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Sunday, August 19, 2012


Who runs the world? Beyonce at the U.N.

Beyonce took to the stage in the U.N. General Assembly hall, normally reserved for world leaders, to film a music video that will be released on Aug. 19 to mark World Humanitarian Day.


The U.N. event was a rare performance by Beyonce since she and her hip-hop 
mogul husband Jay-Z welcomed their first child in January, daughter Ivy Blue.

Instead of ambassadors and world leaders, some seats in the U.N. General Assembly hall were filled by celebrities including actress Julia Stiles, model Alek Wek and rapper The Dream. Beyonce met U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during rehearsal.

The music video, donated by Beyonce, will launch a global campaign that hopes to reach one billion people and encourage them to pledge online at www.whd-iwashere.org to do something good for someone in need.

Illustrations on Beyonce’s website, www.beyonce.com, suggested a few ways people can leave their mark - draw a small animal and tell it all your secrets, make food and share it with others, and dance like children who don't know the rules.

“I hope everyone will pledge to complete at least one humanitarian action - however great or small,” said U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos in a statement.

“Together we can create an unprecedented awareness of the plight of people affected by crises around the world.”

In 2008, the U.N. General Assembly declared Aug. 19 World Humanitarian Day to raise awareness of such work, recognize people who risk their lives to help those in need and mark the day in 2003 when 22 people who were killed in a bomb attack on U.N. offices in Baghdad.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/beyonce-performs-i-was-here-for-world-humanitarian-day-20120819 

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