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Mon, 2010-06-07 03:03
He was appointed Saturday in Rwanda's capital as a UN Environment
Program Goodwill Ambassador and vowed to fight climate change and promote
environment conservation.
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner announced the appointment,
saying that Cheadle would help raise green awareness among millions of people
around the globe.
Cheadle also named a baby gorilla Zoya, a name chosen by Internet
users as part of a UNEP awareness program.
In 2004, Cheadle starred in the film “Hotel Rwanda” which
told the world about the Rwandan genocide in 1994 that claimed the lives of
more than 500,000 people, mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The Rwandan
government, however, was critical of the film.
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