ARMENPRESS

ARMENIAN GIRLS WIN U.N. STAMP PICTURE CONTEST

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, ARMENPRESS: A picture by an
Armenian girl will be depicted on UN postal stamps.
Mariam Marukian, a 13 year-old girl from Armenia, won
a UN competition called `We Can Eradicate Poverty’.
The competition was handled in Armenia by the UN
Information Department and the Armenian UN
Association.
The UN contest was held in some 60 countries and
12,000 children sent their pictures, including 475
pictures from Armenia.
Ten of Armenian children’s pictures were included
among best 100 works. Second and third prizes were
also won by Armenian children, Anahit Martirosian and
Lusine Nersisian and Ellada Khachatrian, while six
others were awarded encouraging prizes. Among the
winners are also children form China, Indonesia and
Zimbabwe.
Mariam Marukian flew to New York with the
assistance of the Armenian Church for the award
ceremony at the UN headquarters.