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FAO Goodwill Ambassador

Celebrity advocate of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's mission

Celebrity advocate of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's mission

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the FAO goodwill ambassador title

FAO Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. FAO goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations who use their talent and fame to advocate for the organization. [[Image:FAO logo.svg|thumb|right|180px|Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emblem with its [[Latin language|Latin]] motto, Fiat Panis ("Let there be bread")]]

The Goodwill Ambassador Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been in place since 1999. The main purpose of the programme is to increase public awareness and to disseminate information on issues related to food security and hunger.

FAO encourages its goodwill ambassadors to actively use their talents and influence, and to commit themselves personally and professionally, to assist the organization in raising public awareness of the urgent need to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, and in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Types of FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

FAO has three types of Goodwill Ambassadors:

  • The FAO Global Goodwill Ambassador, who are worldwide known celebrities from the worlds of arts, sports, literature, sciences and other fields of public importance.
  • The FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador, who are high-level personalities usually from the field of research or science, who have excelled in an area relevant to the one for which they become special Ambassadors.
  • The FAO National Goodwill Ambassador, who are personalities with local appeal, the work of which they support mainly within the country of their nomination.

Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

Current goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

NameLocationReferencesNotes
Queen LetiziaSpain2015Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition
King Letsie IIILesotho2016Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition
Darine El-KhatibLebanon2017Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa
Princess Basma bint AliJordan2016Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa
Princess Maha Chakri SirindhornThailand2016Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific
Katsuhiro NakamuraJapan2017National Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific
Hiroko KuniyaJapan2017National Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific
Diarmuid GavinIreland2022National Goodwill Ambassador for Europe
Rodrigo PachecoEcuador2022National Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean

Former FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

Former goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

NameLocationReferencesNotes
Thomas PesquetFrance2021
Miriam MakebaSouth Africa1999
Dee Dee BridgewaterUSA1999
Gina LollobrigidaItaly1999
Rita Levi-MontalciniItaly1999
Gong LiSingapore2000
Youssou N'DourSenegal2000
Gilberto GilBrazil2001
Majida El RoumiLebanon2001
Albano CarrisiItaly2001
Mory KantéGuinea2001
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzieBahamas2002
Roberto BaggioItaly2002
Massimo RanieriItaly2002
Dionne WarwickUSA2002
Italian Singers’ Soccer TeamItaly2002
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ManáMexico2003
NoaIsrael2003
Justine PasekPanama, Poland2003
Oumou SangaréMali2003
RaúlSpain2004
Carla FracciItaly2004
Ronan KeatingIreland2005
Beatrice FaumuinaNew Zealand2005
Chucho ValdésCuba2006
María Gloria Penayo De DuarteParaguay2006Extraordinary Ambassador
Suzanne MubarakEgyptlast1=Warnockfirst1=Carolinetitle=Suzanne Mubarak, Hosni Mubarek's Wife: 5 Fast Factsurl=https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/suzanne-mubarek-hosni-mubarek-wife/website=Heavy.comaccessdate=10 March 2020archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310112859/https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/suzanne-mubarek-hosni-mubarek-wife/archivedate=10 March 2020language=endate=25 February 2020}}
Carl LewisUSA2009
AnggunIndonesia, Franceurl=https://news.un.org/en/story/2009/09/312832-five-new-un-goodwill-ambassadors-named-help-combat-hungertitle = Five new UN Goodwill Ambassadors named to help combat hungerdate = 17 September 2009}}
Margarita Cedeño de FernándezDominican Republic2009
Pierre CardinFrance2009
Fanny LuColombia2009
Raoul BovaItaly2010
Susan SarandonUSA2010
Celine DionCanadaurl=http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/46432/icode/title=FAO - News Article: FAO appoints four new Goodwill Ambassadorsaccess-date=2017-02-10archive-date=2021-01-26archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126214056/http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/46432/icode/url-status=dead}}
Lea SalongaPhilippines2010
Patrick VieiraFrance2010
Jeremy IronsUK2011
Evo MoralesBolivia2012Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Quinoa
Prince Laurent of BelgiumBelgium2014Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment
Leyla AliyevaAzerbaijan2015
Abdelouahab ZaidUAE2015
Bharrat JagdeoGuyana2015Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment
Joyce BoyeCanadaurl=http://www.fao.org/pulses-2016/about/special-ambassadors/en/title=Special ambassadors | 2016 International Year of Pulses}}Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Kadambot SiddiqueIndia2016Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Maggie HabibEgypt2016Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Jenny ChandlerUK2016Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Patricia Juárez ArangoMexico2016Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Elizabeth MpofuZimbabwe2016Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Carlo PetriniItalyurl=http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4484/icode/title=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Webcast}}Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Guadalupe ValdezDominican Republic2016Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Kanayo F. NwanzeNigeria2017Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger

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