UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nicolas Cage has won a U.N. award night for his humanitarian work and has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented the actor and filmmaker with the U.N. Correspondents Association’s Global Citizen of the Year award for humanitarian endeavors.

Cage said his role will be “to shine a spotlight on the need for global justice.”

The Amnesty International advocate has donated $2 million to establish a fund to help former child soldiers and led a campaign around his film, “Lord of War,” to raise awareness about international arms control.

The secretary-general also presented a Global Citizen of the Year award to William Roedy, chairman of MTV Networks International, for his work to combat HIV and AIDS.

Actor Nicolas Cage, right, who is also the United Nations Goodwill ambassador on Drugs and Crime congratulates one of the prison warders, left, after awarding him a recognition certificate and a trophy at the Shimo la Tewa GK Prison, Mombasa, Kenya, when he visited the prison Tuesday Nov, 17, 2009. The Hollywood actor visited the prison which is under going a major face-lift from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and he is in Kenya to visit various institution. (AP Photo)

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