Academy Award winner George
Clooney resigned as
UN Peace Ambassador , based
UN statement quoted
on Monday ( 04/28/2014 ) .
" After six years in this role ,
Mr. Clooney felt it was time
to retire from the position of
Ambassador
UN peace , " said a spokesman
UN Stephane Dujarric , while
pray engagement Clooney
with human rights lawyers Charity
Alamuddin .
Previously reported Clooney
has been engaged to
Alamuddin , based
news from People magazine
on Saturday ( 04/26/2014 ) . "
demands
the division of time in the role
their professional field and
advocacy is sometimes hard done by
high -profile individuals to
formal roles in the United Nations , "
Dujarric added .
As a messenger of peace , Clooney
never traveled to
Democratic Republic of Congo and
South Sudan . Dujarric said
UN Secretary General Ban Ki -moon
hope there will be an opportunity in
future for Clooney and the UN
again collaborate .
In 2010 , Clooney helped
Satellite Sentinel Project that tracks
violations of human rights and
mass atrocities in Sudan . " Retiring
of the role the United Nations will
make it
more independent with this and to
step forward in the field of
personal advocacy and activities
other , "said Dujarric .
When Clooney was named a
UN Messenger of Peace in 2008 ,
Ban citing his work to
raise awareness about
violence in Darfur
was hit by the conflict . he
advocate for the millions of people
who
displaced by the fighting in
there .
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