{"id":56967,"date":"2015-04-15T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T13:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=56967"},"modified":"2022-09-22T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T14:15:28","slug":"james-bond-star-named-un-advocate-for-mine-elimination-56967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/james-bond-star-named-un-advocate-for-mine-elimination-56967\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond star named UN advocate for mine elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/daniel-craig-un-mine.jpg\" alt=\"James Bond star named UN advocate for mine elimination\" width=\"610\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/daniel-craig-un-mine.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/daniel-craig-un-mine-280x176.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/daniel-craig-un-mine-571x360.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>James Bond actor Daniel Craig was named as the UN advocate for the eradication of mines.<\/h1>\n<p>For the next three years, Craig will raise awareness about the UN&#8217;s vision of a world free from the threat of mines and explosive remnants of war.<\/p>\n<p>UN chief Ban Ki-moon thanked the veteran actor for using &#8220;star power&#8221; to draw attention to the cause of mine destruction and mine awareness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 007 had a license to kill,&#8221; he said, referring to Bond&#8217;s code number at MI6. &#8220;Now we are giving him the license to save.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Craig rose to international stardom with his portrayal of fictional spy in \u201cCasino Royale,\u201d released in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>But the classically trained actor had put a long and impressive filmography under his belt during a span of more than 15 years, from Hollywood features to highly respected independent films, including \u201cThe Trench\u201d and the historical drama \u201cElizabeth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCasino Royale\u201d became the highest-grossing Bond film and garnered arguably the best reviews the franchise had seen in years, as audiences and critics alike became Craig loyalists.<\/p>\n<p>He reprised the role in \u201cQuantum of Solace,\u201d in 2008 and \u201cSkyfall,\u201d in 2012.<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 10)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Bond actor Daniel Craig was named as the UN advocate for the eradication of mines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,122,63,79],"tags":[9515,76514,20710,16458,21985],"class_list":["post-56967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-cinema","category-daily","category-magazine","tag-ban-ki-moon","tag-casino-royale","tag-daniel-craig","tag-hollywood","tag-james-bond"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}