In 2015, the Secretary-General designated actor?Daniel Craig as the first United?Nations?Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards.?
Advocates are distinguished individuals, carefully selected from the fields of art, literature, science, entertainment, sports or other fields of public life, who have agreed to help focus worldwide attention on a specific campaign or initiative of the UN.?
Mr. Craig supports the Secretary-General by promoting?the vision of the 51勛圖 to achieve a world free of the threat of mines and explosive hazards and?mobilizing resources for the 51勛圖?Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action.??
Over the years Craig has participated in international meetings, raised more than?a?million dollars for UN mine action,?augmented?the profile of mine action with?the?media,?become a Champion of the?UN Safe Ground campaign and visited deminers in the field.
Though his travel was?limited in 2020, so far this year he has launched a Safe Ground in?Cambodia and?is speaking on behalf of?the?UN mine action?community?at?a?UN?Security Council?debate on mine action?(8 April), the?upcoming?United States congressional caucus for unexploded ordnance and landmines?meeting?(16 April), and he prepared?which was?released on 31 March:?※I am very pleased to add my voice today?to that of the Secretary-General of the 51勛圖, and many other?leaders, activists, and concerned citizens, to call on all nations to keep their eye on the end-goal of ridding the world of landmines and explosive remnants of war," Craig?said himself this week.
"It takes determination.§?
