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139-543: Global Citizen's vision is, upon itself, a world without extreme poverty by 2030. To achieve this, the organization works with people to make a difference in the present, and focuses on improving the future by changing the systems and policies that keep people in poverty, by utilizing education, communications, advocacy, campaigning, and the media. The organization researches and selects causes to support, and then suggests actions for its members to take in support of those causes. This can include sending tweets to organizations like

278-589: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , and for The Greatest Showman soundtrack , Jackman received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack . He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away , Happy Feet (both 2006), and Rise of the Guardians (2012). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston in 1995 and Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned

417-551: A Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the West End revival of Oklahoma! in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of Carousel as Billy Bigelow at Carnegie Hall . On Broadway , he won the 2004 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz . From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in

556-457: A Primetime Emmy Award , a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards , along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award . Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019. Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006),

695-693: A "false renaissance" for the organization, given the more troubled missions that followed. Beginning in the last decades of the Cold War , critics of the UN condemned the organization for perceived mismanagement and corruption. In 1984, American President Ronald Reagan withdrew the United States' funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (or UNESCO) over allegations of mismanagement, followed by

834-496: A 2015 interview, he identified as Christian but says his version of faith differs from his father's: "He takes his religion very seriously and would prefer I go to church," "We've had discussions about our separate beliefs. I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive." He meditates daily and incorporates teachings from the spiritually eclectic School of Practical Philosophy . In November 2013, Jackman announced he had basal-cell carcinoma removed from his nose. He had

973-471: A Democratic presidential candidate in 1988, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports surfaced of his extramarital affair. In 2019, he voiced the character, Sir Lionel Frost, in the animated film, Missing Link . In 2019, Jackman went on his first world tour called The Man. The Music. The Show. to perform songs from the album, The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , and Broadway/Hollywood musical numbers. Comprising 88 shows,

1112-749: A Global Advisor to the Global Poverty Project, and is a public face for the Live Below the Line campaign. Since July 2011, the Global Citizen has worked with Rotary and its End Polio campaign. Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary, End Polio and its partners reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since

1251-719: A boy, I'd always had an interest in theatre. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that. I found the courage to stand up and say, 'I want to do it'." After completing "The Journey", he was offered a role on the popular soap opera Neighbours but turned it down to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia , from which he graduated in 1994. Jackman has said he "always loved acting but when I started at drama school I

1390-597: A center for coordinating the actions of member nations. It is widely recognised as the world's largest international organization. The UN is headquartered in New York City , in international territory with certain privileges extraterritorial to the United States, and the UN has other offices in Geneva , Nairobi , Vienna , and The Hague , where the International Court of Justice is headquartered at

1529-413: A commitment to achieve international development in areas such as poverty reduction , gender equality and public health . Progress towards these goals, which were to be met by 2015, was ultimately uneven. The 2005 World Summit reaffirmed the UN's focus on promoting development, peacekeeping, human rights and global security. The Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs) were launched in 2015 to succeed

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1668-500: A cynical advertising executive. In 2001, Jackman also starred in the action/drama Swordfish with John Travolta and Halle Berry . This was the second time Jackman worked with Berry, and the two have worked together thrice more in the X-Men movies. He hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in 2001. In 2002, Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigelow in the musical Carousel in a special concert performance at Carnegie Hall with

1807-610: A fair trade coffee farmer named Dukale. All profits from Laughing Man Coffee go to the Laughing Man Foundation, which supports educational programs, community development, and social entrepreneurs around the world. Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness on 11 April 1996, at St. John's in Toorak, Victoria , a suburb of Melbourne. They met on the set of Australian TV show Correlli . Jackman personally designed an engagement ring for Furness, and their wedding rings bore

1946-533: A five phase curriculum, and are assigned a supervisor from the GC Africa team. Live Below the Line is an awareness and fundraising campaign that challenges people to feed themselves with the equivalent of the extreme poverty line. It aims to give participants personal insights into the lack of opportunity and choice available to people living in extreme poverty, and to open a window onto the challenges faced by those living in extreme poverty. Global Citizen launched

2085-754: A global recovery was launched on February 23, 2021. The plan is based on five pillars: End COVID-19 for All; End the Hunger Crisis; Resume Learning Everywhere; Protect the Planet; Advance Equity for All. The campaign is supported by the World Health Organization . United Nations The United Nations ( UN ) is a diplomatic and political international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security , developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international cooperation, and serving as

2224-602: A golden nebula in an eco-spacecraft seeking to be reunited with Izzi. Jackman said The Fountain was his most difficult film thus far due to the physical and emotional demands of the part. Jackman also starred in Woody Allen 's 2006 film Scoop opposite Scarlett Johansson . That year he also reprised the role of Wolverine in X-Men: The Last Stand . He rounded out 2006 with two animated films: Happy Feet , directed by George Miller , in which he voiced

2363-1013: A myriad of autonomous, separately administered funds, programmes, research and training institutes, and other subsidiary bodies . Each of these entities have their own area of work, governance structure, and budgets such as the World Trade Organization (or the WTO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (or the IAEA), operate independently of the UN but maintain formal partnership agreements. The UN performs much of its humanitarian work through these institutions, such as preventing famine and malnutrition (the World Food Programme ), protecting vulnerable and displaced people (the UNHCR ), and combating

2502-480: A mystery thriller from Christopher Nolan . Jackman portrayed Robert Angier, an aristocratic magician who builds up a rivalry with contemporary Alfred Borden (Bale) in an attempt to one-up each other in the art of deception. After reading the script, Jackman expressed interest in starring in the film, and Nolan believed that the actor had the qualities of the character. Jackman based his portrayal of Angier on 1950s-era American magician Channing Pollock . The Prestige

2641-440: A phone call offering him a role on Correlli : "I was technically unemployed for thirteen seconds." Correlli , devised by Australian actress Denise Roberts , was a 10-part drama series on ABC, Jackman's first major professional job, and where he met his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness . Jackman stated that "Meeting my wife was the greatest thing to come out of it." The show lasted only one season. After Correlli Jackman went on

2780-539: A precaution after his doctor observed symptoms that, according to the doctor, "could be or could not be" basal-cell carcinomas. Jackman has undergone multiple procedures to remove skin cancer. He has continued to stress the significance of wearing high-SPF sunscreen regardless of the season. On 18 March 2015, Jackman revealed that he had to cancel stage performances in Turkey because he had a left vocal cord haemorrhage . A portrait of Jackman and Furness by Paul Newton

2919-564: A resolution , over strenuous American and Israeli opposition, declaring Zionism to be a form of racism . The resolution was repealed on 16 December 1991, shortly after the end of the Cold War. With an increasing Third World presence and the failure of UN mediation in conflicts in the Middle East , Vietnam , and Kashmir , the UN increasingly shifted its attention to its secondary goals of economic development and cultural exchange. By

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3058-542: A second carcinoma removed from his nose in May 2014, telling Associated Press that he expects to have future recurrences. This resulted in Jackman attending the various worldwide premieres of X-Men: Days of Future Past with a bandage on his nose and urging his Instagram followers to wear sunscreen . In April 2023, Jackman shared in a social media update that his biopsy results had all returned negative. He had tests taken as

3197-623: A special appearance by John Legend. the Global Citizen app launched alongside the event, and was the tool through which interested people had to earn tickets. On September 26, 2015 the Global Citizen Festival was hosted by Stephen Colbert , Hugh Jackman and popular YouTube personalities Matthew Santoro and AsapScience . It featured performances from Pearl Jam , Beyoncé , Ed Sheeran , and Coldplay , among others. The Waislitz Global Citizen Awards are given to four individuals working to end extreme poverty. Each year, $ 250,000

3336-540: A special international regime. The plan failed and a civil war broke out in Palestine, that led to the creation of the state of Israel afterward. Two years later, Ralph Bunche , a UN official, negotiated an armistice to the resulting conflict , with the Security Council deciding that “an armistice shall be established in all sectors of Palestine”. On 7 November 1956, the first UN peacekeeping force

3475-432: A tough, independent cattle drover , who reluctantly helps an English noblewoman in her quest to save both her philandering husband's Australian cattle station and the mixed race Aboriginal child she finds there. Of the movie, Jackman said, "This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of

3614-1033: A wide variety of topics. These include the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , which advises UN agencies on issues relating to indigenous peoples , the United Nations Forum on Forests , which coordinates and promotes sustainable forest management, the United Nations Statistical Commission , which co-ordinates information-gathering efforts between agencies, and the Commission on Sustainable Development , which co-ordinates efforts between UN agencies and NGOs working towards sustainable development . ECOSOC may also grant consultative status to non-governmental organizations. as of April 2021 almost 5,600 organizations have this status. The UN Charter stipulates that each primary organ of

3753-749: A world body to guarantee peace. The winners of the war, the Allies , met to decide on formal peace terms at the Paris Peace Conference . The League of Nations was approved and started operations, but the United States never joined. On 10 January 1920, the League of Nations formally came into being when the Covenant of the League of Nations , ratified by 42 nations in 1919, took effect. The League Council acted as an executive body directing

3892-831: Is a global advisor of the Global Poverty Project , for which he narrated a documentary. Jackman hosted a preview of the Global Poverty Project Presentation in New York with Donna Karan , Lisa Fox, and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness . Jackman supports The Art of Elysium and the MPTV Fund Foundation, and he and Furness are patrons of the Bone Marrow Institute in Australia. In December 2009, during

4031-512: Is administered by the UN organizations. The General Assembly is the primary deliberative assembly of the UN. Composed of all UN member states , the assembly gathers at annual sessions at the General Assembly Hall , but emergency sessions can be summoned. The assembly is led by a president , elected by the member states on a rotating regional basis, and 21 vice-presidents. The first session convened on 10 January 1946 in

4170-521: Is appointed by the General Assembly, after being recommended by the Security Council, where the permanent members have veto power. There are no specific criteria for the post, but over the years it has become accepted that the position shall be held for one or two terms of five years. The current secretary-general is António Guterres of Portugal, who replaced Ban Ki-moon in 2017. The International Court of Justice (or ICJ), sometimes known as

4309-612: Is awarded in the form of a $ 100,000 grand prize, and three additional $ 50,000 prizes: the disrupter award, the citizen's choice award, and in 2020, the COVID-19 response award. In 2020, the grand prize winner was Haroon Yasin, recognized for his educational organization Orenda. The three additional prizes were awarded to Nnameka Ikegwuonu who founded ColdHubs; Farhad Wajdi for Ebtakar Inspiring Entrepreneurs of Afghanistan Organization; and Muzalema Mwanza for her Safe Motherhood Alliance. A year-long campaign to end COVID-19 for all and kickstart

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4448-402: Is now headquartered in New York. Since its launch the organization has: In July 2017, Global Citizen published its first accountability report for its education commitments. That same year, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard also used the organization's platform to call for $ 3.1 billion, to give 870 million children access to high-quality education via the organization she chairs,

4587-807: The Adelaide Entertainment Centre , and the Perth Arena . Jackman then portrayed the villain Blackbeard in the film Pan , which revolved around the backstories of J.M. Barrie 's characters Peter Pan and Captain Hook . The movie received generally negative reviews and was a failure at the box office. In 2016, Jackman played fictional ski coach, Bronson Peary, in Eddie the Eagle , which portrayed how Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards became

4726-771: The Charter of the United Nations was completed over the following two months, and it was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, upon ratification of the Charter by the five permanent members of the Security Council : the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union and China — and by a majority of

4865-580: The Cold War . Two notable exceptions were a Security Council resolution on 7 July 1950 authorizing a US-led coalition to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea , passed in the absence of the Soviet Union, and the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953. On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly approved resolution 181 , a proposal to partition Palestine into two state, with Jerusalem placed under

5004-921: The General Assembly , the Security Council , the Economic and Social Council , the International Court of Justice , the UN Secretariat , and the Trusteeship Council , although the Trusteeship Council has been suspended since 1994. The UN System includes a multitude of specialized agencies , funds, and programmes, including the World Bank Group , the World Health Organization , the World Food Programme , UNESCO , and UNICEF . Additionally, non-governmental organizations may be granted consultative status with

5143-509: The Global Partnership for Education . Over 263,000 organization members sent tweets, emails, and messages to world leaders and corporations in support. In February 2018, donors pledged over $ 2.3 billion to the cause. In April 2020, the organization partnered with Lady Gaga and her mother to produce a globally-televised and streamed concert called One World: Together at Home , featuring celebrities singing from their homes during

5282-787: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in January 2013 for this performance and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor . Jackman appeared alongside Kate Winslet in Movie 43 , an ensemble comedy, in January 2013. Jackman (along with actress Kristen Wiig ) was featured on "You've Got the Look", a song by comedy hip hop group The Lonely Island on their third album, The Wack Album , released in June 2013. Jackman returned to Broadway in

5421-493: The Guinness World Record of "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero", although this record has since been surpassed. Jackman starred as Leopold in the 2001 romantic comedy film Kate & Leopold , a role for which he received a Best Actor Golden Globe nomination. Jackman plays a Victorian English duke who accidentally time-travels to 21st-century Manhattan, where he meets Kate ( Meg Ryan ),

5560-739: The Haiti earthquake . Acting under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 in 2011, NATO countries intervened in the First Libyan Civil War . The Millennium Summit was held in 2000 to discuss the UN's role in the 21st century. The three-day meeting was the largest gathering of world leaders in history, and it culminated in the adoption by all member states of the Millennium Development Goals (or MDGs),

5699-531: The ICJ Statute , which forms an integral part of the UN Charter, and non-members may also become parties. The ICJ's rulings are binding upon parties and, along with its advisory opinions, serve as sources of international law . The court is composed of 15 judges appointed to nine-year terms by the General Assembly. Every sitting judge must be from a different nation. The Economic and Social Council (or

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5838-691: The International Court of Justice and the UN Secretariat . A sixth principal organ, the Trusteeship Council , suspended its operations on 1 November 1994 upon the independence of Palau ; the last remaining UN trustee territory. Four of the five principal organs are located at the main UN Headquarters in New York City, while the International Court of Justice is seated in The Hague . Most other major agencies are based in

5977-573: The Methodist Central Hall in London and comprised representatives of 51 nations. When the General Assembly decides on seminal questions such as those on peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, a two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required. All other questions are decided by a majority vote. Each member has one vote. Apart from the approval of budgetary matters, resolutions are not binding on

6116-661: The Orchestra of St. Luke's . In 2004, Jackman won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his 2003–2004 Broadway portrayal of Australian songwriter and performer Peter Allen in the hit musical The Boy from Oz , which he also performed in Australia in 2006. In addition, Jackman hosted the Tony Awards in 2003, 2004, and 2005, garnering positive reviews. His hosting of

6255-423: The Peace Palace . The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars , and succeeded the League of Nations , which was characterized as being ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 nations assembled in San Francisco , California, for a conference and initialised the drafting of the UN Charter , which was adopted on 25 June 1945. The charter took effect on 24 October 1945, when

6394-471: The Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League and once gave the team a pep talk prior to a Showdown clash . He is also a long-time fan and supporter of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles , a National Rugby League (NRL) club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. He sang the Australian national anthem at the 1999 NRL Grand Final . Jackman also guest starred on 19 September 2011 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw , assisting Zack Ryder in

6533-406: The Salvadoran Civil War , launched a successful peacekeeping mission in Namibia , and oversaw democratic elections in post- apartheid South Africa and post- Khmer Rouge Cambodia. In 1991, the UN authorized a US-led coalition that repulsed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait . Brian Urquhart , the under-secretary-general of the UN from 1971 to 1985, later described the hopes raised by these successes as

6672-401: The Sanskrit inscription " Om paramar mainamar ", translated as "We dedicate our union to a greater source". Furness had two miscarriages, after which she and Jackman adopted two children. Jackman and his family live in New York City . In September 2023, the couple announced that they had separated. Jackman was raised Christian , attending multiple revivals during his childhood. In

6811-412: The UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda failed to intervene in the Rwandan genocide amidst indecision in the Security Council. From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, international interventions authorized by the UN took a wider variety of forms. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 authorised the NATO -led Kosovo Force beginning in 1999. The UN mission in the Sierra Leone Civil War

6950-408: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees , became the ninth secretary-general. Guterres has highlighted several key goals for his administration, including an emphasis on diplomacy for preventing conflicts, more effective peacekeeping efforts, and streamlining the organization to be more responsive and versatile to international needs. On 13 June 2019, the UN signed a Strategic Partnership Framework with

7089-413: The UN offices at Geneva , Vienna , and Nairobi , and additional UN institutions are located throughout the world. The six official languages of the UN, used in intergovernmental meetings and documents, are Arabic , Chinese , English , French , Russian and Spanish . On the basis of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations , the UN and its agencies are immune from

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7228-531: The United Nations in support of reducing pollution, signing petitions to support gender equality, sending pre-written emails to politicians to increase international aid, or providing rewards to encourage people to get involved. Each cause supports the UN's Sustainable Development Goals , one of which includes eliminating poverty by 2030. Global Citizen was founded in 2008 as the Global Poverty Project in Melbourne, Australia and has since opened additional offices in London, Berlin, Toronto, Lagos, and Johannesburg and

7367-445: The War in Darfur in Sudan and the Kivu conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sent observers and chemical weapons inspectors to the Syrian Civil War . In 2013, an internal review of UN actions in the final battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009 concluded that the organization had suffered a "systemic failure". In 2010, the organization suffered the worst loss of life in its history, when 101 personnel died in

7506-418: The World Economic Forum in order to "jointly accelerate" the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . The United Nations is part of the broader UN System, which includes an extensive network of institutions and entities. Central to the organization are five principal organs established by the UN Charter: the General Assembly , the Security Council , the Economic and Social Council ,

7645-472: The " Four Powers ", refers to the four major Allied countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China , emerged in the Declaration by the United Nations. On New Year's Day 1942, Roosevelt, Churchill, the Soviet Union's former Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov , and the Chinese Premier T. V. Soong signed the " Declaration by United Nations ", and the next day the representatives of twenty-two other nations added their signatures. During

7784-444: The " Ten Pound Poms " immigration scheme. Thus, in addition to his Australian citizenship , Jackman holds British citizenship by virtue of being born to UK-born parents. One of his paternal great-grandfathers, Nicholas Isidor Bellas, was Greek, from the Ottoman Empire (now in Greece). His parents were devout Christians, having been converted by Evangelist Billy Graham after their marriage. Jackman has four older siblings and

7923-475: The 1960s. Since then, 80 former colonies have gained independence, including 11 trust territories that had been monitored by the Trusteeship Council . By the 1970s, the UN's budget for economic and social development programmes vastly exceeded its spending on peacekeeping . After the end of the Cold War in 1991, the UN shifted and expanded its field operations, undertaking a wide variety of complex tasks. The UN comprises six principal operational organizations:

8062-453: The 1970s, the UN budget for social and economic development was far greater than its peacekeeping budget. After the Cold War, the UN saw a radical expansion in its peacekeeping duties, taking on more missions in five years than it had in the previous four decades. Between 1988 and 2000, the number of adopted Security Council resolutions more than doubled, and the peacekeeping budget increased by more than tenfold. The UN negotiated an end to

8201-427: The 2004 Tony Awards earned him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program. After 2003's X2 , Jackman played the title role of monster killer Gabriel Van Helsing in the 2004 film Van Helsing . Jackman and the film were noted in Bruce A. McClelland's book Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead . Jackman was asked to consider taking on

8340-453: The 2008 documentary about global warming, The Burning Season . He is also a World Vision ambassador and participated in the climate week NYC ceremony on 21 September 2009. Jackman launched the Laughing Man Coffee company in 2011. He founded two cafés in Lower Manhattan , and also sold the coffee online, before it also became a brand for Keurig . Jackman founded the company after a trip to Ethiopia in 2009 for World Vision, where he met

8479-411: The 21st annual Gypsy of the Year competition, it was announced that Jackman and fellow actor Daniel Craig had raised $ 1,549,953 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS from six weeks of curtain appeals at their hit Broadway drama, A Steady Rain . Jackman continued his support of Broadway Cares in 2011, raising nearly $ 1 million during his run of Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway . Jackman also narrated

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8618-399: The Assembly's business. It began with four permanent members—the United Kingdom , France , Italy , and Japan . After some limited successes and failures during the 1920s, the League proved ineffective in the 1930s, as it failed to act against the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1933. Forty nations voted for Japan to withdraw from Manchuria but Japan voted against it and walked out of

8757-455: The Broadway revival of the musical The Music Man , earning another Tony Award nomination. A four-time host of the Tony Awards , he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony . He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. Jackman was born in Sydney , New South Wales, to Grace McNeil (née Greenwood) and Christopher John Jackman, a Cambridge -educated accountant. His parents were English and went to Australia in 1967 as part of

8896-420: The Chinese seat on the Security Council in place of the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan). The vote was widely seen as a sign of waning American influence in the organization. Third World nations organized themselves into the Group of 77 under the leadership of Algeria, which briefly became a dominant power at the UN. On 10 November 1975, a bloc comprising the Soviet Union and Third World nations passed

9035-404: The Congo by 11 May 1964. While travelling to meet rebel leader Moise Tshombe during the conflict, Dag Hammarskjöld , often named as one of the UN's most effective secretaries-general, died in a plane crash . Months later he was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . In 1964, Hammarskjöld's successor, U Thant , deployed the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus , which would become one of

9174-428: The ECOSOC) assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social co-operation and development. It was established to serve as the UN's primary forum for global issues and is the largest and most complex UN body. The ECOSOC's functions include gathering data, conducting studies and advising and making recommendations to member states. Its work is carried out primarily by subsidiary bodies focused on

9313-552: The Economic and Social Council and other agencies. The UN's chief administrative officer is the secretary-general , currently António Guterres , who is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. He began his first five-year term on 1 January 2017 and was re-elected on 8 June 2021. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. The UN, its officers, and its agencies have won multiple Nobel Peace Prizes , although other evaluations of its effectiveness have been contentious. Some commentators believe

9452-539: The General Assembly on a regional basis . The presidency of the Security Council rotates alphabetically each month. The UN Secretariat carries out the day-to-day duties required to operate and maintain the UN system. It is composed of tens of thousands of international civil servants worldwide and headed by the secretary-general , who is assisted by the deputy secretary-general . The Secretariat's duties include providing information and facilities needed by UN bodies for their meetings and carrying out tasks as directed by

9591-475: The Guardians , while his image was licensed to represent the Skulduggery Pleasant character Saracen Rue in the spin-off novel Tanith Low in... The Maleficent Seven , published December 2012. Jackman starred as Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper 's Les Misérables , an adaptation of the musical . The film opened on 25 December 2012. For the role, he lost 15 pounds and later had to regain 30 pounds to mirror his character's newfound success. He won

9730-448: The HIV/AIDS pandemic (the UNAIDS ). Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage , he has received various accolades , including

9869-494: The Land , Halifax f.p. , Blue Heelers , and Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River . Jackman became known outside Australia in 1998, when he played the leading role of Curly in the Royal National Theatre 's acclaimed stage production of Oklahoma! , in London's West End . The performance earned him an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. Jackman said, "I totally felt like it can't get any better than this. On some level that production will be one of

10008-522: The League instead of withdrawing from Manchuria. It also failed to act against the Second Italo-Ethiopian War , after the appeal for international intervention by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I at Geneva in 1936 went with no avail, including when calls for economic sanctions against Italy failed. Italy and other nations left the League. When war broke out in 1939 , the League effectively closed down. The first step towards

10147-537: The Millennium Development Goals. In addition to addressing global challenges, the UN has sought to improve its accountability and democratic legitimacy by engaging more with civil society and fostering a global constituency. In an effort to enhance transparency, in 2016 the organization held its first public debate between candidates for secretary-general. On 1 January 2017, Portuguese diplomat António Guterres , who had previously served as

10286-474: The Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and other UN bodies. The secretary-general acts as the spokesperson and leader of the UN. The position is defined in the UN Charter as the organization's chief administrative officer. Article 99 of the charter states that the secretary-general can bring to the Security Council's attention "any matter which in their opinion may threaten

10425-592: The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The revival received mixed reviews but was a success at the box office. Jackman reprised his role as Wolverine, in Deadpool & Wolverine , starring Ryan Reynolds , set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . It was released on July 26, 2024. About training to reprise his Wolverine role, Jackman said "I was thrilled. My body was a little sore at

10564-449: The UN began operations. The UN's objectives, as outlined by its charter, include maintaining international peace and security, protecting human rights , delivering humanitarian aid , promoting sustainable development , and upholding international law . At its founding, the UN had 51 member states ; as of 2024 , it has 193 sovereign states , nearly all of the world's recognized sovereign states. The UN's mission to preserve world peace

10703-420: The UN can only make recommendations to member states, the Security Council has the power to make binding decisions that member states have agreed to carry out, under the terms of Charter Article 25. The decisions of the council are known as United Nations Security Council resolutions . The Security Council is made up of fifteen member states: five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and

10842-621: The UN system obey the Noblemaire principle , which calls for salaries that will attract and retain citizens of countries where compensation is highest, and which ensures equal pay for work of equal value regardless of the employee's nationality. In practice, the International Civil Service Commission , which governs the conditions of UN personnel, takes reference to the highest-paying national civil service. Staff salaries are subject to an internal tax that

10981-451: The UN's longest-running peacekeeping missions. With the spread of decolonization in the 1960s, the UN's membership shot up due to an influx of newly independent nations. In 1960 alone, 17 new states joined the UN, 16 of them from Africa. On 25 October 1971, with opposition from the United States, but with the support of many Third World nations, the People's Republic of China was given

11120-532: The United Kingdom and Singapore. Boutros Boutros-Ghali , the secretary-general from 1992 to 1996, initiated a reform of the Secretariat, somewhat reducing the size of the organisation. His successor, Kofi Annan , initiated further management reforms in the face of threats from the US to withhold its UN dues. Though the UN Charter had been written primarily to prevent aggression by one nation against another, in

11259-580: The United Nations can establish various specialized agencies to fulfill its duties. Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the Economic and Social Council. Each was integrated into the UN system through an agreement with the UN under UN Charter article 57. There are fifteen specialized agencies, which perform functions as diverse as facilitating international travel, preventing and addressing pandemics, and promoting economic development. The United Nations system includes

11398-685: The United Nations. After months of planning, the UN Conference on International Organization opened in San Francisco on 25 April 1945. It was attended by 50 nations' governments and a number of non-governmental organizations. The delegations of the Big Four chaired the plenary meetings. Previously, Churchill had urged Roosevelt to restore France to its status of a major power after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. The drafting of

11537-554: The United States) and ten non-permanent members (currently Algeria , Ecuador , Guyana , Japan , Malta , Mozambique , the Republic of Korea , Sierra Leone , Slovenia and Switzerland ). The five permanent members hold veto power over UN resolutions, allowing a permanent member to block adoption of a resolution, though not debate. The ten temporary seats are held for two-year terms, with five members elected each year by

11676-506: The Webby Award for Public Service and Activism in the category Apps, Mobile & Voice. 1.4 Billion Reasons presentation is a live multimedia presentation designed to explain why an end to extreme poverty is possible, and the simple actions that every person can take to help bring it about. Designed in consultation with development and economics advisors, the presentation explores: • What it means to live in extreme poverty, • Why

11815-796: The World Court, is the primary judicial organ of the UN. It is the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice and occupies the body's former headquarters in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands , making it the only principal organ not based in New York City. The ICJ's main function is adjudicating disputes among nations. Examples of issues they have heard include war crimes, violations of state sovereignty and ethnic cleansing. The court can also be called upon by other UN organs to provide advisory opinions on matters of international law. All UN member states are parties to

11954-547: The audience. Jackman was backed by fellow musical theatre veterans Merle Dandridge and Angel Reda . He later returned to Broadway in a new show, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre , which began performances on 25 October 2011 and concluded on 1 January 2012. In a November 2012 release, Jackman voiced the role of E.Aster Bunnymund (the Easter Bunny ) in the animated film Rise of

12093-493: The band's Vitalogy Foundation. The Global Citizen Fellowship was started in 2019 in partnership with Beyonce 's BeyGood organization. Every year, ten to fifteen South African young adults are enrolled in the program where they serve paid, year-long fellowships with Global Citizen in Johannesburg. Each fellowship focuses on one of GC's four pillars of activities: creative, campaigns, rewards, and marketing. The fellows follow

12232-431: The beginning, but I was thrilled that my body was still responding. And I realized how good it is for your brain. But the hardest bit - the food. I have to eat a lot. For me, for my body type, I’m naturally skinny. To get the size on, that’s the hardest bit. That’s the bit that does my head in." In 2005, Jackman joined with longtime assistant John Palermo to form a production company, Seed Productions , whose first project

12371-727: The campaign brought 4,000 people together at The End Polio campaign in Perth, where artists, local celebrities, polio survivors and former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke about the importance of polio eradication. The next day 4 Governments and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed an additional $ 118 million to global polio eradication efforts. The inaugural festival, held in 2012, featured Neil Young with Crazy Horse , Tiësto , Foo Fighters , The Black Keys , Band of Horses , K'Naan , and John Legend . In September 2014, as

12510-486: The campaign with The Oaktree Foundation in Australia in 2010, and have since taken the campaign to the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand – partnering with international development organizations to raise funds for a variety of poverty tackling initiatives. The campaign has involved more than 24,000 participants, has ‘started more than 400,000 conversations’ and raised more than $ 5 million for partner organisations working to fight poverty. Hugh Jackman signed on as

12649-483: The cheek, on my forehead. I'm a bit clumsy. I'm lucky I didn't tell them that when I auditioned." At 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), Jackman stands 11 in (28 cm) taller than Wolverine, who is said in the original comic book to be 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m). Hence, the filmmakers were frequently forced to shoot Jackman at unusual angles or only from the waist up to make him appear shorter than he actually is, and his co-stars wore platform soles. Jackman

12788-548: The comedy drama Bad Education (2019), opposite Allison Janney . Jackman and Laura Dern starred in Florian Zeller 's film The Son , adapted from Zeller's own play of the same name . He returned to Broadway in a revival of The Music Man , playing Harold Hill, which began previews in December 2021 and played from February 2022 to January 2023. For his performance, Jackman received his second nomination for

12927-605: The coronavirus pandemic. The event raised $ 129.7 million for different charities, including the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund . This was followed up in June with Global Goal: Unite for Our Future , a virtual event focused on highlighting the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities. As of July 2020, $ 48.4 billion have been pledged to Global Citizen-supported causes, and there have been almost 25 million actions taken by its members. In 2020, Global Citizen won

13066-673: The delegations from the Allied Big Four at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference from 21 September to 7 October 1944. They agreed on proposals for the aims, structure and functioning of the new organization. It took the conference at Yalta in February 1945, and further negotiations with the Soviet Union, before all the issues were resolved. By 1 March 1945, 21 additional states had signed the Declaration by

13205-541: The early 1990s the UN faced several simultaneous, serious crises within Somalia, Haiti, Mozambique, and the nations that previously made up Yugoslavia. The UN mission in Somalia was widely viewed as a failure after the United States' withdrawal following casualties in the Battle of Mogadishu . The UN mission to Bosnia faced worldwide ridicule for its indecisive and confused mission in the face of ethnic cleansing. In 1994,

13344-672: The eight governments in exile of countries under Axis occupation , together with the Soviet Union and representatives of the Free French Forces , unanimously adopted adherence to the common principles of policy set forth by Britain and the United States. Roosevelt and Churchill met at the White House in December 1941 for the Arcadia Conference . Roosevelt is considered a founder of the UN, and coined

13483-750: The establishment of the United Nations was the Inter-Allied Conference in London that led to the Declaration of St James's Palace on 12 June 1941. By August 1941, American President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had drafted the Atlantic Charter ; which defined goals for the post-war world. At the subsequent meeting of the Inter-Allied Council in London on 24 September 1941,

13622-463: The extension of very small loans to prospective entrepreneurs in impoverished countries. He is a vocal supporter of Muhammad Yunus , microcredit pioneer and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner. On 14 April 2009, Jackman posted on his Twitter page that he would donate $ 100,000 to one individual's favourite non-profit organisation. On 21 April 2009, he revealed his decision to donate $ 50,000 to Charity:Water and $ 50,000 to Operation of Hope. Jackman

13761-687: The first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping in 1988. Jackman had an uncredited cameo as Wolverine in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse . In 2017, he reprised the character for what was intended to be the final time in the third Wolverine film, Logan . Jackman's performance and the film were critically acclaimed and it is regarded as one of the greatest superhero films of all-time . For his 17-year spanning long performance as Wolverine, Jackman topped The Hollywood Reporter 's Greatest Superhero Movie Performances of All Time list. That year, he also starred as P. T. Barnum in

13900-510: The first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. This campaign focuses on sharing the story of progress towards polio eradication , while aiming to build public support and momentum required to close the funding gap that is limiting global eradication efforts. Since launch the campaign has gained signatures from more than 25,000 people and secured an additional $ 118 million in pledges for polio eradication. In October 2011

14039-470: The force be with you ". Beyoncé also made a surprise appearance during husband Jay Z's performance. The Festival celebrated the progress already made in fighting extreme poverty, secured financial commitments for tackling extreme poverty and disease, totaling US$ 1.3 billion, and called on thousands of ambassadors to take action for change. The 2012 event featured Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Tiesto, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band of Horses and K'Naan - with

14178-529: The highlights of my career." He also starred in the 1999 film version of the same stage musical , which has been screened in many countries. Jackman had his breakthrough role playing Wolverine in Bryan Singer 's X-Men (2000)—a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name . Co-starring Patrick Stewart , James Marsden , Famke Janssen and Ian McKellen , the film tells

14317-495: The laws of the countries where they operate, safeguarding the UN's impartiality with regard to host and member countries. Below the six organs are, in the words of the author Linda Fasulo, "an amazing collection of entities and organizations, some of which are actually older than the UN itself and operate with almost complete independence from it". These include specialized agencies, research and training institutions, programmes and funds and other UN entities. All organizations in

14456-511: The lead. He later commented, "In that week I felt more at home with those people than I did in the entire three years [at university]". After obtaining his BA, Jackman completed the one-year course "The Journey" at the Actors' Centre in Sydney. About studying acting full-time, he stated, "It wasn't until I was 22 that I ever thought about my hobby being something I could make a living out of. As

14595-410: The maintenance of international peace and security", a phrase that secretaries-general since Trygve Lie have interpreted as giving the position broad scope for action on the world stage. The office has evolved into a dual role of an administrator of the UN organization and a diplomat and mediator addressing disputes between member states and finding consensus to global issues . The secretary-general

14734-428: The members. The Assembly may make recommendations on any matters within the scope of the UN, except matters of peace and security that are under consideration by the Security Council. Draft resolutions can be forwarded to the General Assembly by its six main committees: As well as by the following two committees: The Security Council is charged with maintaining peace and security among nations. While other organs of

14873-468: The most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures... I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my CV ." That year, People Magazine named Jackman its 2008 " Sexiest Man Alive ". Jackman co-starred with Daniel Craig on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre in a limited engagement of

15012-463: The musical The Greatest Showman . He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination for the film, his third Golden Globe nomination, and also received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album . In 2018, he starred as American senator Gary Hart in Jason Reitman 's political drama film The Front Runner , which chronicled the rise of Hart as

15151-688: The new play, The River , which ran at the Circle in the Square Theatre from October 2014 to February 2015. In November and December 2015, Jackman made a national tour of Australia with his show Broadway to Oz . He performed a range of songs from Broadway musicals, from Les Misérables to a Peter Allen tribute (including classics such as " I Still Call Australia Home "), with his 150-piece orchestra, choir, and backup dancers. The show began at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena and proceeded to Qantas Credit Union Arena , Brisbane Entertainment Centre ,

15290-606: The organization to be a leader in peace and human development, while others have criticized it for ineffectiveness, bias, and corruption . In the century prior to the UN's creation, several international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross were formed to ensure protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and strife. During World War I , several major leaders, especially U.S. President Woodrow Wilson , advocated for

15429-612: The other 46 nations. The first meetings of the General Assembly , with 51 nations represented, and the Security Council took place in London beginning in January 1946. Debates began at once, covering topical issues such as the presence of Russian troops in Iranian Azerbaijan and British forces in Greece . British diplomat Gladwyn Jebb served as interim secretary-general. The General Assembly selected New York City as

15568-416: The part of Memphis, an emperor penguin ; and Flushed Away , where Jackman supplied the voice of a rat named Roddy who ends up being flushed down a family's toilet into the London sewer system. Flushed Away co-starred Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen (Jackman's fourth time working with him). In 2007, Jackman produced and guest-starred in the television musical - dramedy series Viva Laughlin , which

15707-538: The period romance Australia (2008), the science fiction Real Steel (2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime drama Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won

15846-647: The play A Steady Rain , which ran from 10 September 2009, to 6 December 2009. Jackman had a one-man show at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from 3–15 May 2011. The production was a mixture of his favourite Broadway and Hollywood musical numbers, backed by a 17-piece orchestra, from shows including Oklahoma and The Boy from Oz . The show had a run-time of approximately 100 minutes, and also included slide shows of Jackman's youth, family, and work, as well as some one-on-one interaction with

15985-590: The role of James Bond before Daniel Craig was chosen to play the character, but turned it down due to other commitments. Speaking to the British Press Association in 2011, Jackman said: "I was about to shoot X-Men 2 and Wolverine had become this thing in my life and I didn't want to be doing two such iconic characters at once." Alongside Christian Bale , Michael Caine , and Scarlett Johansson , Jackman starred in The Prestige (2006),

16124-412: The role of Wolverine again in 2013's The Wolverine , a stand-alone sequel taking place after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand , and reprised the character in the 2014 sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past and briefly in the 2016 follow-up X-Men: Apocalypse . In 2015, Jackman announced that the 2017 sequel to The Wolverine , Logan , was the final time that he would play the role. It earned him

16263-586: The school captain in 1986. He spent a gap year in 1987 working at Uppingham School in England as a Physical Education teacher. On his return, he studied at the University of Technology, Sydney , graduating in 1991 with a BA in Communications . In his final year of university, he took a drama course to make up additional credits. The class did Václav Havel 's The Memorandum with Jackman as

16402-437: The site for the headquarters of the UN. Construction began on 14 September 1948 and the facility was completed on 9 October 1952. The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Trygve Lie , was the first elected UN secretary-general . Though the UN's primary mandate was peacekeeping , the division between the United States and the Soviet Union often paralysed the organization; generally allowing it to intervene only in conflicts distant from

16541-683: The stage in Melbourne. In 1996, Jackman played Gaston in the local Walt Disney production of Beauty and the Beast , and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard . During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa Cabaret . He also hosted Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and Sydney's Carols in the Domain . Jackman's early film works include Erskineville Kings and Paperback Hero (1999), and his television work includes Law of

16680-451: The story of a group of mutants , whose superhuman powers make them distrusted by normal humans, but who fight to protect humans from villains. The role was originally written for Russell Crowe who instead suggested Jackman for the part. Jackman says that his wife advised him against taking on the role, as she found it "ridiculous". He initially studied wolves to develop his character, as he thought that Wolverine alluded to wolves. X-Men

16819-605: The term United Nations to describe the Allied countries . Churchill accepted it, noting its use by Lord Byron . The text of the Declaration by United Nations was drafted on 29 December 1941, by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Harry Hopkins . It incorporated Soviet suggestions but included no role for France. One major change from the Atlantic Charter was the addition of a provision for religious freedom , which Stalin approved after Roosevelt insisted. Roosevelt's idea of

16958-616: The tour visits North America, Europe, and Oceania. It began in May 2019, in Glasgow, Scotland and concluded in October 2019, in San Antonio, United States. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours , Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for "eminent service to the performing arts as an acclaimed actor and performer, and to the global community, particularly as an advocate for poverty eradication." Jackman starred in

17097-654: The war, the United Nations became the official term for the Allies. In order to join, countries had to sign the Declaration and declare war on the Axis powers . The October 1943 Moscow Conference resulted in the Moscow Declarations , including the Four Power Declaration on General Security which aimed for the creation "at the earliest possible date of a general international organization". This

17236-474: The world can end extreme poverty, • The barriers to overcoming extreme poverty, • Practical actions any person can take to help tackle extreme poverty. Patterned after Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth , the presentation is delivered by volunteer presenters across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The Curtis Scholarship is an annual leadership award funded by Global Citizen ambassador and Pearl Jam manager, Kelly Curtis, through

17375-539: The world's leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly, the 3rd annual Global Citizen Festival brought top artists and 60,000 change makers together on the Great Lawn of Central Park to urge leaders and citizens to do more to help end extreme poverty. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi gave a seven-minute speech on the global citizen festival stage, ending his speech by saying " May

17514-452: The world, saying, "I used to spend nights looking at atlases. I decided I wanted to be a chef on a plane. Because I'd been on a plane and there was food on board, I presumed there was a chef. I thought that would be an ideal job." Jackman went to primary school at Pymble Public School and later attended the all-boys Knox Grammar School on Sydney's Upper North Shore , where he starred in its production of My Fair Lady in 1985 and became

17653-424: Was Viva Laughlin in 2007. Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness is also involved in the company, and Palermo had three rings made with a "unity" inscription for himself, Furness, and Jackman. Jackman said, "I'm very lucky in the partners I work with in my life, Deb and John Palermo. It really works. We all have different strengths. I love it. It's very exciting." Jackman is a longtime proponent of microcredit –

17792-518: Was a finalist in the 2022 Archibald Prize . In high school, Jackman played rugby union and cricket , took part in high jumping and was on the swimming team. He enjoys basketball and kayaking . He has expressed an interest in football, committing his support to Norwich City F.C. In the United States, Jackman supports the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer , attending a match at PPL Park in June 2010. Jackman supports

17931-537: Was acclaimed and a box-office success. Jackman portrayed three different characters in Darren Aronofsky 's science-fiction film The Fountain : Tommy Creo, a neuroscientist , who is torn between his wife, Izzi ( Rachel Weisz ), who is dying of a brain tumor , and his work at trying to cure her; Captain Tomas Creo, a Spanish conquistador in 1532 Seville ; and a future astronaut, Tom, travelling to

18070-629: Was adamant about doing his own stunts for the movie. "We worked a lot on the movement style of Wolverine, and I studied some martial arts. I watched a lot of Mike Tyson fights, especially his early fights. There's something about his style, the animal rage, that seemed right for Wolverine. I kept saying to the writers, 'Don't give me long, choreographed fights for the sake of it. Don't make the fights pretty." Jackman also had to get used to wearing Wolverine's claws. He said, "Every day in my living room, I'd just walk around with those claws, to get used to them. I've got scars on one leg, punctures straight through

18209-442: Was also required to add a great deal of muscle for the role, and in preparing for the fourth film in the series, he bench-pressed over 136 kg (300 lb). Jackman reprised his role in 2003's X2 , 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand , and the 2009 prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine , where Troye Sivan played the younger version of James Howlett . He also cameoed as Wolverine in 2011's X-Men: First Class . He returned for

18348-538: Was cancelled by CBS after two episodes. In 2007, Jackman became the Patron of the Actors Centre Australia where he studied, and remains so. In 2008, director Baz Luhrmann cast Jackman to replace Russell Crowe as the male lead in his much-publicized epic film , Australia , which co-starred Nicole Kidman . The movie was released in late November 2008 in Australia and the U.S. Jackman played

18487-423: Was complicated in its initial decades due in part to Cold War tensions that existed between the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies. Its mission has included the provision of primarily unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops charged with primarily monitoring, reporting and confidence-building roles. UN membership grew significantly following the widespread decolonization in

18626-671: Was established to end the Suez Crisis ; however, the UN was unable to intervene against the Soviet Union's simultaneous invasion of Hungary , following the country's revolution . On 14 July 1960, the UN established the United Nations Operation in the Congo (or UNOC), the largest military force of its early decades, to bring order to Katanga , restoring it to the control of the Democratic Republic of

18765-437: Was like the dunce of the class. It just wasn't coming right to me. Everyone was cooler, everyone seemed more likely to succeed, everyone seemed more natural at it and in retrospect, I think that is good. I think it is good to come from behind as an actor. I think it is good to go into an audition thinking, 'Man I've got to be at my best to get this gig.'". On the night of his final Academy graduation performance, Jackman received

18904-630: Was successful at the box-office, earning US$ 296 million. The role earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor . Wolverine was tough for Jackman to portray because he had few lines, but much emotion to convey in them. To prepare, he watched Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies and Mel Gibson in Mad Max 2 . "There were guys who had relatively little dialogue, like Wolverine had, but you knew and felt everything. I'm not normally one to copy, but I wanted to see how these guys achieved it." Jackman

19043-405: Was supplemented by a British military intervention . The invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was overseen by NATO. In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq despite failing to pass a UN Security Council resolution for authorization, prompting a new round of questioning of the UN's effectiveness. Under the eighth secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon , the UN intervened with peacekeepers in crises such as

19182-407: Was the first public announcement that a new international organization was being contemplated to replace the League of Nations. The Tehran Conference followed shortly afterwards at which Roosevelt, Churchill and Joseph Stalin , the leader of the Soviet Union, met and discussed the idea of a post-war international organization. The new international organisation was formulated and negotiated amongst

19321-459: Was the second of his parents' children to be born in Australia. He also has a younger half-sister, from his mother's remarriage. His parents divorced when he was eight, and Jackman remained in Australia with his father and two brothers, while his mother moved back to England with Jackman's two sisters. As a child, Jackman liked the outdoors, spending much time at the beach and on camping trips and school holidays all over Australia. He wanted to see

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