Michael Møller
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Mohsen Naziri-Asl Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
and Dr. Mahmoudreza Golshanpazhooh,
Director General of the Organisation for Defending Victims of
Violence (ODVV)
have the pleasure to invite you to a beautiful crafts exhibition.
The Iranian Minorities and Ethnic Groups’ Handicraft Arts Gallery will be held on 5 to 15 of March 2018 by the Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) at the UN Headquarters in Geneva.
The aim of this exhibit is to show the harmonious relationship between different Iranian minorities and ethnic groups through the practice of traditional arts and crafts such as weaving, embroidery, pottery, needlework, mosaic, rug and carpet making.
Among ethnic groups whose craft and art pieces that will be on display include the: Azeri, Kurd, Baluchi, Lor, Kermanj, Turkmen, QashQaee, Bakhtiari and Arab.
The exhibition will be on display from 5 March to 15 March 2018.
About the ODVV
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political Organization in Special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). The ODVV was stablished in 1988 in Tehran and has been active in the field of human rights and humanitarian activities.The ODVV is also associated to the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI), a participatory of the NGOs Coalition for an International Court (based in New York), and national coordinator of the Global March Against Child Labour (based in New Delhi) which cooperated in a variety of issues with international organizations and has working relations with many NGOs in Iran and around the globe. The ODVV is also member of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), conference of Non Governmental Organization (CONGO), and the International Movement for a Just World.
For more information, please visit http://www.odvv.org/
