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:

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

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