The Super Eagles will go into the World Cup as goodwill ambassadors of the United Nations after the body picked the team to be the face of its "Protect the Goal Initiative"
which means,in Braazil 2014 world cup,The Super Eagles will help use their brand to promote and campaign against issues related to HIV-Aids and spread the message;According to Diallo's explation, "he choice of Nigeria as UN ambassadors was because of their pedigree in football as well as the political and economic role Nigeria plays on the African continent."
Diallo also disclosed that the Initiative was targeted at the 32 countries that will take part at the World Cup, but Nigeria will be the forebearers of the message adding to it,he said "We as United Nations want to focus on using HIV and Aids as an entry point to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the post-2015 agenda.
"We are focusing heavily on using sports as a means to accelerate the MDGs in developing countries, while having the solidarity and partnership of the industrialised nations," he said.
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"The campaign kicked off on 5 March in South Africa during the friendly game between Brazil and South Africa; we had the signature of President Jacob Zuma on the ball. The campaign will go to the five African nations that have qualified for the World Cup.
The event is organised in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA).
Special Adviser to Executive Director, United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAIDS) Djibril Diallo made this known at a news conference in Abuja to announce the launch of its "Protect the Goal Initiative."
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