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Craig - who has been filming his fourth movie as the dapper,
martini-drinking agent 007 - will spend the next three years
raising awareness for the U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and
political and financial support for the cause.
"You have been given a license to kill (as James Bond), I'm now
giving you a license to save," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
told Craig at United Nations headquarters in New York.
The United Nations said 162 States are parties to the
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Last year, the United
Nations said it destroyed more than 400,000 land mines and
explosive remnants of war and more than 2,000 tons of obsolete
ammunition.
"I am honored to accept this role, I'm humbled that I will get
the chance to work next to people who are risking their lives
every day to help ordinary people live ordinary lives," said
Craig. "I will do my very best."
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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