Michelle Yeoh appointed as UNDP goodwill ambassador

KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning action heroine Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has been appointed as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador.
The Malaysian-born actress will focus on raising awareness and mobilising support for the recently launched Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
"I want to be there for all those who are left behind in this world, whether it's because they are born poor, born a woman or born in the area affected by devastation.
"As UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, I want to do all I can to help people overcome barriers and have a shot at a better life, in a safer world, on a healthier planet," UNDP said in a statement citing Yeoh at a press conference at the UNDP headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
Yeoh, having personally experienced the deadly earthquake that struck Nepal on April 2015 while she was visiting the country intends to leverage her influence as an actress and advocate to shine a spotlight on disaster recovery efforts in Nepal and beyond.
Meanwhile, UNDP administrator Helen Clark expressed excitement in welcoming someone as energetic and passionate as Michelle Yeoh to the global UNDP family. Yeoh, internationally acclaimed for her roles in the James Bond film as a 'Bond Girl' in 'Tomorrow Never Dies' and in Ang Lee's multiple Academy Award-winning 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', is also renowned for her advocacy and philanthropic efforts. — Bernama