Goodwill Ambassadors of the United Nations System

Click on any of the agencies below to view a list of their Goodwill Ambassadors.

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Joint United Nations Programmes on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Stop TB Partnership

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

FAO Ambassadors Programme

    1. Magida Al Roumi (Lebanon) Singer

    2. Roberto Baggio (Italy) Football Player

    3. Dee Dee Bridgewater (USA) Jazz Singer

    4. Al Bano Carrisi (Italy) Singer

    5. Beatrice Faumuina (New Zealand) Olympic Athlete/Discus

    6. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) Olympic Gold Medalist/Sprinter

    7. Carla Fracci (Italy) Ballet Dancer

    8. Gilberto Gil (Brazil) Singer

    9. Raúl González (Spain) Football Player

    10. The Italian Singers’ Football Team (Italy) A team of famous Italian singers who play charity football matches.

    11. Mory Kanté (Guinea) Singer

    12. Ronan Keating (Ireland) Singer

    13. Khaled (Algeria) Rai Singer

    14. Gong Li (China) Actress

    15. Gina Lollobrigida (Italy) Actress

    16. Miriam Makeba (South Africa) Singer

    17. Maná (Mexico) Latin Rock Band

    18. Rita Levi Montalcini (Italy) 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine/Writer

    19. Youssou N’Dour (Senegal) Singer

    20. Noa (Israel) Singer

    21. Justin Pasek (Ukraine) Former Miss Universe

    22. Massimo Ranieri (Italy) Singer and Actor

    23. Oumou Sangaré (Mali) Singer

    24. Chucho Valdés (Cuba) Pianist and Composer

    25. Dionne Warwick (USA) Singer

Coordinator:
Mr. Sidaty Aidara, Chief of the World Food Day and Special Initiatives Branch
sidaty.aidara@fao.org

Joint United Nations Programmes on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Special Representatives

    1. Salman Ahmad (Pakistan) Rock Musician

    2. Michael Ballack (Germany) Football Player

    3. Jackie Chan (China) Actor and Martial Arts Expert

    4. Serge Dumont (France) Businessman

    5. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (Fiji) Speaker of the House of Representatives

    6. Rupert Everett (UK) Actor

    7. Mary Fisher (USA) Artist, Author and Speaker

    8. Mero Kececioglu-Kylicas (Greece) President of “Greek Action for Africa”

    9. HRH Princess Mathilde (Belgium) Advocate of children affected by and living with HIV

    10. HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway) Advocate for young people living with and affected by HIV

    11. Her Serene Princess Stephanie (Monaco) President of “Fight AIDS Monaco”

    12. William H. Roedy (UK) Businessman

    13. Mechai Viravaidya (Thailand) Advocate of family planning and safe sex

    14. Naomi Watts (UK/Australia) Actress

    15. Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh) Banker and Economist

    16. Miriam Yeung Chin Wah (China) Pop Singer

Coordinator:
Ms. Cheryl Bauerle, Team Leader, Advocacy and Campaigns
bauerlec@unaids.org

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

International Ambassadors

  1. Amitabh Bachchan (India) Actor
  2. David Beckham (UK) Football Player
  3. Berlin Philharmoniker (Germany) Orchestra
  4. Roger Federer (Switzerland) Tennis Player
  5. Lang Lang (China) Pianist
  6. Ricky Martin (USA) Pop Singer
  7. Shakira Mebarak (Colombia) Singer and Songwriter
  8. Lord Richard Attenborough (UK) Actor, Producer and Director
  9. Harry Belafonte (USA) Singer, Actor, Producer and Human Rights Activist
  10. Jackie Chan (China) Actor and Martial Arts Expert
  11. Judy Collins (USA) Singer/Songwriter
  12. Mia Farrow (USA) Actress
  13. Danny Glover (USA) Actor and Producer
  14. Whoopi Goldberg (USA) Actress, Producer and Writer
  15. Angélique Kidjo (Benin) Singer and Songwriter
  16. Johann Olav Koss (Norway) Olympic Gold Medal Winner/Speed Skater
  17. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (Japan) Actress, Television Personality and Author
  18. Femi Kuti (Nigeria) Singer and Musician
  19. Leon Lai (China) Singer and Actor
  20. Jessica Lange (USA) Actress
  21. Sir Roger Moore (UK) Actor
  22. Nana Mouskouri (Greece) Singer
  23. Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) Performer and Band Leader
  24. Vanessa Redgrave (UK) Actress
  25. Sebastião Salgado (Brazil) Photojournalist
  26. Susan Sarandon (USA) Actress
  27. Vendela Thommessen (Sweden) Model and Actress
  28. Maxim Vengerov (Siberia) Classical Musician/Violin

Coordinators:
Ms. Maria Zanca, Chief, Celebrity Relations (Geneva)
mzanca@unicef.org

Ms. Fran Silverberg, Senior Communications Assistant, Celebrity Relations and Special Events Section (New York)
fsilverberg@unicef.org

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1. Ara Abramian (Russia) International Businessman/Civil Society Supporter

    2. José Antonio Abreu (Venezuela) Musician and Composer

    3. Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania) President of Lithuania

    4. Mehriban Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) First Lady of Azerbaijan

    5. Alicia Alonso (Cuba) Ballerina and Choreographer

    6. Patrick Baudry (France) Astronaut/Youth Issues

    7. Pierre Bergé (France) Entrepreneur/Human Rights and HIV/AIDS Activist

    8. Montserrat Caballé (Spain) Opera Singer/Humanitarian and Children’s Issues

    9. Pierre Cardin (France) International Businessman/Human Rights Activist

    10. Claudia Cardinale (Italy) Actress/Women’s Rights Advocate

    11. Marin Constantin (Romania) Composer and Conductor/Cultural Issues

    12. Cheick Modibo Diarra (Mali) Scientist/Science Education Advocate

    13. Miguel Angel Estrella (Argentina) Classical Pianist

    14. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Iceland) Former President of Iceland/Supports Linguistic Diversity

    15. Ivry Gitlis (Israel) Violinist and Composer

    16. Bahia Hariri (Lebanon) Parliamentarian/Women’s Rights Advocate

    17. H. E. Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker (Saudi Arabia) Diplomat and Businessman/Human Rights Issues

    18. H. R. H. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Children’s Rights/Education for Women and Girls

    19. H. R. H. Princess Firyal (Jordan) Arts Patron/Humanitarian Issues

    20. H. R. H. the Princess of Hanover (Principality of Monaco) Women, Children and Educational Issues

    21. H. R. H. Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco (Morocco) Women and Children’s Rights Advocate

    22. H. R. H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand (Thailand) Development Projects and Children’s Rights

    23. Ikuo Hirayama (Japan) Painter/Cultural Heritage Preservation

    24. Jean Michel Jarre (France) Electro-Acoustic Musician/Cultural Heritage Preservation/Youth Issues

    25. Omer Zülfü Livaneli (Turkey) Artist/Uses Music to Promote Multiculturalism and Tolerance

    26. Nelson Mandela (South Africa) Nobel Peace Prize 1993 and former South African President

    27. Lily Marinho (Brazil) Arts Patron/Street Children Advocate

    28. Rigoberta Menchu Túm (Guatemala) Nobel Peace Prize 1992/Indigenous Peoples Advocate

    29. Kitín Muñoz (Spain) Scientist and Explorer/Aboriginal Peoples Advocate

    30. Ute-Henriette Ohoven (Germany) Humanitarian Advocate/Education

    31. Cristina Owen-Jones (Italy) HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education

    32. Kim Phuc Phan Thi (Vietnam) Peace Activist

    33. Susana Rinaldi (Argentina) Tango Singer and Actress/Artists’ Rights

    34. Madanjeet Singh (India) Diplomat, Artist and Painter

    35. Wole Soyinka (Nigeria) Nobel Prize for Literature 1986 and Writer/Human Rights Advocate

    36. Zurab Tsereteli (Georgia) Artist and Architect/Cultural Projects and Children

    37. Giancarlo Elia Valori (Italy) Economist and Businessman

    38. Marianna Vardinoyannis (Greece) Leading Figure in Greek Social and Artistic Life/ Children’s and Family Rights Advocate

    39. Milú Villela (Brazil) Leading Figure in Volunteer Movements and Youth/Education Advocate

    40. Julio Werthein (Argentina) Banker and Industrialist/Arts Patron and Environmental Advocate

Coordinator:
Ms. Basma Irsheid, Chief of Programme, UNESCO Celebrity Advocates
B.Irsheid@unesco.org

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1. Nicole Kidman (USA and Australia) Actress

    2. Hon. Mrs. Phoebe Asiyo (Kenya) Advocate for African women

    3. HRH Princess Basma bint Talal (Jordan) Advocate for Middle East women

Coordinator:
Ms. Joan Libby-Hawk, Public Affairs Specialist
joan.libby-hawk@unifem.org

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Goodwill Ambassador

    1. Ronaldo (Brazil) Football Player

    2. Zinédine Zidane (France) Football Player

    3. Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire) Football Player

    4. Maria Sharapova (Russia) Tennis Player

    5. Misako Konno (Japan) Television Personality and Actress

    6. Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway (Norway) HIV/AIDS Advocate for the MDGs

Coordinator:
Ms. Carmen Higa, Communications Assistant
carmen.higa@undp.org

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1. Giorgio Armani (Italy) Designer/Businessman

    2. Julien Clerc (France) Singer and Songwriter

    3. Adel Imam (Egypt) Actor

    4. Barbara Hendricks (American-Swedish) Classical Singer

    5. Angelina Jolie (USA) Actress

    6. George Dalaras (Greece) Musician

    7. Osvaldo Laport (Uruguay) Actor

Coordinator:
Ms. Claudia Gisiger-Gonzales, Senior External Affairs Officer,
Goodwill Ambassadors and Special Events
Gisiger@unhcr.org

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1.  Peter Sutherland (Ireland) International Businessman/Chairman of BP and Goldman Sachs International

    2. Mansour Cama (Senegal) Businessman/Founding member of the foundation of Senegal’s National Confederation of Employers

    3.  Reinosuke Hara (Japan) Businessman/Technology and Engineering

Coordinator:
Mr. George Assaf, Chief, Advocacy and Communications Unit and UNIDO Spokesperson
G.Assaf@unido.org

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1. Julia Ormond (U.K.) Actress and Human Rights Activist

    2. Igor Cassina (Italy) Olympic Gold Medalist/Gymnast

    3. Alessandro Scotti (Italy) Photographer

Coordinators:
Ms. Norha Restrepo, Public Information Officer (Vienna)
norha.restrepo@unodc.org

Ms. Simone Monasebian, Chief of New York Office
monasebian@un.org

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1. Kattis Ahlstrom (Sweden) Journalist and Television Producer

    2. Yuko Arimori (Japan) Silver and Bronze Olympic Medial Winner/Marathon Runner

    3. Mary Banotti (Ireland) Member of European Parliament

    4. Lara Dutta (India) Actress/Miss Universe 2000

    5. Catarina Furtado (Portugal) Actress

    6. Geri Halliwell (UK) Singer

    7. Hanne-Vibeke Holst (Denmark) Author and Journalist

    8. Kari Jaquesson (Norway) Fitness Personality

    9. Mikko Kuustonen (Finland) Singer and Songwriter

    10. Mpule Kwelagobe (Botswana) Miss Universe 1999

    11. Goedele Liekens (Belgium) Media Personality

    12. Bertrand Piccard (Switzerland) Scientist, Adventurer, Psychiatrist and Aeronaut

    13. Chea Semnang (Cambodia) Physician, Television and Film Actor

    14. Princess Basma Bint Talal (Jordan) Global and National Advocate for Women and Children

Coordinator:
Mr. Abubakar Dungus, Media Adviser/UNFPA Spokesman
dungus@unfpa.org

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Goodwill Ambassador

    1. George McGovern (USA) Former U.S. Senator and instrumental in the foundation of WFP in 1963Special Ambassador for School Feeding

    2. HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Thailand) Executive Vice-President of Thai Red Cross.

Ambassadors against Hunger:

    1. Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) Singer

    2. Paul Tergat (Kenya) Marathon Runner

    3. Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Italy) Actress

    4. Mahmoud Yassin (Egypt) Actor

    5. Kaká (Brazil) Football Player

    6. Ronaldinho (Brazil) Football Player

    7. Drew Barrymore (USA) Actress and Producer

    8. Howard Buffett (USA) Philanthropist and Environmentalist

Coordinator:
Mr. Lionello Boscardi, Coordinator, Celebrity Relations & Special Events
lionello.boscardi@wfp.org

World Health Organization (WHO)

Goodwill Ambassadors

    1. Liya Kebede (Ethiopia) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health/Fashion Model

    2. Yohei Sasakawa (Japan) Leprosy Elimination/Chairman of The Nippon Foundation

    3. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria) Public Awareness on Health Issues

Coordinator:
Christine McNab, Acting Director, Communications Department
mcnabc@who.int

Stop TB Partnership

Goodwill Ambassador

    1.  Ms. Anna Cataldi (Italian) Journalist and Writer/Public Health Issues

    2. Luis Figo (Portugal) Football Player

Coordinator:
Mr. Vittorio Cammarota, celebrities and Special Events Officer
cammarotav@who.int

Total:
160 Goodwill Ambassadors
Updated: March 2008

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