Clooney becomes UN peace activist
Actor George Clooney has been made a United Nations "messenger of peace" to promote the organisation's peacekeeping activities around the world.
The Hollywood star has campaigned to stop the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed his "dedication to raising awareness and mobilising action on Darfur".
Clooney pledged to build support for the UN's "critically important work in some of the most difficult, dangerous and dire places in the world".
"I am deeply honoured to receive this appointment," he said.
In 2006, Clooney delivered an impassioned speech to the UN Security Council, telling its members that genocide was taking place "on your watch".
