The
Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) in Iran will hold
children's drawing exhibition with the theme of "Peace and
Friendship".
The
exhibition aims to bring world's attention
to WMD victims to promote global
peace
Tehran, 4 January 2007 (CHN) -- The
Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) in Iran will hold
children's drawing exhibition with the theme of "Peace and Friendship" this
coming June/July to mark the occasion of the National Day for the Campaign
against Chemical and Biological Weapons and 20th anniversary of the
chemical attacks against Sardasht, a city in the Iranian western province of
Kurdistan, on 28th of June 1987 during the 8-year imposed war between
Iran and Iraq.
The Society for Chemical Weapons Victims
Support (SCWVS) is a nongovernmental
organization founded in 1998 to support those who fell victim of WMDs used by
Iraq during the war with Iran in the late 1980s. SCWVS provides medical, social,
legal and cultural support for more than 50,000 Iranian gas attack survivors
(including some 7,000 civilians) who are still suffering from the long term
effects of exposure to the chemical weapons and tries to improve their quality
of life as well as that of their families.
The exhibition is organized for children and young
adults between 7 and 15 years of age. The exhibition aims at promoting peace
awareness among children across the globe and developing cultural exchange
between them, especially those from the countries that suffered from wars and
are victims of weapons of mass destruction.
Although the main theme chosen for the exhibition
is Peace and Friendship, the participants may draw freely on different subjects
including peaceful daily life, friendship, hopes for the future, international
goodwill, etc. The best drawings will receive special awards by
SCWVS.
The drawings must be submitted no later than April
1, 2007 to P.O Box: 19615/835 Tehran, Iran.
For more information, please contact Ms. Elaheh
Abdoli at: (+9821) 224 17 327
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