1. 2008 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With this in mind, the Foundation for Peace and Co-operation, based in Spain, is dedicating its annual Peace and Co-operation School Awards Competition for 2007 to the promotion, in schools around the world, of an awareness of human rights.
2. The aim of the awards project is to enable children from different nationalities, races and cultures to express their views on human rights through drawing, design and photography.
3. The overall human rights theme is My right to decide. Teachers must note that the awards competition has three different categories, each one for a specific medium and age group. Appropriate methodologies should, therefore, be used when introducing the theme to learners. (See Annexure A.)
4. The 2007 International Art Awards are sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Madrid Provincial Government and various human rights NGOs.
5. The South African Embassy in Spain, the South African national Department of Education and the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) encourage learner participation in this competition.
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All entries should be sent directly by post, or by e-mail digital photographs, to the following address:

Fundación Paz y Cooperación         Tel.  (34) 91 549 61 56
C/Melendez Valdés, n°68, 4 izq      Fax. (34) 91 543 52 82
28015 Madrid                        pazycoop@eurosur.org
España                              pazycooperacion@hotmail.com
7. All entries will be the property of the Fundación Paz y Cooperación (the Foundation for Peace and Co-operation).
8. Note that the WCED cannot take responsibility for submitting learners’ entries to the Fundación Paz y Cooperación.
9. The closing date for the submission of entries is 1 July 2007.
10. Additional details of the competition can be found in the attached Annexure A.
11. Kindly inform all your staff of the contents of this minute.


SIGNED: JP RAULT-SMITH
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2007:04:19