IL REGISTA EMIR KUSTURICA DIVENTA
AMBASCIATORE UNICEF NELLA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA

DIRECTOR EMIR KUSTURICA BECOMES UNICEF AMBASSADOR
BELGRADE, March 12 ( Beta)- Yugoslav film director Emir Kusturica was
designated on March 12 as national UNICEF ambassador to Yugoslavia.
Speaking at a press conference of UNICEF's Belgrade office, Kusturica
announced that he would strive to promote certain ideas and actions of
the organization, by dealing with the rights of children in his movies
and vignettes.
UNICEF Belgrade office chief, Jean-Michel Delmotte, said that as a
UNICEF ambassador, Kusturica would employ his creativity to advocate the
rights of children and youth, as well as other activities of the
organization in Yugoslavia.
Delmotte also stressed that the UNICEF study entitled "A Brave Young
Generation" could serve as a foundation for the Yugoslav authorities to
formulate detailed policy regarding the young. The study, which refers
to Yugoslavs aged 15 to 24, has shown that 86 percent of that population
believes their life will be better than the lives of their parents, but
that half of them want to leave the country.