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Actor Laport named as UNHCR's first Goodwill Ambassador from Latin America
11 Oct 2006 Popular Uruguayan actor Osvaldo Laport has been named as the UN refugee agency's first Goodwill Ambassador from Latin America. The soap star received the official title at a high-profile public ceremony on Tuesday night in Buenos Aires, where he has been living for the past three decades. -
Uruguay OKs 1961 Convention on Reduction of Statelessness
10 Jul 2001 Uruguay has passed a law approving the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.