Those Celebrity-Mad UN Ambssadors, Goodwill And Amy Winehouse
SAYS the Mail: “Celebrities who take drugs are helping fuel the trade in cocaine that is devastating Africa, a United Nations chief has warned.”
This is the UN that has already declared war on Pete Doherty.
Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime, looks down on “coke- snorting fashionistas”. They are not Bono, Mr G9. They are not Bob Geldof.
He says: “Amy Winehouse might adopt a defiant pose and slur her way through (the song) Rehab but does she realise the message she sends to others who are vulnerable to addiction and who cannot afford expensive treatment?
“Why is this behaviour socially acceptable? If Miss Winehouse advertised fur coats or blood diamonds, there would be a backlash. Yet when she is the poster girl for drug abuse, nobody seems to care.”
It’s not the obsession with drugs; it’s the obsession with celebrity, which reaches the UN.
This is the UN that ordains Goodwill Ambassadors – and, no, they are not drugs tested.
Those celebrities who have become UN Goodwill ambassadors include:
Michael Douglas (Reformed sex addict specialises in small arms control)
Geri Halliwell (eating disorders; promoting safe sex to teenage girls in the Philippines)
Angelina Jolie (Divorce)
Posted: 10th, March 2008 | In: Celebrities, Tabloids Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
