Rio, 12/3/2003 (Agência Brasil – ABR) - The Unesco representative in Brazil, Jorge Werthein, who was awarded the Fernando de Azevedo prize as Educator of the Year 2002 by the Brazilian Academy of Education, declared that he considered the prize a recognition of the work being done by all the Unesco staff in Brazil. "It is an extremely generous way to recognize what I am doing and the UN Organization for Education, Science and Culture in our efforts in favor of Brazilian education," said Werthein. (AB)