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This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, who work on behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund.

History and purpose of the role

Danny Kaye was the first to hold the position, with the title of Ambassador-at-Large granted in 1954. Other celebrities have followed, acting as international, regional or national ambassadors, depending on their profile, interests, and desired level of responsibility. The goal of the program is to allow celebrities with a demonstrated interest in UNICEF issues to use their fame to draw attention to important issues. This may take the form of public appearances and talks, visits to troubled regions, which draw attention from the media, and use of their political access to advocate UNICEF causes.[1]

International ambassadors

In order of appointment:

• Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1984)
• Lord Attenborough (1987)
• Harry Belafonte (1987)
• Sir Roger Moore (1991)
• Nana Mouskouri (1993)
• Leon Lai (1994)
• Judy Collins (1995)
• Vanessa Redgrave (1995)
• Maxim Vengerov (1997)
• Susan Sarandon (1999)
• Mia Farrow (2000)
• Sebastião Salgado (2001)
• Angélique Kidjo (2002)
• Femi Kuti (2002)
• Whoopi Goldberg (2003)
• Jessica Lange (2003)
• Shakira (24 Oct. 2003), singer-songwriter promoting education of girls.^[1][2]
• Jackie Chan (2004)
• Danny Glover (2004)
• Lang Lang (2004)
• Ricky Martin (2004)
• Amitabh Bachchan (2005)
• David Beckham(2005)
• Roger Federer (2006)
• Berliner Philharmoniker (2007)
• Myung-whun Chung (2008)
• Orlando Bloom (2009)
• Lionel Messi (2010)
• Yuna Kim (2010)

Past ambassadors

• Audrey Hepburn (appointed 1988, died 1993)
• Danny Kaye (appointed 1954, died 1987) (pioneered role as Ambassador-at-Large)
• Sir Peter Ustinov (appointed 1969, died 2004)
• Youssou N'Dour (appointed 3 April 1991; resigned 5 Jan. 2012) musician and anti-malaria activist.^[3]

Regional ambassadors

• Mahmoud Kabil
• Mercedes Sosa
• Anatoly Karpov
• Milena Župančič
• Nancy Ajram^[4]
• Kadim Al sahir
• Natalia Oreiro

National ambassadors

Afghanistan

• Raees Ahmadzai (2011)^[5]

Algeria

• Biyouna (2003)
• Cheb Khaled (1999)
• Souad Massi (2006)

Argentina

• Julián Weich (2000)
• Martín Palermo (2007)
• Manu Ginóbili (2007)

Armenia

• Charles Aznavour (2003)
• Alla Levonyan (2007)

Australia

• Jimmy Barnes (2004)
• Tim Cahill
• Ken Done AM (1988)
• John Doyle^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Tara Moss
• Erica Packer
• Greig Pickhaver
• Geoffrey Rush
• Fiona Stanley
• Norman Swan (2003)
• The Wiggles

Austria

• Thomas Brezina (1996)
• Christiane Hörbiger (2003)

Azerbaijan

• Teimour Radjabov (2007)

Belgium

• Salvatore Adamo (1997)
• Dixie Dansercoer (2002)
• Frank De Winne (2003)
• Jean-Michel Folon (2003)
• Justine Henin (2009)
• Alain Hubert (2002)
• Helmut Lotti (1997)
• Khadja Nin (1998)
• Axelle Red (1998)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Edin Džeko (2009)

Brazil

• Renato Aragão (1991)
• Daniela Mercury (1995)
• Mônica (2007)[2]
• Lázaro Ramos (2009)
• Marta Vieira da Silva

Cameroon

• Samuel Eto'o (2005)

Canada

• Steve Barakatt (2007)
• Farley Flex (2008)
• Elena Grosheva (also has Russian citizenship) (2007)
• Claire Granum (2056)
• Danilla Xing (2045)
• Julia Tremayne (2034)
• Gerard Way (9900)
• Sasuke ??????? (2345)
• Ben Mulroney (2006)
• Beckie Scott (2002)
• Bilaal Rajan (2005)
• Veronica Tennant (1992)
• Kate Wheeler
• Kevin Jonas (2008)
• William Morton^{[disambiguation needed ]} (1743)

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Chile

• Iván Zamorano (1998)

Colombia

• Margarita Rosa de Francisco (2000)
• Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (2006)

Côte d'Ivoire

• Basile Boli (2000)

Croatia

• Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni (2003)
• Bojana Gregorić (2004)
• Maja Vučić (2006)
• Slaven Bilić (2008)

Czech Republic

• Jirina Jiraskova

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Ngiama Makanda Noel - Werrason

Denmark

• Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg
• Kurt Flemming
• Jesper Klein (died 2011)
• Bubber

Egypt

• Khaled Abol Naga (2007)

Estonia

• Eri Klas (1999)
• Erki Nool (1999)
• Maarja-Liis Ilus (1999)

Ethiopia

• Berhane Adere (2004)
• Kenenisa Bekele (2004)

Finland

• Micke Rejstrom (1996)
• Jorma Uotinen
• Juha Laukkanen (1994)
• Anna Hanski (1993)
• Eija Vilpas (1993)
• Trio Töykeät (1993)
• Rainer Kaunisto
• Katri-Helena Kalaoja (1990)
• Pave Maijanen (1990)
• Eppu Nuotio (2002)
• Eija Ahvo (1986)
• Susanna Haavisto (1980)
• Arsi Harju (2003)
• Jyrki Linnankivi (Jyrki 69)(2005)
• Axl Smith (2006)

France

• Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (2004)
• Yves Duteil
• Christophe Malavoy 2005
• Alexandre Weber

Germany

• Sabine Christiansen (1997)
• Joachim Fuchsberger (1984)

Greece

• Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler
• Antonis Samarakis (1989)

Haiti

• Wyclef Jean

Hong Kong (SAR)

• Gigi Leung
• Karen Mok
• Charlie Yeung
• Miriam Yeung
• Daniel Chan
• Louis Koo
• Xiao-ming Huang
• Eric Suen
• Aaron Kwok

Hungary

• Judit Halász (2003)
• Gábor Presser (2003)

India

• Ravi Shastri (1996)
• Amitabh Bachchan (2005)
• Sharmila Tagore (2005)^[6]
• Priyanka Chopra (2010)
• Aamir Khan, actor and producer promoting children's nutrition. (30 Nov. 2011).^[7]

Indonesia

• Christine Hakim (2004–2008)
• Ferry Salim (2004 - now)

Iran

• Ali Daei (2004–now)
• Ali Karimi (2007–now)
• Niki Karimi (2005–now)
• Mahtab Keramati (2006–now)

Ireland

• Pierce Brosnan (2001)
• Gabriel Byrne (2004)
• Cathy Kelly (2005)
• Maxi^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Mike McCarthy^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Liam Neeson OBE (1996)
• Samantha Mumba (2002)
• Stephen Rea (2005)

Israel

• David Broza (1996)

Italy

• Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano
• Francesco Totti (2003)
• Amii Stewart (2001)
• Daniela Poggi (2001)
• Bianca Pitzorno (2001)
• Lino Banfi (2000)
• Leo Nucci (2000)
• Vincenzo La Scola (2000)
• Paolo Maldini
• Roberto Bolle (1999)
• Milly Carlucci (1996)
• Vigili del Fuoco (1989)
• Simona Marchini (1987)

Jamaica

• Shelly-Ann Fraser (2010)

Japan

• Shigeaki Hinohara (2007)

Kenya

• Effie Owour (1997)

Kuwait

• Suad Abdullah (2002)

Macedonia

• Toše Proeski (2004)
• Rade Vrcakovski (2001)

Malaysia

• Celina Khor (2005)
• Rafidah Abdullah (2005)
• Kartini Kamalul Ariffin (2005)
• Lee Chong Wei (2009)

Mexico

• César Costa (2004)

Mongolia

• Tumur Ariuna (2001)
• Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj (2003)

Montenegro

• Rambo Amadeus (2005)

Morocco

• Naïma Elmecherqui
• Rajae Belemlih (2000)
• Nawal El Moutawakel (2000)
• Hicham El Guerrouj (2000)

Namibia

• Frank Fredericks (2005)
• Agnes Samaria (2005)

Netherlands

• Monique van de Ven (1996)
• Paul van Vliet (1992)
• Sipke Bousema
• Rintje Ritsma
• Edwin Evers
• Trijntje Oosterhuis
• Jurgen Raymann

New Zealand

• Roger Hall
• Jonah Lomu (2011)
• Alison Mau
• Gareth Morgan (2007)
• Amber Peebles (2008)
• Hayley Westenra (2003)

Nigeria

• Nwankwo Kanu (2005)

Norway

• Ole Gunnar Solskjær (2001)
• Sissel Kyrkjebø (2006)

Oman

• Hamed Al-Wahaibi (2005)

Pakistan

• Shaan Shahid
• Salman Ahmed
• Feryal Ali Gauhar (1999)
• Imran Khan

Panama

• Danilo Pérez (2005)

Paraguay

• Gloria Criscioni (2005)

Peru

• Gian Marco
• Dina Páucar
• Gastón Acurio

Philippines

• Lea Salonga (2010)
• Gary Valenciano(1997)
• KC Concepcion (2008-present)

Poland

• Małgorzata Foremniak
• Katarzyna Frank-Niemczycka
• Piotr Fronczewski
• Majka Jeżowska
• Natalia Kukulska (2007)
• Wiesław Ochman
• Andrzej Szczypiorski
• Marcin Watras
• Artur Żmijewski^{[disambiguation needed ]}

Portugal

• Pedro Couceiro
• Luís Figo
• Mariza

Romania

• Andreea Marin Bănică

Russia

• Valeriya
• Alla Pugachova
• Oxana Fedorova

Serbia

• Emir Kusturica
• Aleksandar Đorđević
• Jelena Janković
• Ana Ivanović
• Đorđe Balašević
• Novak Đoković

Slovakia

• Kamila Magalová
• Peter Dvorský
• Vašo Patejdl
• Maroš Kramár 2007, 2008, 2010
• Monika Hilmerová 2010^[8]

• Prof. MUDr. Vladimír Krčméry,DrSc.,FRCP, FACP,Dr.h.c. multi 2007, 2010
• Dara Rolins 2008
• Dušan Tittel
• Stanislav Štepka 2004 - 2011
• Martin Pyco Rausch 2011

Slovenia

• Lado Leskovar
• Milena Župančič
• Boris Cavazza
• Zlatko Zahovič
• Vita Mavrič
• Marko Simeunovič

South Africa

• Quinton Fortune

South Korea

• Pum-Soo Sohn (1999)
• Si Won Ryu (1999)
• Mee-Hwa Kim (1999)
• Myung-Wha Chung (1999)
• Dooly^{[disambiguation needed ]} (1997)
• Byung-Ki Hwang (1996)
• Sung Ki Ahn (1993)
• Wan Suh Park (1993)
• Won Bin (2007)
• CN BLUE (2011)

Spain

• Joan Manuel Serrat(1998)
• Emilio Aragón (2000)
• Imanol Arias (2000)
• Pedro Delgado (2000)
• Joaquín Cortes (1999)
• Ana Duato (2000)
• Teresa Viejo (2000)
• Eusebio Sacristán (2002)
• Paul Gasol (2003)
• Silvia Abascal (2003)
• María Bayo (2004)
• Fernando Alonso (2005)
• Rafael Guijosa (2005)
• "Los Lunnis" (2005)
• Iker Casillas (2010)
• FC Barcelona (2006)

Sweden

• Lars Berghagen
• Robyn
• Lill Lindfors

Switzerland

• James Galway
• Natascha Badmann

Taiwan

• Vic Chou

Thailand

• Anand Panyarachun

Turkey

• Ayşe Kulin
• Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
• Ferhan and Ferzan Önder
• Gülsin Onay
• İbrahim Kutluay
• Müjdat Gezen
• Nilüfer Yumlu
• Tayfun Taliboğlu
• Türkan Şoray
• Yıldız Kenter

Ukraine

• Ruslana (2005)

United Kingdom

• Manchester United F.C. (1999)
• Robbie Williams (2000)
• Andrew O'Hagan (2001)
• Martin Bell OBE (2001)
• Jemima Khan (2001)
• Ralph Fiennes (2001)
• Sir Alex Ferguson (2002)
• Ewan McGregor (2004)
• Trudie Styler (2004)
• Paul Clark (2004)
• Elle Macpherson (2005)
• James Nesbitt (2006)
• Ryan Giggs OBE (2006)
• Claudia Schiffer (2006)
• Charley Boorman (2008)
• Duncan Bannatyne (2009)
• Zöe Salmon (2009)
• Maryna Theadorus-Zinevych (2011)

United States

• Clay Aiken
• India.Arie
• Angela Bassett
• Brandy (1999)
• Katie Couric
• Jane Curtin
• Laurence Fishburne
• Sarah Hughes
• James Kiberd
• Annette Roque Lauer
• Téa Leoni
• Lucy Liu (2004)
• Alyssa Milano (2003)
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Isabella Rossellini
• Marcus Samuelsson
• Summer Sanders
• Claudia Schiffer
• Liv Tyler (2003)
• Courtney B. Vance
• Joel Madden (2008)
• Selena Gomez (2009 - present)
• Tami Erin
• Danny Kaye(First ambassador-at-large)
• Jackie Chan

Uruguay

• Diego Forlán
• Enzo Francescoli

Vietnam

• Le Huynh Duc (2000-TBA), for the rights of children
• Xuân Bắc (November 30, 2010-ongoing), for water and sanitation
• Vũ Nguyễn Hà Anh (August 18, 2010-July 2012^[9]), for the rights of children and women

Unspecified

• Liv Ullmann^[10]

See also

• FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
• UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
• WHO Goodwill Ambassador

References

• selected ambassadors (past and present)
• present ambassadors

External links

• UNICEF Goodwill ambassadors
• UNICEF.org
• BBC News - The UN's Goodwill Ambassadors