September 20th, 2007
Glover working to eliminate land mines
* GLOVER WORKING TO ELIMINATE LAND MINES: Actor Danny Glover, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, simulates using mine clearance equipment in a cleared mine field in Ethiopia. Glover’s appearance was designed to attract the attention of the public to the recent international conference on land mines in Nairobi, Kenya, where delegates from around the globe gathered to assess progress made in implementing the pact to eliminate landmines.
Glover expressed regret his own country has yet to sign the 144-nation treaty to eliminate the use of landmines which kill or maim more than 40 people around the world every day. Glover’s mission was his first as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.