Young Artists Auction off Masterpieces: Proceeds to UNICEF Paint for the Planet...

Young Artists Auction off Masterpieces: Proceeds to UNICEF Paint for the
Planet Highlights Children's Call for Leadership on Climate Change

Proceeds to support UNICEF emergency response

What: Paintings chosen from among 200,000 entries by young artists from
around the world will be auctioned off as part of Paint for the Planet, an
event organized in New York by the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP). All proceeds will go to UNICEF to support emergency response for
children affected by climate-related disasters.

In addition to the live auction at the Harvard Club of New York, the art will
also be sold online to enable people around the world to participate. To see
the paintings and to bid online, please visit: www.unep.org/paint4planet

Where & When: 25 October, 7-9 pm Auction at the Harvard Club of New York, 30
W. 44th Street

Who: Six young artists from Burundi, Colombia, Malta, the United Kingdom and
the United States will be in New York for the event, along with UNEP Executive
Director Achim Steiner.

Why: The auction in New York on 25 October will help raise emergency funds
for children affected by climate-related disasters, with the proceeds being
donated to UNICEF.

Paint for the Planet features a selection of stand-out entries from UNEP's
International Children's Painting Competition. The paintings, which showcase
children's fears and hopes for the planet, are a powerful plea from children
for leadership on climate change before it is too late. Paint for the Planet
is a launch pad for the 'UNite to Combat Climate Change' campaign to support
the call for a definitive agreement at the climate change talks in Copenhagen,
Denmark, in December 2009.

To attend the auction at the Harvard Club, journalists must RSVP.

For more information, visit www.unep.org/paint4planet or contact:

Jim Sniffen, UNEP New York office, at james.sniffen@unep.org or
tel:+1-212-963-8094/8210

Lucy Jasmin, Head of Special Events, at lucita.jasmin@unep.org or mobile: +254
713 601 244

Anne-France White, UNEP Associate Information Officer, at
anne-france.white@unep.org or mobile: +254 (0)728 600 494

Gaurav Garg, UNICEF Media, ggarg@unicef.org or tel: +1 212 326 7665, mobile:
646 912 4294

/PRNewswire - Oct. 23/
SOURCE UNICEF