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December, 2004: Ancient Stone Towers of the Tribal Corridor for 2 weeks at the UN Headquarters in New York

¡°Secret Towers of the Himalayas¡±

¡¡¡¡An exhibition of 47 photos showing ancient stone towers of Sichuan and Tibet was held in the South Lobby of the Secretariat Building of the United Nations in New York from December 6th to 17th. This exhibition, sponsored by the author of 37 of the photos, Miss Frederique Darragon, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of China to the UN, was held to raise awareness about these extraordinary ancient sky-scrapers, gather funds for protecting the towers, their environment and the local customs,and to promote the towers nomination on the World Heritage List, as a Joint Serial Cultural and Natural Site, together with the ¡°Four Pretty Girls¡± Mountains.
Four Chinese artists, Han Yuanhua, Lan Yong, Lu Haillin and Sun Lei, as well as Kenzo Okawa, photographer and particular adviser of the Nature Reserve Management Bureau of the Four Pretty Girls Mountains, had graciously authorized the publication of their photos

    With the support of the Chinese Book Club
                And of the United Nations Foundation

Go to their website

www.unfoundation.org (United Nations Foundation)      

http://www.youduo.com (Lan Yong, Lu Haillin and Sun Lei)

http://www.eastalps.com/scholaweb/conts.htm (Kenzo Okawa)
 

From the Chinese Embassy's website

Reception Hosted by Ambassador Wang Guangya and His Wife for Photographic Exhibition of "Towers of Himalayas
(7 December 2004)
Ambassador Wang addressed to the guests.
Ambassador Wang and guests watched the exhibits together.
Ambassador Wang, Mrs. Wang and French photographer Ms. Frederique Darragon (center)
Ambassador Wang met with UN Under-Secretary-General Mr. Tharoor (left) at the exhibition.
A conorner of the exhibition

Go to their website at www.china-un.org

 

 
 
From the Chinese Embassy's website
Reception Hosted by Ambassador Wang Guangya and His Wife for Photographic Exhibition of "Towers of Himalayas"
(7 December 2004)

Photographic exhibition of "Chinese Historical Relics - Towers of Himalayas" has been inaugurated at the United Nations and it will be open from December 6 to 17. On December 7, Ambassador Wang Guangya, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, and his wife hosted a reception in honor of the exhibition. Permanent Representatives of many countries were present at the reception, including those from Germany, Russia, Japan, Bangladesh, Algeria, Brunei and Viet Nam. More than 100 other guests were also at the reception, including U.N. Under-Secretary-General Mr. Tharoor, Chinese U.N. employees, and friends from the American cultural, commercial and other circles. Ambassador Wang and French Photographer Ms. Frederique Darragon delivered speeches respectively at the reception.

The exhibition was co-sponsored by the U.N. Book Club and Ms. Frederique Darragon. The exhibition shows works of ancient towers taken in Sichuan Province by Ms. Darragon and other photographers including Lu Hailin, Lan Yong, Sun Lei, Han Yuanhua and Kenzo Okawa.

Go to their website at www.china-un.org
   
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