UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

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.

This article is about the UNHCR goodwill ambassador title. For other uses, see Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation).

Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors

Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:

TimeAmbassadorCountryProfession
2021 Gugu Mbatha-Raw  United Kingdom actress[1]
2021 Alphonso Davies  Canada footballer[2]
2021Maya Ghazal Syriarefugee and pilot [3]
2021Anita Rani United Kingdomjournalist and broadcaster[4]
2020 Yiech Pur Biel  South Sudan olympic athlete[5]
2020Kat Graham United Statessinger and actress
2020 Manizha Sangin  Russia singer and songwriter[6]
2019Atom Araullo Philippinesjournalist[7][8]
2019Malala Yousafzai Pakistaneducation activist
2018Ben Stiller United Statesactor
2017Praya Lundberg Thailandmodel and actress
2017Miyavi Japanmusician
2017Neil Gaiman United Kingdomwriter
2017Yusra Mardini Syriaswimmer
2017Kristin Davis United Statesactor
2017David Morrissey United Kingdomactor
2017Alessandro Gassman Italyactor
2017Iskui Abalyan Armenia  Belarussinger
2017Yasmine Salhi Tunisiaartiste
2016Cate Blanchett Australiaactor
2016John Abraham Indiaactor
2015Jung Woo-sung South Koreaactor
2015Ger Duany South Sudanactor and model
2015Rokia Traore Malisinger-songwriter
2015Sheikha Rima al-Sabah Kuwaitphilanthropist and former journalist
2013Aidos Sagat Kazakhstansinger
2013Alek Wek United Kingdomsupermodel
2013Khaled Hosseini United Stateswriter
2013Yao Chen Chinaactor
2007Jesús Vázquez SpainTV presenter
2007Muazzez Ersoy Turkeysinger
2006George Dalaras Greecesinger
2006Osvaldo Laport Uruguayactor
2003Julien Clerc Francesinger
2000Adel Emam Egyptactor
1987Barbara Hendricks United Statesclassical 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.
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