Cartoons for Children's Rights.
To foster children's rights in the new millennium, the United
Nations Children's Fund United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), an affiliated agency of the United Nations. It was established in 1946 as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. (UNICEF UNICEF (y `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. ) is using the tool of animation.
The Cartoons for Children's Rights initiative has forged
partnerships with nearly 70 animation studios in 32 countries that have
developed 30-second public service announcements. The animated
television spots have aired on more than 2,000 stations globally in 160
countries to an estimated 1 billion people. "Animation is the
perfect tool for informing children about their rights, and society
about its obligations' says UNICEF. The Cartoon Network, the
Government of Denmark Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a unicameral parliamentary system. The affairs of Government are decided by a Cabinet of Ministers, which is led by a Prime Minister. , Christie's auction house and the School of
Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. support the initiative.
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