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Discover the UN Family and Have Fun!
Featuring a New CD-ROM
for Ages 4 to 94
Geneva, 7 July 2004 - The United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE) recently released a CD-ROM called
“Discover
the UN Family and Have Fun!”
with interactive games that make learning
about the UN exciting and fun. Birdie,
the game’s spirited guide, invites
you to jump on his back and accompany
him on a journey to discovering the United
Nations.
There are four types of games to choose
from. “Where’s Birdie,”
the “UN puzzle,” “Spot
the errors” and “Memory”
uncover explanations of the many UN functions.
Descrambling an image of freighters and
airplanes loaded with emergency cargo
teaches players that the World Food Programme
(WFP) provides food for victims of war
and natural disaster. Locating Birdie
in a pastoral image of villagers working
in their rice fields explains that the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
helps farmers build irrigation channels
and dams to retain rainwater.
The CD also includes
important documents that the UN has drawn
up, such as the Charter of the United
Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, and the Convention on the
Rights of the Child.
Learning about the United
Nations enriches the lives of people around
the world because it empowers them with
knowledge of the Organization’s
essential activities. As Nane Annan points
out in her introduction to the games,
it is important to learn about the United
Nations and its mission to help people
live better, safer and more dignified
lives.
Let the games begin!
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The CD-ROM is available, quoting Sales
No. GV.E/F/S.04.0.6 or ISBN No. 92-1-002115-0,
from the United Nations Office at Geneva:
United Nations Publications
Sales and Marketing Section
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41(0)22 917 26 00 / 917 26
10 / 917 26 14
Fax: +41(0)22 917 00 27
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.un.org/Pubs
Further information can be obtained from
the:
Information Service
United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41(0)22 917 44 44
Fax: +41(0)22 917 05 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Ref: ECE/GEN/04/P11