Participation of Armenian children in UN competition turns out very
successful
2007-11-30 17:11:00
ArmInfo. Participation of the Armenian children in the UN international
competition turned out very successful, President of Armenian UN
Association Karen Asatryan said at the prize distribution ceremony,
Friday.
As a whole, the competition’s organizers highly appreciated the talent
of participants from Armenia. The 13-year old Mariam Marukhyan in
particular, became the winner and was awarded the UN prize. Two more
participants shared the second place and one got the third place.
Moreover, 6 young Armenian painters were awarded promotional prizes. As
Head of the UN Department for Public Information in Yerevan Valeri
Tkachuk said in his speech, young Armenian painters showed outstanding
results. He said that according to the results of the competition, six
paintings were chosen, which will later be issued in form of UN stamps.
The painting of the winner Mariam Marukhyan is among them. V. Tkachuk
emphasized that the stamps are spread all over the world through three
postal administrations in Vienna, Geneva, and in New York.
To recall, the UN announced about the competition with the topic of
fight against poverty in spring 2007. Tens of thousands children aged
5-15 and years representing all the countries and continents
participated in the competition. About 500 young painters from Armenia
participated in the competition. Its organizers were the UN Department
of Economic and Social Affairs, Department for Public Information and
the UN Postal Administration.