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on the sixth session of the United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues into Portuguese and
providing information materials in Portuguese and English at a seminar on the rights of children
(UNIC Rio De Janeiro), and sponsoring a manual of human rights and international humanitarian
law for field soldiers (UNIC Asunción).
4. Public and educational outreach
88. On 29 January, to mark the second observance of the International Day of Commemoration
in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, UNIS Geneva, in cooperation with the Office of the
Director-General and the Permanent Mission of Israel, organized a ceremony attended by more
than 700 participants in the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations
89. During the reporting period, the Press and External Relations Section of UNIS Geneva
organized 45 information programmes for visiting university students and other civil society
organizations. The Visitors’ Service also organizes information programmes on targeted
themes - including human rights - for groups that request them, generally for secondary school
students.
90. The 45th Graduate Study Programme was held at the Palais des Nations in July 2007 on
the theme, “The United Nations: united for peace, development and human rights”. The
programme was attended by 68 postgraduate students from around the world who produced a
report at the end of the programme.
91. UNIS Geneva helped to promote and facilitate a number of human rights projects in
cooperation with civil society partners. A major project involved the organization of the
“Cartooning for peace” exhibition, which took place at the Palais des Nations in March and
April and was created in collaboration with cartoonist Jean Plantu of Le Monde. In April, a
UNIS Geneva television feature on the exhibition was shown at the “Cartooning for peace”
exhibition in Paris.
92. UNIS Vienna also enhanced its cooperation with civil society and is increasing its outreach
to target audiences. The UNIS Director participated in the first meeting of the Vienna NGO
Committee on Human Rights, and a lecture on human rights was held in December 2007.
93. UNIS Vienna supported the efforts of two former United Nations staff members to set up a
German-language version of the CyberSchoolBus. The pilot project has human rights as its
theme. UNIS Vienna established a link to the main English and German websites of
CyberSchoolBus at UNIS’s other language websites (Hungarian, Slovak, Slovenian) and draws
attention to the German-language CyberSchoolBus during lectures to students.
94. UNRIC was also involved in the award of a Human Rights Prize for schools in Caen,
France, and held a lecture in Spain on the Human Rights Council. At a debate organized by
Human Rights Watch in Brussels, UNRIC provided a panellist to discuss the question “What is a
Special Rapporteur?” and organized a briefing on human rights for the Togolese community.
The Human Rights Council was also the main topic of an address by UNRIC to German civil
servants in Berlin and at a lecture to German armed forces personnel in Bonn.
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