A/HRC/7/34 page 19 95. Along with other UNICs, UNRIC supported a two-month car trip through the Mediterranean region, during which the participants promoted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and human rights locally. UNRIC also co-organized a writing competition for Greek schoolchildren and conducted a radio interview on the event. 96. The informal group “Friends of Human Rights in Europe”, initiated by UNRIC and comprising representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament as well as major NGOs, met on a regular basis. 97. Other examples of special initiatives relating to human rights in which UNICs were involved include exhibitions on human rights and film screenings. In January, UNIC Warsaw, in cooperation with Warner Bros. Poland and the World Food Programme (WFP), organized a special presentation of the film Blood Diamond. The premiere of the same film was also promoted by UNIC Panama City. UNIC Brazzaville screened the United Nations film titled Indigenous Peoples and the UN at a regional forum for indigenous people. On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People in August, UNIC Manila organized a book launch as well as a two-day forum. UNIC Nairobi organized a commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda with representatives of the diplomatic community and religious leaders, while UNIC Dakar mounted a photo exhibit on the genocide over a two-week period. UNIC Tokyo co-organized the exhibit entitled “The face of human rights” at the UN Gallery in April. 98. UNIC representatives regularly gave briefings to visitors and participated as speakers in panel discussions, workshops and conferences. During the reporting period, some examples of human rights-related briefings or presentations include: a keynote address on “Bringing the world together” at the University of Canberra to observe the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNIC Canberra); a public lecture at the University of Dar es Salaam, entitled “The 1994 Rwanda genocide: What lessons for humanity?”, to mark the International Day of Reflection of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (UNIC Dar es Salaam); lectures on human rights at local schools (UNIC Accra, UNIC Lome and UNIC Panama City); university lectures (UNIC Tehran and UNIC Bucharest); an open-door session for a representative group of university students on the “United Nations and the core universal human rights treaties” (UNIC Moscow); a lecture on the “United Nations and human rights” and the delivery of a speech at a seminar on human rights in Argentina (UNIC Buenos Aires); a seminar on issues related to human rights of the elderly (UNIC New Delhi); conferences on “The impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa” and on the Human Rights Council (UNIC Ouagadougou); a briefing programme on the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific for indigenous women (UNIS Bangkok). 5. Special information activities 99. In observance of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the statements by the Secretary-General and by the Director-General of UNESCO were highlighted in Geneva and the Director of UNIS Geneva participated in a debate in Brussels organized by the Subcommittee on Human Rights at the European Parliament. 100. UNIS Geneva contributed to the organization of a closing event of the Geneva International Film Festival on Human Rights on 17 March, at which cartoonists from different