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La Chaine Parlementaire features 2 channels, Public Senat and LCP-AN providing 18 hours of programming, including news, politics and magazines. The service is available to audiences via satellite, cable and Internet.

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Press Release 26 July 2002

FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK TO BROADCAST UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMES

(NEW YORK, 26 July) The French television network La Chaine Parlementaire, has signed a distribution agreement with the United Nations Department of Public Information for television programming.

"Public Sénat", which is the Senate owned part of the French Parliamentary Channel, will air UN produced programming including 57 episodes of "UN in Action", 39 episodes of "World Chronicle", and several documentaries.

In France, Public Sénat will carry UN programming on its domestic service that mainly broadcasts coverage of the French legislature and politics, and European affairs.

The two-year agreement, which commences on 1 July 2002, will add two key European broadcasters to a group of media partners that air UN programming including CNN, CCTV, and RTVE.

"UN in Action" is a series of 57 short-format programmes (3-4 minutes) covering the work of the UN and its agencies. The programme is intended for broadcast on current affairs and news programmes.

La Chaine Parlementaire features two channels, Public Senat and LCP-AN, providing 18 hours of programming including news, politics and magazines. The service is available to audiences via Satellite, Cable and Internet.

The United Nations produces a range of programmes for television, including World Chronicle, a half-hour talk show featuring key personalities from the world of government, foreign affairs and public policy. In addition, documentaries on key issues are produced by the UN such as the award-winning "Armed to the Teeth" which focuses on the proliferation of small arms.