UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR 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. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.
Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors[]
Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:
Time | Ambassador | Country | Profession |
---|---|---|---|
2021 | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | ![]() |
actress[1] |
2021 | Alphonso Davies | ![]() |
footballer[2] |
2021 | Maya Ghazal | ![]() |
refugee and pilot [3] |
2021 | Anita Rani | ![]() |
journalist and broadcaster[4] |
2020 | Yiech Pur Biel | ![]() |
olympic athlete[5] |
2020 | Kat Graham | ![]() |
singer and actress |
2020 | Manizha Sangin | ![]() |
singer and songwriter[6] |
2019 | Mahira Khan | ![]() |
actor |
2018 | Ben Stiller | ![]() |
actor |
2017 | Praya Lundberg | ![]() |
model and actress |
2017 | Miyavi | ![]() |
musician |
2017 | Neil Gaiman | ![]() |
writer |
2017 | Yusra Mardini | ![]() |
swimmer |
2017 | Kristin Davis | ![]() |
actor |
2017 | David Morrissey | ![]() |
actor |
2017 | Alessandro Gassman | ![]() |
actor |
2017 | ![]() ![]() |
singer | |
2017 | ![]() |
artiste | |
2016 | Cate Blanchett | ![]() |
actor |
2016 | John Abraham | ![]() |
actor |
2015 | Jung Woo-sung | ![]() |
actor |
2015 | Ger Duany | ![]() |
actor and model |
2015 | Rokia Traore | ![]() |
singer-songwriter |
2015 | ![]() |
philanthropist and former journalist | |
2013 | Aidos Sagat | ![]() |
singer |
2013 | Alek Wek | ![]() |
supermodel |
2013 | Khaled Hosseini | ![]() |
writer |
2013 | Yao Chen | ![]() |
actor |
2007 | Jesús Vázquez | ![]() |
TV presenter |
2007 | Muazzez Ersoy | ![]() |
singer |
2006 | George Dalaras | ![]() |
singer |
2006 | Osvaldo Laport | ![]() |
actor |
2003 | Julien Clerc | ![]() |
singer |
2000 | Adel Emam | ![]() |
actor |
1987 | Barbara Hendricks | ![]() |
classical singer |
Other positions[]
- Barbara Hendricks became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the first Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador in 2002, the only person to hold this title.
- Angelina Jolie became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed the Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Past ambassadors[]
- Kris Aquino
- Giorgio Armani
- Đorđe Balašević
- Richard Burton
- Nazia Hassan
- Justus Frantz
- Udo Jürgens
- Lady Antebellum
- Sophia Loren
- Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- James Mason
- Riccardo Muti
- Arja Saijonmaa
- The Schürzenjäger
- Jack Thompson
- Duraid Lahham
See also[]
- Goodwill Ambassador
- FAO Goodwill Ambassador
- UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
- UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
- UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
- UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
- UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
- WHO Goodwill Ambassador
References[]
- ^ "British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw named latest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador". UN News. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ "Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador title". UN News. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ "Maya Ghazal, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador".
- ^ "UK TV and Radio Broadcaster Anita Rani joins UNHCR as a Goodwill Ambassador". www.unhcr.org. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Yiech Pur Biel". UNHCR. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Manizha". UNHCR. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
External links[]
Categories:
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassadors
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Goodwill ambassador programmes
- United Nations goodwill ambassadors