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^{Posted on Friday 29th February, 2008}

 UNESCO calls on African artists

^{UNESCO is calling on African artists to participate in the UNESCO emblem competition whose deadline has been extended to 17 March 2008 to give them a chance to submit their work. With submissions from both developed and developing countries, but few submissions from Africa so far, UNESCO is particularly encouraging African graphic designers, artists, and practitioners of intangible cultural heritage- both professionals and amateurs, to participate .}

^{The competition seeks to create an emblem for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.}

^{The prize for the selected design is USD 15,000 (fifteen thousand US dollars), which constitutes full payment for the cession of the copyright.}

^{The complete Regulations for the emblem competition as well as a submission form to accompany proposed emblems are available in different languages at www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/emblem/.}

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