The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) announces The Friends of ACUNS Book Award. The award of $1000, intended to encourage and help to support outstanding research and writing on the United Nations, will go to the author(s) or editor(s) of the best book published since Jan. 2011 that focuses on some aspect of the United Nations and/or the United Nations System. The submission deadline is March 15, 2014.