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{{Short description|Public figure that advocates for UNESCO}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{About|the UNESCO goodwill ambassador title|other uses|Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation)}}
'''UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors''' are celebrity advocates of [[UNESCO]] (not diplomatic [[ambassador]]s) who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals, especially attracting media attention. Other specialized categories of advocate include [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]], [[UNESCO Champion for Sport]] and [[UNESCO Special Envoy]].
[[File:Nasser David Khalili with Irina Bokova 2012.jpg|alt=Nasser David Khalili awarded UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador title by Irina Bokova|thumb|Director-General [[Irina Bokova]] with presenting the Goodwill Ambassador title certificate to the [[Nasser Khalili|Honorable Nasser David Khalili]] to recognize his contributions and interests with UNESCO.]]
'''UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador''' is an official postnominal [[honorific|honorific title]], [[title of authority]], [[legal status]] and [[job description]] assigned to those [[Goodwill ambassador|goodwill ambassadors]] and [[activists|advocates]] who are designated by the [[United Nations]]. UNESCO goodwill ambassadors are celebrity and expert advocates of [[UNESCO]] (not diplomatic [[ambassador]]s) who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals, especially attracting media attention. Other specialized categories of advocates include [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]], [[UNESCO Champion for Sport]] and [[UNESCO Special Envoy]].


==Current list==
==Current UNESCO goodwill ambassadors==
The following is a list of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors along with the projects and activities they support.<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=4053&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors:'']</ref>
The following is a list of UNESCO goodwill ambassadors along with the projects and activities they support:<ref>{{Cite web|last=United Nations|first=Staff|date=2021-06-03|title=List of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions|url=https://en.unesco.org/partnerships/goodwill-ambassadors/ga-list|access-date=2021-11-08|website=UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors|publisher=United Nations|language=en}}</ref>


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! Name !! Country !! Ambassador since !! Projects and activities they support<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23998&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Projects and activities supported by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors'']</ref> !! Link
! Name !! Country !! Date !! Projects and Activities Supported<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23998&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Projects and activities supported by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors'']</ref> !! Link
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|[[Andrés Roemer]]
|[[Xueli Abbing]]
|{{flagcountry|MEX}}
|{{NLD}}
|2022
|September 2017
|Fight against discriminations and racism
|[https://en.unesco.org/news/andres-roemer-be-designated-unesco-goodwill-ambassador-societal-change-and-free-flow-knowledge Societal Change and the Free Flow of Knowledge]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/news/andres-roemer-be-designated-unesco-goodwill-ambassador-societal-change-and-free-flow-knowledge|title=Andrés Roemer to be designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Societal Change and the Free Flow of Knowledge|website=UNESCO|language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>
|-
|[[HRH Princess Dana Firas]]
|{{flagcountry|JOR}}
|29 June 2017
|Heritage protection and preservation
|[https://en.unesco.org/news/princess-dana-firas-jordan-named-unesco-goodwill-ambassador _]
|-
|-
| [[Valdas Adamkus]]|| {{flagcountry|LTU}} || 2003 || Construction of Knowledge Societies || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227035734/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D12879%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Deeyah Khan]] || {{flagcountry|NOR}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2016|11|17}}
|-
||Artistic freedom and creativity || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/filmmaker_music_producer_deeyah_khan_named_unesco_goodwill/]
|[[:fr:Alphadi|Seidnaly Sidahmed Alphadi]]
|{{NER}}
|2016
|for African innovation and creation
|
|-
|-
|[[Christiane Amanpour]]
|[[Christiane Amanpour]]
|{{flagcountry|UK}}
|{{flagcountry|UK}}
|29 April 2015
|2015
|[[Freedom of Expression|Freedom of expression]] and journalist safety
|[[Freedom of Expression|Freedom of expression]] and journalist safety
|[http://en.unesco.org/news/christiane-amanpour-named-unesco-goodwill-ambassador-freedom-expression-and-journalist-safety]
|[https://en.unesco.org/news/christiane-amanpour-named-unesco-goodwill-ambassador-freedom-expression-and-journalist-safety]
|-
|[[Yalitza Aparicio]]
|{{flagcountry|MEX}}
|2019
|Indigenous Peoples
|<ref>{{citation|website=ABC 7|date=4 October 2019|title=Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio named UNESCO goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples |url=https://abc7.com/entertainment/mexican-actress-yalitza-aparicio-named-unesco-ambassador/5591374/}}</ref>
|-
|[[Metin Arditi]]
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|2014
|UNESCO Honorary Ambassador and Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue
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| [[Chantal Biya]] || {{flagcountry|CMR}} || 2008 || Education and Social Inclusion || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100202201145/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D45341%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Keith Chatsauka-Coetzee]] || {{flagcountry|RSA}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2012|07|12}}
|-
|| || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121810/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D28351%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|[[Sergey Bubka]]
|{{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
|2003
|for Sport
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|[[Laura Welch Bush]]
|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|2003<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11165&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Laura Bush named Honorary Ambassador''], 13-02-2003</ref>
|UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the Decade of Literacy in the context of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003–2012)
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20091111093749/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D25022%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
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| [[Sunny Varkey]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} || 2012 ||Promoter of education. Currently in [[United Arab Emirates]].|| [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/sunny-varkey/]
| [[Claudia Cardinale]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 2000 || Promotion of women's rights, especially for women in [[Mediterranean Basin|the Mediterranean]]; Environment issues || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618083832/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8292%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|[[Caroline, Princess of Hanover|Princess Caroline of Hanover]]
|{{flagcountry|Monaco}}
|2003
|Protection of children and the family, empowerment of women and girls in [[Africa]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010041953/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D19895%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|[[Mauro Colagreco]]
|{{flagcountry|ARG}}
|2022
|Biodiversity
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|[[Princess Dana Firas]]
|{{flagcountry|JOR}}
|2017
|Heritage protection and preservation
|[https://en.unesco.org/news/princess-dana-firas-jordan-named-unesco-goodwill-ambassador _]
|-
|[[Rossy de Palma]]
|{{flagcountry|ESP}}
|2022
|Cultural Diversity
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|[[Tan Dun]]
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|2013
|
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|[[:fr:Viatcheslav_Fetissov|Viatcheslav Fetissov]]
|{{flagcountry|RUS}}
|2004
|for Sport
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| [[Hayat Sindi]] || {{flagcountry|SAU}} || 1 October 2012 || Promotion of science education for Arab women || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/special-themes/science-education/inspiring-youth/inspiring-youth-hayat-sindi/]
| [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir]] || {{flagcountry|ISL}} || 1998 || Promotion of linguistic diversity, women's rights, education || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111120731/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8297%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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| [[Forest Whitaker]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||21 June 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202065818/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D48562%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Princess Firyal of Jordan]] || {{flagcountry|JOR}} || 1992 || Promotion of the [[Education for All]] initiative, humanitarian actions, [[World Heritage]], women's rights, especially [[Arab women]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012330/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8300%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|[[Sen Sōshitsu XV|Sen Genshitsu]]
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|2012
|
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| [[Nizan Guanaes]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 27 May 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202065813/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=48538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]
| [[Nizan Guanaes]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202065813/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=48538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]
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|[[Herbie Hancock]]
|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|2011
|
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| [[Vik Muniz]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 27 May 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202065225/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D48540%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Bahia Hariri]] || {{flagcountry|LBN}} || 2000 || Preservation of [[World Heritage]], education, culture, women's rights and sustainable development in the [[Arab world]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121707/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8309%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
| [[Oskar Metsavaht]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 27 May 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818025526/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D48539%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Vitaly Ignatenko]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} || 2008 || Building of the capacities of the [[Russian language]] journalists and promotion of the free circulation of ideas in the [[Russian-speaking world]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121441/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D45343%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
| [[Jean Michel Jarre]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 1993 || Protection of the environment (water, fight against [[desertification]], renewable energies), youth and tolerance, safeguarding of [[World Heritage]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091219164208/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8312%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Ivonne A-Baki]] || {{flagcountry|ECU}} || 15 February 2010 || Peace || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/ivonne_a_baki_named_unesco_goodwill_ambassador/]
|-
|[[Beate Klarsfeld]] and [[Serge Klarsfeld]]
|{{flagcountry|FRA}}
|2015
|UNESCO Honorary Ambassadors and Special Envoys for Education about the History of Holocaust and Genocide Prevention
|
|-
|[[Naomi Kawase]]
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|2021
|for Cultural and Creative Industries
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|-
| [[Nasser Khalili|Nasser David Khalili]] || {{flagcountry|UK}} || 2012 || Promotion of intercultural dialogue and promotion of peace through education and culture. || [https://en.unesco.org/goodwill-ambassadors/nasser-david-khalili]
|-
|-
| [[Deeyah Khan]] || {{flagcountry|NOR}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2016}}
| [[Yazid Sabeg]] || {{flagcountry|ALG}} || 16 February 2010 || || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/yazid_sabeg_named_unesco_goodwill_ambassador/]
||Artistic freedom and creativity || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/filmmaker_music_producer_deeyah_khan_named_unesco_goodwill/]
|-
|-
| [[Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 27 August 2009 || || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/marc_ladreit_de_lacharriere_is_appointed_unesco_goodwill_ambassador/]
| [[Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière]]|| {{flagcountry|FRA}}|| 2009 || Education about History of Holocaust and genocide prevention. || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/marc_ladreit_de_lacharriere_is_appointed_unesco_goodwill_ambassador/]
|-
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| [[Esther Coopersmith]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || 2009 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121512/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D46436%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco]]|| {{flagcountry|MAR}}|| 2001 || Protection of childhood and women's rights || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326143708/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8313%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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|[[Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands|Princess Laurentien of the Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
|{{NLD}}
|2009
|UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development
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|[[Peng Liyuan]]
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|2014
|UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girl's and Women’s Education
|
|-
|-
| [[Christine Hakim]] || {{flagcountry|INA}} || 11 March 2008<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42070&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Indonesian actress and producer Christine Hakim designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador''], 11-03-2008</ref> || Teacher education in [[South East Asia]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826235231/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D42071%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand]]|| {{flagcountry|THA}}|| 2005 || Empowerment of Minority Children and the Preservation of their [[Intangible Cultural Heritage]]|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121432/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D26434%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
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| [[Chantal Biya]] || {{flagcountry|CMR}} || 14 November 2008 || Education and Social Inclusion || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100202201145/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D45341%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Jean Malaurie]]|| {{flagcountry|FRA}}|| 2007<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38860&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Professor Jean Malaurie joins ranks of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors''], 17-07-2007</ref>|| In charge of arctic polar issues, promoting environmental issues and safeguarding the culture and knowledge of the peoples of the [[Arctic]]|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121343/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D38861%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
| [[Vitaly Ignatenko]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} || 2008 || Building of the capacities of the [[Russian language]] journalists and promotion of the free circulation of ideas in the [[Russian-speaking world]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121441/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D45343%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Grand Duchess María Teresa of Luxembourg]]|| {{flagcountry|LUX}}|| 1997 || Education, [[Women's rights]], [[microfinance]] and campaign against poverty || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100926115810/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8315%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|[[Denis Matsuev]]
|{{flagcountry|RUS}}
|2014
|Promotion of musical education and his efforts to support young talent through the New Names Foundation.
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|Maria Francesca Merloni
|{{flagcountry|Italia}}
|2017
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| [[Jean Malaurie]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 17 July 2007<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38860&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Professor Jean Malaurie joins ranks of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors''], 17-07-2007</ref> || In charge of arctic polar issues, promoting environmental issues and safeguarding the culture and knowledge of the peoples of the [[Arctic]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121343/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D38861%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Oskar Metsavaht]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818025526/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D48539%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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|[[Vera Michalski|Vera Michalski-Hoffmann]]
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|2016
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| [[Hayat Sindi]]|| {{flagcountry|SAU}}|| 2012 || Promotion of science education for Arab women || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/special-themes/science-education/inspiring-youth/inspiring-youth-hayat-sindi/]
| [[Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand]] || {{flagcountry|THA}} || 24 March 2005 || Empowerment of Minority Children and the Preservation of their [[Intangible Cultural Heritage]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121432/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D26434%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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| [[Mehriban Aliyeva]] || {{flagcountry|AZE}} || 9 September 2004 ||Promotion and safeguarding of [[intangible cultural heritage]], especially oral traditions and expressions || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111120741/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24901%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Vik Muniz]]|| {{flagcountry|BRA}}|| 2011 || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202065225/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D48540%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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| [[Milú Villela]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 10 November 2004 || Voluntary Action and Basic Education in [[Latin America]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522062111/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24904%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Kitín Muñoz]]|| {{flagcountry|ESP}}|| 1997 || Protection and promotion of indigenous cultures and their environment || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121906/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8320%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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|[[Alexandra Ochirova]]
|{{flagcountry|RUS}}
|2012
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| [[Cristina Owen-Jones]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 23 March 2004 || [[HIV/AIDS]] Prevention Education Program || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100912173531/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24004%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Ute-Henriette Ohoven]] || {{flagcountry|GER}} || 1992 || UNESCO Special Ambassador for Education of Children in Need || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121516/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8321%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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| [[Ara Abramyan]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} || 15 July 2003 ||Dialogue among Civilizations || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111122111/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D12878%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Kim Phuc Phan Thi]]|| {{flagcountry|VNM}}|| 1994 || Protection and education for children, orphans and innocent victims of war || [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620085314/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8323%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
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|[[Judith Pisar]]
|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|2017
|UNESCO Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy
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|-
|The [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover|Princess of Hanover]] || {{flagcountry|MON}} || 2 December 2003 || Protection of children and the family, empowerment of women and girls in [[Africa]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101010041953/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D19895%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Susana Rinaldi]] || {{flagcountry|ARG}} || 1992 || Street children, Culture of Peace || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121839/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8326%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|[[:fr:Hedva_Ser|Hedva Ser]]
|{{flagcountry|FRA}}
|2011
|Cultural diplomacy
|[https://en.unesco.org/partnerships/goodwill-ambassadors]
|-
|[[Mintimer Shaimiev|Mintimer Shaïmiev]]
|{{flagcountry|RUS}}
|2017
|UNESCO Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue
|
|-
|SA [[Moza bint Nasser|Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser]]
|{{flagcountry|Qatar}}
|2003
|Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education
|
|-
|[[Jackie Silva|Jaqueline Silva]]
|{{flagcountry|BRA}}
|2009
|
|
|-
|[[Hayat Sindi]]
|{{flagcountry|SAU}}
|2012
|Promotion de l'enseignement scientifique pour les femmes arabes
|
|-
|[[Princess Sumaya bint Hassan|Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan]]
|{{flagcountry|JOR}}
|2017
|Pour la science au service de la paix
|
|-
|[[Magic System|Salif Traoré]]
|{{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}}
|2012
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Valdas Adamkus]] || {{flagcountry|LTU}} || 29 September 2003 || Construction of Knowledge Societies || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227035734/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D12879%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Zurab Tsereteli]]|| {{flagcountry|GEO}}|| 1996 || Cultural and artistic projects || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121723/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8331%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
| [[Alicia Alonso]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}} || 7 June 2002 || Promotion of ballet dancing (Programme of [[Intangible cultural heritage|Intangible Heritage]]) || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121751/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8283%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Marianna Vardinoyannis]]|| {{flagcountry|GRE}}|| 1999 || Protection of childhood; promotion of cultural Olympics; humanitarian relief for war victims || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121921/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8333%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
| [[Giancarlo Elia Valori]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 2001 || Safeguarding of [[Intangible cultural heritage|Intangible Heritage]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121802/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8332%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Sunny Varkey]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} || 2012 ||Promoter of education. Currently in [[United Arab Emirates]].|| [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/sunny-varkey/]
|-
|-
| [[Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} || July 2001 || Protection of childhood and women's rights || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326143708/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8313%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Milú Villela]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 2004 || Voluntary Action and Basic Education in [[Latin America]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522062111/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24904%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
| [[Claudia Cardinale]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || March 2000 || Promotion of women's rights, especially for women in [[Mediterranean Basin|the Mediterranean]]; Environment issues || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618083832/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8292%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
| [[Forest Whitaker]]|| {{flagcountry|USA}}||2011 || UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202065818/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D48562%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Bahia Hariri]] || {{flagcountry|LBN}} || 17 November 2000 || Preservation of [[World Heritage]], education, culture, women's rights and sustainable development in the [[Arab world]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121707/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8309%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Madanjeet Singh]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} || 16 November 2000 || Founder of the South Asia Foundation, which promotes regional cooperation through education and sustainable development || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121414/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8330%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Patrick Baudry]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || September 1999 || Education of young people through seminars, science conferences and projects in the field || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101206133113/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8291%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Marianna Vardinoyannis]] || {{flagcountry|GRE}} || 21 October 1999 || Protection of childhood; promotion of cultural Olympics; humanitarian relief for war victims || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121921/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8333%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir]] || {{flagcountry|ISL}} || 1998 || Promotion of linguistic diversity, women's rights, education || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111120731/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8297%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Cheick Modibo Diarra]] || {{flagcountry|MLI}} || 1998 || Promotion of education, especially in sciences, sustainable development in Africa || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111093753/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8295%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Kitín Muñoz]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 22 April 1997 || Protection and promotion of indigenous cultures and their environment || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121906/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8320%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Grand Duchess María Teresa of Luxembourg]] || {{flagcountry|LUX}} || 10 June 1997 || Education, [[Women's rights]], [[microfinance]] and campaign against poverty || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100926115810/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8315%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Zülfü Livaneli|Omer Zülfü Livaneli]] || {{flagcountry|TUR}} || 20 September 1996 || Promotion of peace and tolerance through music and promotion of human rights || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121847/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8314%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Rigoberta Menchú|Rigoberta Menchu Túm]] || {{flagcountry|GUA}} || 21 June 1996 || Promotion of Culture of Peace, protection of rights of indigenous people || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101013123556/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8319%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Zurab Tsereteli]] || {{flagcountry|GEO}} || 30 March 1996 || Cultural and artistic projects || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121723/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8331%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Kim Phuc Phan Thi]] || {{flagcountry|VNM}} || 10 November 1994 || Protection and education for children, orphans and innocent victims of war || [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620085314/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8323%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Montserrat Caballé]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 22 April 1994 || Fundraising for children in distress and victims of war || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827200803/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8286%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Jean Michel Jarre]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 24 May 1993 || Protection of the environment (water, fight against desertification, renewable energies), youth and tolerance, safeguarding of [[World Heritage]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091219164208/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8312%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Pierre Bergé]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 2 July 1993 || Campaign against [[HIV/AIDS]], human rights, Cultural Heritage || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121444/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8285%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Ute-Henriette Ohoven]] || {{flagcountry|GER}} || 1992 || UNESCO Special Ambassador for Education of Children in Need || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121516/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8321%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Susana Rinaldi]] || {{flagcountry|ARG}} || 28 April 1992 || Street children, Culture of Peace || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121839/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8326%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Princess Firyal of Jordan]] || {{flagcountry|JOR}} || 1992 || Promotion of the [[Education for All]] initiative, humanitarian actions, [[World Heritage]], women's rights, especially [[Arab women]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012330/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8300%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Pierre Cardin]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 1991 || Promotion of the Chernobyl Program, creation of the Six Flags of Tolerance in 1995 and distribution in UNESCO Member States || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121349/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8287%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Ivry Gitlis]] || {{flagcountry|ISR}} || 1990 || Support of education and Culture of Peace and Tolerance || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121548/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8301%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| [[Miguel Angel Estrella]] || {{flagcountry|ARG}} || 26 October 1989 || Promotion of Culture of Peace and tolerance through music || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111122045/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8296%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
| Sheikh [[Ghassan I. Shaker]] || {{flagcountry|SAU}} || 1989 || Fundraising, children and women in need, victims of war, education, microfinance || [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8328&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]
|-
! colspan=5|Honorary Ambassadors
|-
| [[Laura Welch Bush]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || 13 February 2003<ref>UNESCO.org: [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11165&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ''Laura Bush named Honorary Ambassador''], 13-02-2003</ref> ||UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the Decade of Literacy in the context of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003–2012) || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111093749/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D25022%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|}
|}


==Former Ambassadors==
==Former Ambassadors==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
! Name !! Country !! Tenure as Ambassador !! Link
! Name !! Country !! Tenure as Ambassador !! Link
!
|-
|[[Ivonne Baki|Ivonne A-Baki]]
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|2010-2020
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Ara Abramian|Ara Abramian]]
|{{RUS}}
|2003 - 2022
|
|
|-
|[[Mehriban Aliyeva]]
|{{flagcountry|AZE}}
|2004 - 2022
|Promotion and safeguarding of [[intangible cultural heritage]], especially oral traditions and expressions
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20091111120741/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D24901%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|[[José Antonio Abreu]]
|{{VEN}}
|1998 - 2018
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Paul Ahizi|Paul Ahyi]]
|{{CIV}}
|2009 - 2010
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Virgilijus Alekna|Virgilijus Alekna]]
|{{LTU}}
|2007 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Alicia Alonso (danseuse)|Alicia Alonso]]
|{{CUB}}
|2002 - 2019
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Patrick Baudry|Patrick Baudry]]
|{{FRA}}
|1999 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Pierre Bergé|Pierre Bergé]]
|{{FRA}}
|1992 - 2017
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Montserrat Caballé|Montserrat Caballé]]
|{{ESP}}
|1994 - 2018
|
|
|-
|[[:fr:Pierre Cardin|Pierre Cardin]]
|{{FRA}}
|1991 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Maha al-Khalil Chalabi]]
|{{flagcountry|LBN}}
|2016 - 2022
|Heritage protection and preservation in [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Marin Constantin]] || {{flagcountry|ROU}} || 1992–2011 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/marin-constantin/]
|[[Marin Constantin]] || {{flagcountry|ROU}} || 1992–2011 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/marin-constantin/]
|
|-
| [[Esther Coopersmith]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || 2009–2024 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091111121512/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D46436%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
|[[Ikuo Hirayama]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} || 1989–2009 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/ikuo-hirayama/]
|-
|-
|[[Cheick Modibo Diarra]]
|[[Lily Marinho]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 1999–2011 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/lily-marinho/]
|{{MLI}}
|1998 - 2020
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Miguel Angel Estrella]]
|[[Yehudi Menuhin]] || {{flagcountry|SUI}}<br>{{flagcountry|UK}} || 1992–1999 || <ref name=bro>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001825/182559e.pdf Brochure of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors], page 30</ref>
|{{flagcountry|ARG}}
|1989 - 2022
|Promotion of Culture of Peace and tolerance through music
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20091111122045/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D8296%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html]
|-
|-
|[[:fr:Juan Diego Flórez|Juan Diego Florez]]
|[[Mstislav Rostropovich]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} || 1998–2007 || <ref name=bro/>
|{{PER}}
|2012 - 2020
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker]] || {{flagcountry|Oman}} || 1989–2011 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/sheikh-ghassan-i-shaker/][http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8328&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]
|[[Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker]] || {{flagcountry|Oman}} || 1989–2011 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/sheikh-ghassan-i-shaker/][http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8328&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]
|
|-
|[[Ivry Gitlis]]
|{{ISR}}
|1998 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Christine Hakim]]
|{{IDN}}
|2008 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Ikuo Hirayama]]|| {{flagcountry|JPN}}|| 1989–2009 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/ikuo-hirayama/]
|
|-
|[[:fr:Mwai Kibaki|S. Exc. M. Mwai Kibaki]]
|{{KEN}}
|2005 - 2022
|For Water in Africa
|
|-
|[[Lily Marinho]]|| {{flagcountry|BRA}}|| 1999–2011 || [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/goodwill-ambassadors/former-honorary-and-goodwill-ambassadors/lily-marinho/]
|
|-
|[[Rabah Madjer]]
|{{DZA}}
|2011 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Nelson Mandela]]
|{{ZAF}}
|[[Nelson Mandel|2005]] - 2013
|
|
|-
|[[Rigoberta Menchú|Rigoberta Menchú Tum]]
|{{GTM}}
|1996 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Yehudi Menuhin]]|| {{flagcountry|SUI}}<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}|| 1992–1999 || <ref name="bro">[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001825/182559e.pdf Brochure of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors], page 30</ref>
|
|-
|[[:fr:Cristina Owen-Jones|Cristina Owen-Jones]]
|{{ITA}}
|2004 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Renzo Piano]]
|{{ITA}}
|........ - 2014
|
|
|-
|[[Samuel Pisar]]
|{{USA}}
|........ - 2015
|
|
|-
|[[Ivo Pogorelić]]|| {{flagcountry|HRV}}<br>{{flagcountry|SRB}}|| 1988–2009 || <ref>{{cite web |title=Ivo Pogorelich |url=https://www.xavier.edu/musicseries/pogorelich |website=Xavier University |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=biography – Ivo Pogorelich |url=https://ivopogorelich.com/biography/ |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Mstislav Rostropovich]]|| {{flagcountry|RUS}}|| 1998–2007 || <ref name="bro" />
|
|-
|[[Yazid Sabeg]]
|{{FRA}}
|2010 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Serik Sapiyev]]
|{{KAZ}}
|2013 - 2020
|
|
|-
|[[Giancarlo Elia Valori]]
|{{flagcountry|ITA}}
|2001 - 2022
|Safeguarding of [[Intangible cultural heritage|Intangible Heritage]]
|
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors]]
* [[Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[FAO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNDP Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNODC Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UN Women Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[WFP Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[WHO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[WHO Goodwill Ambassador]]
*[[FAO Goodwill Ambassador]]s


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* UNESCO.org: [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001825/182559e.pdf Brochure of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors]
* [https://en.unesco.org/partnerships/goodwill-ambassadors UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors]
* [[BBC News]]: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/683690.stm The UN's goodwill hunters]


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This article is about the UNESCO goodwill ambassador title. For other uses, see Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation).
Nasser David Khalili awarded UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador title by Irina Bokova
Director-General Irina Bokova with presenting the Goodwill Ambassador title certificate to the Honorable Nasser David Khalili to recognize his contributions and interests with UNESCO.

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNESCO goodwill ambassadors are celebrity and expert advocates of UNESCO (not diplomatic ambassadors) who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals, especially attracting media attention. Other specialized categories of advocates include UNESCO Artist for Peace, UNESCO Champion for Sport and UNESCO Special Envoy.

Current UNESCO goodwill ambassadors

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The following is a list of UNESCO goodwill ambassadors along with the projects and activities they support:[1]

Name Country Date Projects and Activities Supported[2] Link
Xueli Abbing  Netherlands 2022 Fight against discriminations and racism
Valdas Adamkus  Lithuania 2003 Construction of Knowledge Societies [1]
Seidnaly Sidahmed Alphadi  Niger 2016 for African innovation and creation
Christiane Amanpour  United Kingdom 2015 Freedom of expression and journalist safety [2]
Yalitza Aparicio  Mexico 2019 Indigenous Peoples [3]
Metin Arditi   Switzerland 2014 UNESCO Honorary Ambassador and Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue
Chantal Biya  Cameroon 2008 Education and Social Inclusion [3]
Sergey Bubka  Ukraine 2003 for Sport
Laura Welch Bush  United States 2003[4] UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the Decade of Literacy in the context of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003–2012) [4]
Claudia Cardinale  Italy 2000 Promotion of women's rights, especially for women in the Mediterranean; Environment issues [5]
Princess Caroline of Hanover  Monaco 2003 Protection of children and the family, empowerment of women and girls in Africa [6]
Mauro Colagreco  Argentina 2022 Biodiversity
Princess Dana Firas  Jordan 2017 Heritage protection and preservation _
Rossy de Palma  Spain 2022 Cultural Diversity
Tan Dun  China 2013
Viatcheslav Fetissov  Russia 2004 for Sport
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir  Iceland 1998 Promotion of linguistic diversity, women's rights, education [7]
Princess Firyal of Jordan  Jordan 1992 Promotion of the Education for All initiative, humanitarian actions, World Heritage, women's rights, especially Arab women [8]
Sen Genshitsu  Japan 2012
Nizan Guanaes  Brazil 2011 [9]
Herbie Hancock  United States 2011
Bahia Hariri  Lebanon 2000 Preservation of World Heritage, education, culture, women's rights and sustainable development in the Arab world [10]
Vitaly Ignatenko  Russia 2008 Building of the capacities of the Russian language journalists and promotion of the free circulation of ideas in the Russian-speaking world [11]
Jean Michel Jarre  France 1993 Protection of the environment (water, fight against desertification, renewable energies), youth and tolerance, safeguarding of World Heritage [12]
Beate Klarsfeld and Serge Klarsfeld  France 2015 UNESCO Honorary Ambassadors and Special Envoys for Education about the History of Holocaust and Genocide Prevention
Naomi Kawase  Japan 2021 for Cultural and Creative Industries
Nasser David Khalili  United Kingdom 2012 Promotion of intercultural dialogue and promotion of peace through education and culture. [13]
Deeyah Khan  Norway 2016 Artistic freedom and creativity [14]
Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière  France 2009 Education about History of Holocaust and genocide prevention. [15]
Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco  Morocco 2001 Protection of childhood and women's rights [16]
Princess Laurentien of the Kingdom of the Netherlands  Netherlands 2009 UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development
Peng Liyuan  China 2014 UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girl's and Women’s Education
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand  Thailand 2005 Empowerment of Minority Children and the Preservation of their Intangible Cultural Heritage [17]
Jean Malaurie  France 2007[5] In charge of arctic polar issues, promoting environmental issues and safeguarding the culture and knowledge of the peoples of the Arctic [18]
Grand Duchess María Teresa of Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1997 Education, Women's rights, microfinance and campaign against poverty [19]
Denis Matsuev  Russia 2014 Promotion of musical education and his efforts to support young talent through the New Names Foundation.
Maria Francesca Merloni  Italy 2017
Oskar Metsavaht  Brazil 2011 [20]
Vera Michalski-Hoffmann   Switzerland 2016
Hayat Sindi  Saudi Arabia 2012 Promotion of science education for Arab women [21]
Vik Muniz  Brazil 2011 [22]
Kitín Muñoz  Spain 1997 Protection and promotion of indigenous cultures and their environment [23]
Alexandra Ochirova  Russia 2012
Ute-Henriette Ohoven  Germany 1992 UNESCO Special Ambassador for Education of Children in Need [24]
Kim Phuc Phan Thi  Vietnam 1994 Protection and education for children, orphans and innocent victims of war [25]
Judith Pisar  United States 2017 UNESCO Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy
Susana Rinaldi  Argentina 1992 Street children, Culture of Peace [26]
Hedva Ser  France 2011 Cultural diplomacy [27]
Mintimer Shaïmiev  Russia 2017 UNESCO Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue
SA Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser  Qatar 2003 Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education
Jaqueline Silva  Brazil 2009
Hayat Sindi  Saudi Arabia 2012 Promotion de l'enseignement scientifique pour les femmes arabes
Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan  Jordan 2017 Pour la science au service de la paix
Salif Traoré  Ivory Coast 2012
Zurab Tsereteli  Georgia 1996 Cultural and artistic projects [28]
Marianna Vardinoyannis  Greece 1999 Protection of childhood; promotion of cultural Olympics; humanitarian relief for war victims [29]
Sunny Varkey  India 2012 Promoter of education. Currently in United Arab Emirates. [30]
Milú Villela  Brazil 2004 Voluntary Action and Basic Education in Latin America [31]
Forest Whitaker  United States 2011 UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation [32]

Former Ambassadors

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Name Country Tenure as Ambassador Link
Ivonne A-Baki  Ecuador 2010-2020
Ara Abramian  Russia 2003 - 2022
Mehriban Aliyeva  Azerbaijan 2004 - 2022 Promotion and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, especially oral traditions and expressions [33]
José Antonio Abreu  Venezuela 1998 - 2018
Paul Ahyi  Ivory Coast 2009 - 2010
Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 2007 - 2020
Alicia Alonso  Cuba 2002 - 2019
Patrick Baudry  France 1999 - 2020
Pierre Bergé  France 1992 - 2017
Montserrat Caballé  Spain 1994 - 2018
Pierre Cardin  France 1991 - 2020
Maha al-Khalil Chalabi  Lebanon 2016 - 2022 Heritage protection and preservation in Tyre
Marin Constantin  Romania 1992–2011 [34]
Esther Coopersmith  United States 2009–2024 [35]
Cheick Modibo Diarra  Mali 1998 - 2020
Miguel Angel Estrella  Argentina 1989 - 2022 Promotion of Culture of Peace and tolerance through music [36]
Juan Diego Florez  Peru 2012 - 2020
Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker  Oman 1989–2011 [37][38]
Ivry Gitlis  Israel 1998 - 2020
Christine Hakim  Indonesia 2008 - 2020
Ikuo Hirayama  Japan 1989–2009 [39]
S. Exc. M. Mwai Kibaki  Kenya 2005 - 2022 For Water in Africa
Lily Marinho  Brazil 1999–2011 [40]
Rabah Madjer  Algeria 2011 - 2020
Nelson Mandela  South Africa 2005 - 2013
Rigoberta Menchú Tum  Guatemala 1996 - 2020
Yehudi Menuhin   Switzerland
 United Kingdom		 1992–1999 [6]
Cristina Owen-Jones  Italy 2004 - 2020
Renzo Piano  Italy ........ - 2014
Samuel Pisar  United States ........ - 2015
Ivo Pogorelić  Croatia
 Serbia		 1988–2009 [7][8]
Mstislav Rostropovich  Russia 1998–2007 [6]
Yazid Sabeg  France 2010 - 2020
Serik Sapiyev  Kazakhstan 2013 - 2020
Giancarlo Elia Valori  Italy 2001 - 2022 Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage

See also

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References

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  1. ^ United Nations, Staff (3 June 2021). "List of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions". UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors. United Nations. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ UNESCO.org: Projects and activities supported by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
  3. ^ "Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio named UNESCO goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples", ABC 7, 4 October 2019
  4. ^ UNESCO.org: Laura Bush named Honorary Ambassador, 13-02-2003
  5. ^ UNESCO.org: Professor Jean Malaurie joins ranks of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, 17-07-2007
  6. ^ a b Brochure of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, page 30
  7. ^ "Ivo Pogorelich". Xavier University.
  8. ^ "biography – Ivo Pogorelich".
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