National Activity Plan 2005: France

FNAC in Place des Ternes, Paris, is hosting a week of debates surrounding World Refugee Day. © UNHCR France

© © UNHCR France

• 11 May: Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences-Po) in Paris. Special UNHCR day on Sri Lanka with conferences, exhibitions and different cultural performances.

• 1-30 June: Sciences-Po in Paris. Photo exhibition on UNHCR presence in Sri Lanka. Paris: At Cité Universitaire, Bibliothèque d'Histoire Contemporaine of Paris X, Bâteaux-Mouches, Town Hall (13 district). Exhibition will tour Lyon (Ecole Normale Supérieure) and Luxembourg.

• 1 June, 18h30, Paris: Official presentation of painter/photographer Titouan Lamazou's exhibition "Refugees and Displaced Persons in Africa", followed by a reception. Exhibition will tour schools throughout France.

• 18 June, 9h00-19h00: Paris, Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC). Hope Hurdles: Hurdles races to symbolize the difficulties and obstacles that refugees and asylum seekers have to face. Competitors include scholars (morning), sponsored companies (mid-day) and well-known athletes such as Stéphane Diagana, European and former world record holder of the 400m hurdles (afternoon).

• 20 June, 6h00-20h00: Place Raoul Dautry (main entry of Montparnasse Station) Open-air exhibition on WRD 2005 and UNHCR's work around the world.

• 20 June, 20h30, Strasbourg: Refugee Summer Course - theatre evening with "No Made In" band. Open to the public.

• Exhibit WRD 2005 materials in schools. Events organized by the UNHCR Representation in France. For more information on these events, contact: +1.44.43.48.57.

• 7-11 June: One week of debates at the FNAC in Place des Ternes, Paris. Programme for each debate includes screening of a UNHCR film and a UNHCR stand. Also, 1.5 million fundraising flyers inserted in FNAC cardholders' magazine, "Contact". Issues of debates:

• 7 June 17h30: Management of a crisis.

• 8 June 17h30: Humanitarian work.

• 10 June 17h30: Tsunami, 6 months later.

• 11 June 15h30: Exile and Creativity.

FNAC events organised by the Association UNHCR France.