nations in New York on 6 May 2008. At a ceremony attended by the UN Secretary-General, HE Ban Ki-moon, the Governor-General received the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award. The Governor-General and Secretary-General are pictured shaking hands after the ceremony with the Award, which is a bust of President Roosevelt. The ceremony can be viewed on the UN website at: www.un.org/webcast/2008.html or you can read the Governor-General's speech here: www.gg.govt.nz/media/speeches.asp Photo: Bob Goldberg, FPS Photo.