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George Clooney Public Service Announcement Video
Thursday, May 29, 2008
AP: UNITED NATIONS — George Clooney is marking Thursday’s 60th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping with a public service announcement praising the soldiers who wear the distinctive blue helmets.
Clooney was named a U.N. Messenger of Peace in January by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a special focus on U.N. peacekeeping. He has been actively campaigning to end the five-year conflict in Darfur and traveled to visit peacekeepers in Sudan soon after his appointment.
In the spot entitled “Peace is Hard,” Clooney reminds viewers that some 100,000 U.N. peacekeepers protect civilians, oversee elections and disarm ex-combatants to ensure peace in many dangerous and politically volatile regions from Congo and Liberia to Haiti and Lebanon.
“We owe all of the United Nations peacekeepers a debt of gratitude for the dangerous work they do to ensure that peace is preserved, civilians are protected and elections are respected,” Clooney says in the announcement.
In 2002, the U.N. General Assembly designated May 29 as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, to pay tribute and to honor the memory of the 2,400 men and women who have died on U.N. missions.
Click here to watch the PSA “Peace is Hard” on YouTube. (or click on the video in the sidebar of this page)
Click here for the official website of United Nations Peacekeeping.
American Morning Transcript
Feb. 1, 2008
…Now, here’s Kiran in New York.
CHETRY: John, thanks. Oscar-winning actor, George Clooney, has a new role as United Nation’s messenger of peace. We just saw those images from Zain Verjee, and there are problems in other parts of the world as well. And Clooney has been recognized for his work in trying to raise money and raise awareness for what’s been going on in the Sudan, the refugees in Darfur. And I spoke with the actor yesterday.
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New Video Clip
Friday’s ET, Insider and Daily 10 all did segments on George’s trip to Darfur.
Watch the clips on YouTube below or
download it from the Clooney Network Media Gallery at this link.
From People Magazine
APPOINTED Oscar winner (and current Best Actor nominee) George Clooney, 46, was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace Jan. 18. An advocate for Darfur refugees, the Michael Clayton star is being “recognized for focusing public attention on crucial international political and social issues,” U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said.
World: Actor George Clooney becomes UN peace envoy
Section: Regional News - Oscar-winning actor George Clooney turned the normally staid United Nations upside down on Thursday when he visited the headquarters to become a U.N. Messenger of Peace. VOA’s Margaret Besheer reports from the U.N. that the American celebrity is well-known for his work as a human rights activist on Darfur.
Washington Transcript Service
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY
GENERAL REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING, AS RELEASED BY THE U.N.
JANUARY 30, 2008
SPEAKER: DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON FOR THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL
MARIE OKABE
[*]
OKABE: Good afternoon.
Our guest today will be Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Secretary-
General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. She will
brief you on the Secretary-General’s latest report, which we flagged for
you yesterday.
ACTOR, UN ADVOCATE GEORGE CLOONEY URGES GREATER RESOURCES FOR DARFUR FORCE;
AllAfrica 01-31-2008
Actor, UN Advocate George Clooney Urges Greater Resources for Darfur Force
Jan 31, 2008 (UN News Service/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — United Nations Messenger of Peace and award-winning actor George Clooney, just back from the war-wracked Darfur region of Sudan, today urged countries to provide peacekeepers serving with the hybrid United Nations-African Union force there enough resources to do their job - “or have the decency to just bring them all home.”
US Film Star George Clooney Visits UN as New Messenger of Peace;
Voice of America News / FIND 01-31-2008
VOA English Service
Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney is visiting the United Nations Thursday, in his new role as the world body’s messenger of peace.
A throng of enthusiastic female U.N. employees greeted the 46-year-old as he arrived at the New York headquarters for a tour and round of media interviews.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Clooney to the post earlier this month for his efforts to bring attention to the suffering in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region. The actor recently returned from a trip to Sudan.
Clooney joins a number of other notable personalities as U.N. messengers of peace, chosen for their ability to focus public attention on critical international political and social issues.
The list includes actor Michael Douglas, Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel, classical musician Yo-Yo Ma, British primatologist Jane Goodall, and Princess Haya of Jordan.US Film Star George Clooney Visits UN as New Messenger of Peace
Actor Clooney dons mantle of new UN peace role;
Maggie Farley Los Angeles Times
The Toronto Star 02-01-2008
UNITED NATIONS —
George Clooney said yesterday that his new role as a UNMessenger of Peace is one of his most difficult yet, especially because he wasn’t exactly allowed to deliver his message.
George Clooney exhorta a Sudán a que permita fuerzas de paz en Darfur;
El actor estadounidense George Clooney.
El actor estadounidense George Clooney en una conferencia de prensa tras su visita a la sede de Naciones Unidas, en Nueva York, el jueves 31 de enero.
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