“On the eve of the Day against the impunity of crimes against journalists, the UN has opened an exhibition of works by the winners of the International Photo Contest named after A. Stenin. The guests were greeted by Vasily Nebenzya, UN Deputy Secretary General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming, deputy head of MIA Russia today Sergey Kochetkov, ”the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations said on Twitter.

On the eve of the Day against the impunity of crimes against journalists, an exhibition of works by the winners of the International Photo Contest named after A. Stenina. The guests were greeted by V. # Nebenzya, Global Registry Office on Global Communications M. # Fleming, deputy head of MIA Russia today S. # Kochetkov pic.twitter.com / 48uBNvVDIo

- Russian Mission UN (@RussiaUN) November 1, 2019

In September, the main prize of the Grand Prix of the Andrei Stenin International Competition for Young Photojournalists was won by the Italian photographer Gabriele Cecconi for his work Les Miserables and the Earth.

Andrey Stenin tragically died in 2014 in the south-east of Ukraine.