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Christian Nogot Puno

Pink Remains Unicef Ambassador as Petition Seeking Her Removal Passes 150,000 Signatures

Pink has fronted the UN children's agency since December 2015 and says she never asked for another artist to be silenced (Credit: Public Domain, CC0)

Pink, one of the stars who backed the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), was still an ambassador on Monday. A Change.org petition to oust her passed 150,000 signatures the same day. The petition began on 11 September, when she stood by a repost attacking Macklemore's Gaza speech on Ed Sheeran's tour.

Those numbers may mean less than they look. In August 2019, Pakistan made the same demand. Pakistan asked UNICEF on 20 August 2019 to remove Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra over a tweet supporting India's armed forces. Stephane Dujarric, the UN's chief spokesman, said ambassadors who speak for themselves 'retain the right to speak.' Chopra kept the title.

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