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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Celebrity advocate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) mission

Celebrity advocate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) mission

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the UNHCR goodwill ambassador title

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:

TimeAmbassadorCountryProfession
2025Karen WazenLebanon United Kingdomfashion entrepreneur and digital influencer
2024Theo JamesUnited Kingdomactor and producer
2023Mary MakerSouth Sudanteacher, actor and writer
2023Luis Gerardo MéndezMexicoactor and producer
2023Aseel OmranSaudi Arabiaactress and singer
2023Yang YangChinaadministrator, retired short track speed skater, and businesswoman
2021Raya AbirachedLebanonTV presenter and journalist
2021Tanya BurrUKactress, influencer, and entrepreneur
2021Alphonso DaviesCanadafootballer
2021Maya GhazalSYRrefugee and pilot
2021Tahsan KhanBangladeshsinger-songwriter and actor
2021Gugu Mbatha-RawUnited Kingdomactress
2021Anita RaniUnited Kingdomjournalist and broadcaster
20202Baba (Innocent Idibia) NigeriaMusician, producer, and entrepreneur
2020Kwame Annom (Biishville)Ghanachef and entrepreneur
2020Yiech Pur BielSouth SudanOlympic athlete
2020Betty GEthiopiasinger and songwriter
2020Kat GrahamUSAsinger and actress
2020Alfonso HerreraMexicoactor
2020Manizha SanginRussiasinger and songwriter
2020Nomzamo MbathaSouth AfricaActress, Humanitarian, TV Presenter
2019Atom AraulloPhilippinesjournalist
2019Helena ChristensenDenmarkmodel and photographer
2019Mahira KhanPakistanactress
2019Leanne ManasSouth Africatelevision presenter, businesswoman and journalist
2019Mercy MasikaKenyasinger and songwriter
2019Nikki SamonasGhanaactress and television host
2018Emtithal MahmoudSudanpoet
2018Ben StillerUSAactor
2017Praya LundbergThailandmodel and actress
2017MiyaviJapanmusician
2017Neil GaimanUnited Kingdomwriter
2017Yusra MardiniSYRswimmer
2017Kristin DavisUSAactor
2017MIYAVIJapanmusician and actor
2017David MorrisseyUnited Kingdomactor
2017Alessandro GassmanITAactor
2017Iskui AbalyanARM BLRsinger
2017Yasmine SalhiTUNartiste
2016Cate BlanchettAustraliaactor
2016John AbrahamINDactor
2015Jung Woo-sungSouth Koreaactor
2015Ger DuanySSDactor and model
2015Rokia TraoreMLIsinger-songwriter
2015Sheikha Rima al-SabahKWTphilanthropist and former journalist
2013Aidos SagatKazakhstansinger
2013Alek WekUKsupermodel
2013Khaled HosseiniUSAwriter
2007Jesús VázquezSpainTV presenter
2007Muazzez ErsoyTurkeysinger
2006George DalarasGreecesinger
2006Osvaldo LaportUruguayactor
2003Julien ClercFrancesinger
2000Adel EmamEgyptactor
1987Barbara HendricksUSAclassical 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
  • Yao Chen
  • 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

References

References

  1. "Karen Wazen".
  2. James, Theo. "Theo James".
  3. "Mary Maker".
  4. "Luis Gerardo Méndez".
  5. (2023-05-10). "Saudi artist Aseel Omran appointed as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador".
  6. "Yang Yang".
  7. "Raya Abirached".
  8. (2020-02-09). "Tanya Burr".
  9. (2021-03-24). "Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador title".
  10. "Maya Ghazal, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador".
  11. "Tahsan Khan".
  12. (2021-02-24). "British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw named latest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador".
  13. "UK TV and Radio Broadcaster Anita Rani joins UNHCR as a Goodwill Ambassador".
  14. "2Baba (Innocent Idibia)".
  15. (2020-12-03). "Kwame Annom (Biishville)".
  16. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Yiech Pur Biel".
  17. (2020-03-06). "Betty G".
  18. "Kat Graham".
  19. "Alfonso Herrera".
  20. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Manizha".
  21. "Nomzamo Mbatha".
  22. "UNHCR - Atom Araullo".
  23. (4 February 2019). "Atom Araullo appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador". UNHCR.
  24. "Helena Christensen".
  25. "Mahira Khan".
  26. "Leanne Manas".
  27. "Mercy Masika".
  28. "Nikki Samonas".
  29. (2020-06-17). "Emtithal Mahmoud".
  30. Mardini, Yusra. "Yusra Mardini".
  31. "Kristin Davis".
  32. "MIYAVI".
  33. "Sheikha Rima al-Sabah".
  34. (2016-12-18). "Khaled Hosseini".
  35. "Jesús Vázquez".
  36. "Osvaldo Laport".
  37. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Barbara Hendricks". UNHCR.
  38. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Former Special Envoy Angelina Jolie". UNHCR.
  39. (2016-01-01). "Former UNHCR National Goodwill Ambassador".
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