International ambassadors and advocates from inception
In order of appointment:
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Danny Kaye (1954) [1] -
Peter Ustinov (1968) [2] -
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (February 1984) [3] - Richard Attenborough (October 1987) [4]
- Audrey Hepburn (1989) [5]
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Youssou N'Dour (April 1991) [6] - Roger Moore (August 1991) [7]
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Nana Mouskouri (October 1993) [8] -
Leon Lai (July 1994) [9] -
Johann Olav Koss (December 1994) [10] - Vanessa Redgrave (June 1995) [11]
- Judy Collins (September 1995) [12]
-
Vendela Kirsebom (May 1996) [13] -
George Weah (April 1997) [14] -
Maxim Vengerov (July 1997) [15] - Susan Sarandon (December 1999) [16]
- Mia Farrow (September 2000) [17]
-
Sebastião Salgado (April 2001) [18] -
Femi Kuti (June 2002) [19] -
Angélique Kidjo (July 2002) [20] - Jessica Lange (June 2003) [21]
- Whoopi Goldberg (September 2003) [22]
-
Shakira (October 2003) [23] -
Ricky Martin (December 2003) [24] - Jackie Chan (April 2004) [25]
-
Lang Lang (May 2004) [26] - Danny Glover (September 2004) [27]
- David Beckham (January 2005) [28]
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Amitabh Bachchan (April 2005) [29] -
Roger Federer (April 2006) [30] -
Queen Rania of Jordan (January 2007) [31] -
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (April 2007) [32] -
Gavin Rajah (August 2007) [33] -
Berliner Philharmoniker (November 2007) [34] - Simon Rattle (November 2007) [34]
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Biyouna (November 2012) -
Ishmael Beah (November 2007) [35] -
Myung-whun Chung (April 2008) [36] -
Maria Guleghina (February 2009) [37] - Selena Gomez (September 2009) [38]
- Orlando Bloom (October 2009) [39]
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Lionel Messi (March 2010) [40] - Yuna Kim (July 2010) [41]
- Liam Neeson (March 2011) [42]
- Serena Williams (September 2011) [43]
- Mikael Persbrandt (2011) [44]
- Katy Perry (December 2013) [45]
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Novak Djokovic (August 2015) [46] - Priyanka Chopra (December 2016)
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Lilly Singh (July 2017) [47] - Millie Bobby Brown (November 2018) [48]
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Vanessa Nakate (September 2022) [49] - Khaby Lame (February 2025) [50]
