INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE



SPOT '87

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The work of UNHCR worldwide in images - refugees forced to leave home, in war zones, in the camps and in HCR settlements to combat violence, intolerance, persecution and segregation Music and images only.

(international cooperation; emergency programmes; refugees; discrimination)

[Code: 0205] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UNHCR
1987, Mute, 10', VHS/NTSC


Since 1951

In 1950, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution founding the High Commission for Refugees to assist and protect refugees who were defined as people who "owing to well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion are outside the country of their nationality and are unable ... or unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country". Since 1951, UNHCR has been present in times of conflict on every continent, providing material assistance and physical protection to refugees. This video illustrates the work of UNHCR over the last four decades , stressing its message that "refugees are not a threat, they are threatened".

(international cooperation; refugees; tolerance; peace; education)

[Code: 0206] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UNHCR, Geneva
1987, English, 27', VHS/NTSC


About the United Nations: Peace Keeping

Lt. Col. Dermot Earley of the UN Peace Keeping Force relates the history of UN peace keeping and the role and work of the force worldwide from its beginnings in 1948, and its first mission to Israel, up to 1989 and its worldwide accomplishments.

(international cooperation; emergency programmes; peace; international understanding)

[Code: 0207] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UN Picsonic
1989, English, 20', VHS/NTSC


Open to a Brighter Future

The CODE (Canadian Organization for Development through Education) programme in Guyana. Founded in 1959 to support literacy and education projects in developing countries to foster self-sufficiency through literacy worldwide, CODE provides paper and printing presses to produce exercise books, as well as donating books for primary and secondary students. It works closely with its national counterpart the Guyana Book Foundation to ensure nationwide delivery of books.

(international cooperation; literacy; developing countries; primary education; secondary education)

[Code: 0210] Country:  Guyana
Producer:  CODE
1990, English, 20', VHS/PAL


World Summit for Children

Film prepared by UNICEF for the 1990 World Summit for Children. One child dies every 2 seconds in the world today, but ten times that number suffer from illness, disease and malnutrition. More than half these deaths are caused by 5 common illnesses: dehydration, measles, whooping cough, tetanus and pneumonia. In industrialised nations, 1 in 10 children suffer poverty and hunger, 1 in 65 family breakdown and countless others mental and physical abuse. UNICEF notes the importance of educating girls to improve lives of children and of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Political will, sustained leadership, adequate funding and international efforts are prerequisites to meeting the needs of today's and tomorrow's children.

(children; rights of the child; international cooperation; health education; girls education; decision-making)

[Code: 0213] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UNICEF
1990, English, 13', VHS/PAL


Before Disaster Strikes

Almost every day a disaster occurs somewhere in the world, and the continuing deterioration of the environment means that more can be expected in the future. This video portrays natural and manmade disasters in different parts of the world, highlighting the health emergency facing refugees in the Horn of Africa, community preparedness against cyclones on the South coasts of India, the impact of the Mexico earthquake on health facilities and the long-term consequences of the chemical disaster in Bhopal.

(international cooperation; environmental education; emergency programmes; health education; refugees)

[Code: 0214] Country:  Africa/India/Mexico
Producer:  WHO
1991, English, 20', VHS/PAL


Land Ahoy !

This video, prepared on the eve of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro World Summit on Environment and Development, highlights UNESCO's contribution to the solution of global environmental problems. It contains clips of well-known personalities who speak about environmental conservation.

(environment; environmental education; international cooperation; women)

[Code: 0218] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UNESCO/OREALC
1992, English, 42', VHS/PAL


Rio de Janeiro - Sommet de la Terre

Du 3 au 14 juin 1992 s'est déroulé à Rio le Sommet de la Terre, relatif au développement et à l'environnement. 120 pays étaient représentés, ainsi que de nombreuses organisations internationales y compris l'UNESCO. Cette réunion a été marquée par l'impressionnante présence de 10.000 journalistes de la presse et de l'audiovisuel. Le Sommet a vu se concrétiser la signature de deux conventions, la première sur le changement climatique, la seconde sur la biodiversité.

(international cooperation; environmental education; educational development)

[Code: 0219] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UNESCO/OPI
1992, English,10', VHS/SECAM


Université de Quebec à Montréal: Chaire UNESCO QAM

La Chaire UNESCO-UQAM en environnement et développement durable a pour but de favoriser la discussion dans le monde universitaire et l'inciter à un engagement dans ce domaine. Les invités à une table ronde - Albert Jacquard, Professeur de génétique, Jean-Pierre Lemasson, Directeur du Bureau de la coopération internationale, UQAM, Michel Salomon, médecin et journaliste, débattent des problèmes de l'environnement "après Rio", du savoir scientifique, de la science liée à l'écologie, ainsi que du développement viable des écosystèmes.

(international cooperation; environmental education; educational development; universities)

[Code: 0226] Country:  Canada
Producer:  Université de Montréal
1993, French, 35', VHS/PAL


From the Tree to the Dugout

Filmed in South Africa during the final meeting of the World Commission on Culture and Development (Pretoria, September 1995), this video illustrates some of the issues tackled by the Commission, such as cultural rights, media rights and responsibilities and gender equity and aims to contribute to the debate stimulated by the Commission's Report "Our Creative Diversity".

(culture; women; development; international cooperation)

[Code: 0278] Country:  Interregional
Producer:  UNESCO/OPI
1995, English, 12', VHS/PAL