As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a license to kill, but on 14 April the United Nations gave the British actor a license to save by appointing him as the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards.
Craig - who has been filming his fourth movie as the dapper, martini-drinking agent 007 - will spend the next three years raising awareness for the UN Mine Action Service (Unmas) and political and financial support for the cause.
You have been given a license to kill (as James Bond), Im now giving you a license to save, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Craig at United Nations headquarters in New York.
The United Nations said 162 States are parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Last year, the United Nations said it destroyed more than 400,000 land mines and explosive remnants of war and more than 2,000 tons of obsolete ammunition.
I am honoured to accept this role, Im humbled that I will get the chance to work next to people who are risking their lives every day to help ordinary people live ordinary lives, said Craig. I will do my very best.
