George Clooney named U.N. messenger of peace
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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.
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George Clooney traveled to Chad on Tuesday as a U.N. "messenger of peace" after spending time in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, U.N. sources said.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met privately with Kurt Waldheim, a predecessor who was banned from the United States after a scandal over his role in the German army in World War Two.
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George Clooney comes to Delhi to continue humanitarian efforts as the UN's Messenger Of Peace.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York For years, Kofi Annan was seen at the United Nations as a Mandela-like figure, a statesman who brought a serene sense of personal confidence and institutional steadiness to the task of settling conflict and a person frequently
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Burmaâs democracy leader, Nobel laureate and General Secretary of The National League for Democracy (NLD), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the honorary citizen of Paris by its city council in a ceremony held on 10 December.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has picked Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney, a passionate advocate for an end to war and famine in Sudan's Darfur region, as the world body's latest Messenger of Peace, an official said Friday.
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Actor George Clooney on Thursday warned the U.N.'s most powerful body Thursday that if it did not send peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, millions would die in the first genocide of the 21st century.
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Actor George Clooney warned the United Nation's most powerful body Thursday that if it did not send peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region millions would die in the first genocide of the 21st century.
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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan selected former President Clinton yesterday to be the UN point man for tsunami reconstruction, saying no one could better ensure that the world doesn't forget the needs of the countries devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster.
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Militants in Nigeria's restive oil region on Saturday invited actor and peace activist George Clooney to visit the area and asked for U.N. intervention in their conflict
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href="http://yahoo.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,15,00.html?yhnws">George   Clooney, who was instrumental in pulling together America: A Tribute   to Heroes following the events of September 11, has signed on to   help NBC line up celebrities for its tsunami-aid telethon scheduled for   Jan.15.
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More than 25 celebrities including actors Jim Carrey, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams on Thursday urged the United Nations to help win freedom for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Actor George Clooney campaigns in Egypt to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan was "deeply moved" by the death of Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat and urged renewed efforts by the Palestinians and  the Israelis to reach peace, a spokesman said late on  Wednesday.
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Virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma is made a messenger of peace by UN chief Kofi Annan at a ceremony in New York.
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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.