Posted on 01/19/2008 9:16:01 PM PST by MadelineZapeezda
This George Gets it Right: Clooney to Organize Protest Against Unilateral Declaration of Kosovo Independence
Famous Hollywood actor, activist and campaigner George Clooney in a statement to the Frankfurt daily News announced he intends to organize a protest with his colleagues against the unilateral declaration of independence of Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija.
“With my coworker and friend Sharon Stone and her childhood friends of Serbian ancestry, I'll soon organize a protest against the attempts to grant independence to Kosovo,” the popular American actor said.
Clooney, who was among the first to support the Hollywood writers' protest and also backed the boycott of the Golden Globe awards ceremony, is well known as a fierce campaigner against any kind of injustice.
“I strive to use my popularity to help the mankind, to contribute to solving the number of problems afflicting today's world,” he said.
The New UN Messenger of Peace
George Clooney is a co-founder of Not on Our Watch, a humanitarian organization that focuses global attention on the plight of Darfur's people. The organization has raised more than $9.3 million for humanitarian efforts in the region.
The 46-year-old actor has been campaigning for an end to the 4 1/2-year war in Darfur and for humanitarian aid for the millions caught up in the conflict.
According to the AP, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated George Clooney as a U.N. "messenger of peace" Friday, January 18, 2008. He will become the ninth U.N. peace envoy.
While many U.N. agencies have goodwill ambassadors to promote activities ranging from helping children and refugees to promoting human rights, "messengers of peace" are selected by the secretary-general to promote the broader work of the United Nations.
U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said Clooney was recognized "for focusing public attention on crucial international political and social issues."
As a messenger of peace, he will have "a special focus on United Nations peacekeeping," Montas said.
Clooney will receive his designation at U.N. headquarters Jan. 31. He will also attend a meeting of countries that contribute troops to the 17 U.N. peacekeeping missions in countries from the Mideast and Africa to Haiti, Afghanistan and East Timor.
P.S. News as it was reported on Serbian TV (RTS) available on YouTube, thanks to our Dutch friend, JJ van Kempen.
http://byzantinesacredart.com/blog/2008/01/this-george-gets-it.html
or it was leaked prematurely!
"or it was leaked prematurely!"
I don't know if it is "all false", but apparently Clooney did say "neither made those statements nor did he authorize anyone to make it on his behalf". The story was first reported in a German newspaper and then circulated on the web through a lot of outlets before it hit the blogs. Clooney, a UN rep, is the only one denying it, so take your best guess.
The part that I have a great deal of trouble believing is that Richard Gere has turned against Kosovo “independence”.
After all, Gere starred in the 2007 film “The Hunting Party”. This movie was a filthy piece of Serbophobic propaganda about a bunch of “human rightser” journalists hunting a fictionalized version of Radovan Karadzic in “Bosnia”. During on-location filming, Gere got sick from the odor of cevapcici, one of the most womderful aromas I know!!!!
For Gere to now join the pro-Serbian side would require some sort of Buddhist version of repentance, or perhaps even outright conversion to Christianity.
Clooney!! Hmm he has no clue what happened in Balkans neither who lives there unless he will read it now and answer it.
Stone!! She is pretty and blonde, can’t really figure how she can talk of something complicated, she’ll lose the hair if she does.
What else?? Yeah got it,
They will protest bla bla bla, because of this and that and bla bla bla.
Knowing that people like them are destroying American heart, loyalty and resolutely. For many years Americans were categorical on their decisions, they believed each other, that thing flew away until Sep 11 it came back and Americans were holding their arms strongly with each other, but people like them trying to brake that.
My question is WHY??
Is that they both know more than our politicians? Trust me they were doing this kind of issues for long time they didn’t act on the movies and so, but they really thought about what is better for USA.
AND THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME WHAT IS BETTER FOR USA.
That's nice but from your command of the English language, you are obviously not American, so what are you?
The Clinton’s favorite general (Weasley Clark) almost started World War III by attacking Russian troops in Serbia.
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