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International football star Yaya Touré today joined the roster of Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), pledging to combat the illegal ivory trade that sees thousands of African elephants slaughtered each year.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and a non-governmental organization today launched an emergency appeal to support the staff and rebuild the headquarters of a key wildlife reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which was recently attacked by poachers.

As a parting gift to the United Nations Security Council, the outgoing President of the 15-member body presented his colleagues today with symbolic custody of a recovering African elephant rescued from a trap earlier this year.