Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen, who was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is seen on September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission to raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen, who was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is seen on September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission to raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.

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  1. Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen smells a flower given to her after she was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission ro raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.
  2. Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen (R), designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner (L), stands in New York's Washington Square Park on September 20, 2009. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission ro raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.
  3. Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen (R) poses with school students after being designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission ro raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.
  4. Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen (L), who was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), speak beside UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner (R) on September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission to raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.
  5. Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen, who was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is seen on September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission to raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.
  6. Brazil-born model Gisele Bündchen, who was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is seen on September 20, 2009 in New York's Washington Square Park. Bundchen will help the UNEP in its mission to raise awareness and promote action to protect the environment.
  7. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  8. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  9. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  10. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  11. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  12. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  13. Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama addresses a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) event in Beirut after being named by the international organization as an honorary UN ambassador for environmental and climate issues on October 4, 2009. Alamah will be campaigning for the UN in the Arab world.
  14. Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama receives an award from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Beirut after being named by the international organization as an honorary UN ambassador for environmental and climate issues on October 4, 2009. Alamah will be campaigning for the UN in the Arab world.
  15. Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama receives an award from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Beirut after being named by the international organization as an honorary UN ambassador for environmental and climate issues on October 4, 2009. Alamah will be campaigning for the UN in the Arab world.
  16. Indonesian activists dressed in orangutan costumes attend an anti-deforestation and illegal orang utan hunting campaign in Jakarta on November 17, 2009. There are about 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 80 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest in Malaysia's Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak. A 2007 assessment by the United Nations Environment Program warned the charismatic red-haired apes will be virtually eliminated in the wild within two decades if current deforestation trends continue.

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