TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) -- Teenage student Fatima Torki Harchegani of Isfahan has won first prize at the International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment in Japan.

The Japan Quality Assurance organization (JQA) presented the award to Torki Harchegani, who is also a member of the Isfahan branch of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

 

A total of 12,597 participants from fifty-one countries competed in the event.

 

The competition is organized annually by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE). It has been held since 1990 and has received over 160,000 entries from children in over 100 countries.

 

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