Facing the battery of press cameras at the reception at United Nations Headquarters are: (left-right) British television broadcaster David Frost; Fleetwood Mac band members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - composer of the donated song; UN Assistant Secretary-General and IYC Special Representative Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim, who presented the citation; and UNICEF Information Director Jack Ling. Banners bearing the UNICEF logo are on a wall behind them.
In November 1979, representatives from the United Nations International Year of the Child (IYC) Secretariat and from UNICEF presented British rock band Fleetwood Mac with a special citation for donating their song ‘Beautiful Child’ to the ‘Music for UNICEF’ copyright gift programme, during a reception at United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ). Royalties from songs donated to the programme help to support UNICEF’s work for children in more than 100 countries around the world.
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