Michael Douglas
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with actor Michael Douglas, United Nations Messenger of Peace, at United Nations Headquarters in New York City in March 2007.Photo Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten
The internationally known Academy Award-winning actor and producer from the United States has served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 1998. Mr. Douglas is fiercely committed to disarmament issues, including nuclear nonproliferation and halting the global trade in small arms and light weapons. He focuses public awareness on United Nations’ efforts to strengthen peace and security by speaking publicly for greater controls on the illegal possession and circulation of small arms and light weapons. Mr. Douglas’ work as a Messenger has also helped the United Nations bring attention to the plight of child soldiers by hosting a documentary filmed in Sierra Leone that was part of a United Nations/Showtime ten-part series titled “What’s Going On?”