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George Clooney named U.N. messenger of peace
From Reuters:
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named actor George Clooney, who has campaigned for refugees in Darfur, as a U.N. “messenger of peace” on Friday to promote the world body’s peacekeeping efforts.
Clooney is the ninth U.N. messenger — people chosen from the fields of art, music, literature and sports who have agreed to help focus attention on the United Nations’ work.
U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said Clooney would have a special emphasis on peacekeeping. She said he had been “recognized for focusing public attention on crucial international political and social issues.”
Clooney, who is currently in Sudan, will receive his designation on January 31 at U.N. headquarters.
George Clooney is a left-wing nut with a bad habit of saying ridiculous things, but I do think he deserves some credit for his work on Darfur. He really has stepped up to the plate and raised awareness of the issue and traveled to Sudan a number of times.
Rather than just sitting in Hollywood and making ignorant statements like many of his colleagues, he really is out there doing something, so for that I think recognition by the UN is well deserved.
-Chris Jones
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