UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

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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.

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Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors

Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:

TimeAmbassadorCountryProfession
2021 Gugu Mbatha-Raw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom actress [1]
2021 Alphonso Davies Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada footballer [2]
2021 Maya Ghazal Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria refugee and pilot [3]
2021 Anita Rani Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom journalist and broadcaster [4]
2020 Yiech Pur Biel Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Olympic athlete [5]
2020 Kat Graham Flag of the United States.svg  United States singer and actress
2020 Manizha Sangin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia singer and songwriter [6]
2020 Nomzamo Mbatha Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Actress, Humanitarian, TV Presenter
2019 Atom Araullo Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines journalist [7] [8]
2019 Mahira Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan actress [9]
2018 Ben Stiller Flag of the United States.svg  United States actor
2017 Praya Lundberg Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand model and actress
2017 Miyavi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan musician
2017 Neil Gaiman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom writer
2017 Yusra Mardini Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria swimmer
2017 Kristin Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States actor
2017 David Morrissey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom actor
2017 Alessandro Gassman Flag of Italy.svg  Italy actor
2017 Iskui Abalyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus singer
2017 Yasmine Salhi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia artiste
2016 Cate Blanchett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia actor
2016 John Abraham Flag of India.svg  India actor
2015 Jung Woo-sung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea actor
2015 Ger Duany Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan actor and model
2015 Rokia Traore Flag of Mali.svg  Mali singer-songwriter
2015 Sheikha Rima al-Sabah Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait philanthropist and former journalist
2013 Aidos Sagat Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan singer
2013 Alek Wek Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom supermodel
2013 Khaled Hosseini Flag of the United States.svg  United States writer
2013 Yao Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China actor
2007 Jesús Vázquez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TV presenter
2007 Muazzez Ersoy Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey singer
2006 George Dalaras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece singer
2006 Osvaldo Laport Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay actor
2003 Julien Clerc Flag of France.svg  France singer
2000 Adel Emam Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt actor
1987 Barbara Hendricks Flag of the United States.svg  United States classical singer

Other positions

Past ambassadors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw named latest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador". UN News. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador title". UN News. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Maya Ghazal, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador".
  4. ↑ "UK TV and Radio Broadcaster Anita Rani joins UNHCR as a Goodwill Ambassador". www.unhcr.org. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Yiech Pur Biel". UNHCR. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  6. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Manizha". UNHCR. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  7. ↑ "UNHCR - Atom Araullo". UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Atom Araullo appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador". UNHCR. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mahira Khan". UNHCR .
  10. ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Barbara Hendricks". UNHCR. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  11. ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Former Special Envoy Angelina Jolie". UNHCR. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
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