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Angelina Jolie tours flood damage in NW Pakistan
September 09, 2010U.S. actress Angelina Jolie is urging the world to help Pakistan in the long term cope with the worst flooding in its history. Jolie is in Pakistan as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency. Angelina Jolie is no stranger to Pakistan, even...
Antonio Banderas named UN goodwill ambassador on poverty
March 19, 2010The United Nations Development Program has named Spanish actor Antonio Banderas as a Goodwill Ambassador in the fight against poverty. The U.N. said Wednesday Banderas will work to enact the U.N. Millennium Development Goals that were established to...
Ban Ki-Moon courts Hollywood stars
March 03, 2010By Nikola Krastev The UN has been flirting with Hollywood since the world body was established back in 1945, but it appears that Ban Ki-Moon, the UN’s current head, has a special fondness for star power. As a high-level session of the Commission...
Gisele Bundchen named UN Environmental Ambassador
September 21, 2009Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is named the new UN Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme on Sunday (September 20) in New York City’s Washington Square Park. The 29-year-old Brazilian beauty will help the program to &ldquo...