United Nations information booth at 22nd International Book Fair in Tehran
As the lead agency of the United Nations Communications Group in Iran, the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Tehran, with the assistance of UN agencies operating in Tehran, organized an information booth during the 22nd Tehran International Book Fair held from 6 to 16 May 2009. A large number of people visited the UN booth where UN information materials, including books, reports, pamphlets, flyers, CDs and posters were displayed and distributed to those who came to the booth.
According to authorities, this year approximately 5.5 million people visited the fair. The agencies represented in the UN booth were UNIC Tehran, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNAIDS, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Development Programme, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and International Organization for Migration.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the fair on 5 May. The Parliament (Majlis) speaker Dr. Ali Larijani, attended the closing session.