Situation of Refugees in Africa to be held in Arusha in May 1979. The animated film "Si ce n'est ici" has been purchased by televisions. The dramatic film
I am a Refugee" won first prize in its category at the Cork Film Festival and has been purchased by five television networks.
296. UNHCR takes an active part in the overall efforts of the United Nations system to publicize specific themes called for by resolutions of the General Assembly when they relate to UNHCR's activities. For the International Year of the Child (IYC) a 148-page Compendium entitled The Refugee Child presenting assistance projects for refugee children was printed and distributed to governments, voluntary agencies and IYC Commissions throughout the world. Also, UNHCR designed a 1979 Year of the Child wall calendar, illustrated with photographs of refugee children, and published a special refugee child supplement for the IYC publication
Ideas Forum. A film on refugee children was commissioned for release in the Spring of 1979. UNHCR organized children's drawing sessions in a number of refugee camps, with the best paintings to be forwarded to Paris for UNESCO's world-wide competition. Two photo and art exhibits were arranged, one, put together by UNHCR's photolibrary, was opened at the Beaubourg Centre in Paris and travelled throughout France, while the other, produced by the Swedish Save the Children Federation, Rädda Barnen, in co-operation with UNHCR, opened at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and is travelling throughout Europe.
297. UNHCR's photolibrary continued to increase its archive of colour and black and white photos as demands for UNHCR photos increased reflecting a growing interest in and awareness of the refugee situation on the part of more publications.
298. The bi-monthly publication "News from UNHCR" was published regularly in English and French along with a supplement available in Spanish and German.
A new fortnightly data sheet "Refugee Update", began publication in January 1979 and provides the press, voluntary agencies and Governments with the latest factual information on UNHCR activities. It is printed in English and French.
299. Co-operation continued with the United Nations Office of Public Information (OPI), both in Geneva and New York especially in the field of radio.