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8/19/2012 10:00am

Sunday is World Humanitarian Day--a day people around the world are asked to perform a humanitarian action--however big or small--in the spirit of people helping others--"doing something good, somewhere, for someone else."

And with a little help from Beyoncé, organizers of the global event say they made some social media history, too, inspiring more than more than 1 billion messages on Twitter, Facebook and other platforms.

"This could arguably be the largest mobilization of good intention in web history, an amazing coming together of celebrity, brands and NGOs," Andrew Essex--chief executive of Droga5, which helped organize the event--told Yahoo News on Sunday. "Think of it as 'We Are The World' for the social media generation."

Droga said the campaign reached its billion-message goal--1,029,763,492 to be exact--with 20 minutes to spare.

The campaign's website launched earlier this month, collecting pledges and messages from would-be do-gooders, soliciting ideas ("Make a homeless person a sandwich") and encouraging visitors to spread the word using the #IWasHere hashtag.

And Beyoncé, who shot a new music video at the United Nations specifically for the campaign, told Anderson Cooper her goal was to encourage the spread of "positivity no matter how big or how small." The music video--for Beyoncé's "I Was Here"--was released on Saturday. (It didn't hurt that Beyoncé tweeted about the initiative to her 5 million followers, changing her Twitter avatar to promote the event.)

World Humanitarian Day was designated by the U.N. General Assembly in 2009 to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, which killed 22 U.N. staffers.

the lyrics to the song imo are very positive.

Beyonce
'I Was Here lyrics'

I wanna leave my footprint on the sands of time

To know there's somethin' that somethin' that I left behind

When I leave this world I'll leave no regrets

Leave somethin' to remember so they won't forget

[Chorus]

I was here

I lived I loved

I was here

I did I've done

Everything that I wanted and it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here

I wanna say I lived each day until I died

And know that I mean something in somebody's life

The hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave

That I made a difference and this world will see

[Chorus]

I just want them to know

That I gave my all did my best

Brought someone some happiness

Left this world a little better just because

I was here

[Chorus]

[Edited 8/19/12 11:23am]

Beyonce is so full of herself, she's such a bitch, she only wants to look good, she's not genuine, she doesn't care

-The org

There are all the responses from members of the org in advance.

I don't get it..

I think that would've gotten just as much of a turnout even if Beyonce hadn't attached herself to it for publicity.

She showed absolutely no interest in world events before now so I don't that her current interest is sincere so much as a public relations ploy.

Very proud of Beyonce.

[Edited 8/19/12 15:57pm]

I'm sure this will inspire real and lasting social change...