SPECIAL UN RADIO SERIES ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES PRODUCED ON COMPACT DISK
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PI/1153
POP/733
SPECIAL UN RADIO SERIES ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES PRODUCED ON COMPACT DISK
19990629 United Nations Radio has produced a special series of radio programmes on population issues on compact disk (CD). The series, which highlights the progress made since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) (Cairo, 1994), is the first radio programme produced by United Nations Radio on CD.Entitled "The Global Population Challenge: Five Years from Cairo", the series comprises 12 featurettes on issues such as the impact of the Cairo Conference, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, sex education, maternal mortality, domestic violence, adolescent sexuality, sex education and female genital mutilation. The CD has been distributed to more than 500 broadcasters around the world.
United Nations Radio produces daily news programmes and weekly feature/magazine programmes in 15 languages as well as special series on a variety of subjects such as breast cancer, law of the sea, domestic violence, indigenous peoples and the child sex trade. The programmes are free of charge and are distributed to more than 2000 broadcasters in more than 180 countries.
For further information on the special series on CD or on United Nations Radio programmes contact: Audio-Visual Promotion and Distribution, Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations, Secretariat Building, Room S-805 A, New York, N.Y. 10017; tel: (212) 963 6982/1807; fax: (212) 963 6869.
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