UNEP-IETC: Young Painters Invited to Express Their Views on Environment


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INSIGHT, Summer '96 Edition

Young Painters Invited to Express Their Views on Environment

The sixth international contest of children's paintings on the environment has been launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment of Japan. The contest runs from July until end of December 1996. It is open to all children between the ages of 6 and 15 years and is expected to attract entries from all regions of the world.

With the theme of "Preserve the Beautiful Oceans, Skies and Forests for the Twenty-First Century", the contest aims to enhance the awareness of the environment among children by providing them with an opportunity to express, through paintings, their views on these environmental issues, and also to promote their creativity in caring for the future.

The best 154 entries will be selected for prizes and will be used for a children's picture booklet on the environment, to be published by UNEP and the Foundation. In addition, entries will be used for posters and for exhibitions worldwide. For information on entering the contest, please contact: Tomoko Yano, Secretary General, Foundation for Global Peace & Environment, 401 Howamita Tsunazaka Bldg., 2-7-7, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan, Tel: +(81-3) 5442- 3161, Fax: +(81-3) 5442-3431, or Theodore E. A. Oben, Youth Officer, UNEP Information & Public Affairs, P.O. Box 30552 Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: +(254-2) 62-3262, Fax: +(254-2) 62-692/4927.

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