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The
Grand Art and Literature Competition
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Letter
of UNESCO's Director-General
To
the Afghan Ambassador to Australia on
the launch of
The
Grand Art and Literature Competition (GALC) 2003
Dear
Ambassador,
Thank
you for your letter of 20 February 2003 concerning the
Literary and Artistic Competition which the Embassy of
Afghanistan in Canberra is organizing with the assistance
of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education,
Science and Training, to be launched on 21 March 2003.
The
title that you have chosen this year, "What Future for
Afghanistan?" is particularly significant for the participants
who, I am pleased to note, will include not only young
Afghan people but also Australians and New Zealanders.
It is indeed one of UNESCO's principal aims to promote
dialogue between different cultures and civilizations,
and we are convinced that children and young people are
among the best and most effective ambassadors to convey
the values of peace and international understanding all
over the world.
For
this reason, I am pleased to grant UNESCO's sponsorship
to the Competition in 2003. In response to your request
for assistance, I have given instructions to the UNESCO
Office in Afghanistan to facilitate the organization of
an exhibition of the prize-winning entries in Kabul.
I
wish you every success with this important initiative
and look forward to being informed of its outcomes.
Yours
sincerely,
Koichiro
Matsuura
Director-General
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
17 March 2003 |
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