Leonardo DiCaprio has been
named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Leonardo DiCaprio was
appointed to the role by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help promote the
organisation’s global action on climate change.
Ki-moon described the ‘Wolf
of Wall Street’ star – who established his
own foundation to help promote the earth’s remaining wildlife
environments in 1998 – as ‘not just one of the
world’s leading actors’ but as also having ‘a
longstanding commitment to environmental causes.’
According to the New York
Post newspaper’s Page Six column, Leonardo is set to attend next
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 climate summit where he will address 120 world
leaders on the topic.
The 39-year-old actor said he
feels ‘a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in
human history’ and is honoured to have taken on the role in a bid to
tackle the threat of climate change.
Leonardo joins a host of
other renowned names who have become United Nations Messengers of Peace
including Stevie Wonder, Michael Douglas, George Clooney, Brazilian author
Paulo Coelho and conductor Daniel Barenboim.
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