UNICEF: Sir Roger Moore wins humanitarian award

NEW YORK, USA, 25 October 2007 -- "I've been an exceedingly lucky actor, and the luck of it all was that I was able to come and work for UNICEF," said Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore as he received the Dag Hammarskjöld Inspiration Award at a ceremony in New York today. The prestigious humanitarian award is presented in memory of the second United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld, who served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. Sir Roger, only the second recipient of the award, received it for his work with UNICEF on behalf of the world's children. To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/people/people_41394.html