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This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and Advocates, 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.
International ambassadors and advocates
In order of appointment:
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (February 1984)
Harry Belafonte (March 1987)
Richard Attenborough (October 1987)- Roger Moore (August 1991)
Nana Mouskouri (October 1993)
Leon Lai (July 1994)- Vanessa Redgrave (June 1995)
- Judy Collins (September 1995)
Maxim Vengerov (July 1997)- Susan Sarandon (December 1999)
- Mia Farrow (September 2000)
Sebastião Salgado (April 2001)
Femi Kuti (June 2002)
Angélique Kidjo (July 2002)- Whoopi Goldberg (September 2003)
Shakira (October 2003)
Ricky Martin (December 2003)- Jackie Chan (April 2004)
Lang Lang (May 2004)- Danny Glover (September 2004)
Amitabh Bachchan (April 2005)- David Beckham (January 2005)
Queen Rania of Jordan (January 2007)
Berliner Philharmoniker (November 2007)- Simon Rattle (November 2007)
Biyouna (November 2012)
Ishmael Beah (November 2007)
Myung-whun Chung (April 2008)
Maria Guleghina (February 2009)- Orlando Bloom ( October 2009)
Lionel Messi (March 2010)- Yuna Kim (July 2010)
Liam Neeson (March 2011)- Serena Williams (September 2011)
Former ambassadors
In order of appointment:
- Danny Kaye (1954)
- Peter Ustinov (1968)
- Audrey Hepburn (1989)
Youssou N'Dour (April 1991)
Johann Olav Koss (December 1994)
Vendela Kirsebom (May 1996)
George Weah (April 1997)- Jessica Lange (June 2003)
Roger Federer (April 2006)
Regional ambassadors
In order of appointment:
Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
- Anatoly Karpov (June 1988)
Milena Župančič (1998)
Latin America
- Diego Torres (November 2006)
Ricardo Montaner (November 2007)
Middle East and North Africa
Mahmoud Kabil (January 2004)
Nancy Ajram (October 2009)
Eastern and Southern Africa
Yvonne Chaka Chaka (April 2005)- Zola (November 2006)
Name Six (May 2007)
Oliver Mtukudzi (June 2011)
Francophone Countries
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (January 2007)
East Asia and Pacific
Main article: UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office- Miriam Yeung (October 2009)
Merewalesi Nailatikau (February 2011)- Aaron Kwok (October 2011)
National ambassadors
In order of appointment:
Afghanistan 
- Raees Ahmadzai (September 2011)
Algeria
- Madjid Bougherra (January 2011)
- Salima Souakri (October 2011)
Andorra 
- Gerard Claret (November 2010)
- Albert Llovera (November 2010)
Argentina
- Julián Weich (2000)
- Manu Ginóbili (August 2007)
- Natalia Oreiro (September 2011)
Armenia 
- Alla Levonyan (April 2007)
Australia 
- Jimmy Barnes (2004)
- Ken Done
- Geoffrey Rush
- Tara Moss
- Greig Pickhaver
- John Doyle
- Erica Packer
- The Wiggles
- Fiona Stanley
- Tim Cahill
- Norman Swan
Austria 
- Thomas Brezina (1996)
- Christiane Hörbiger (2003)
Belarus 
- Max Mirnyi (November 2011)
Belgium 
- Salvatore Adamo (1997)
- Helmut Lotti (1997)
- Axelle Red (1998)
- Dixie Dansercoer (2002)
- Alain Hubert (2002)
- Frank De Winne (2003)
- Justine Henin (February 2009)
Benin
- Zeynab (September 2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
- Edin Džeko (November 2009)
Brazil
Main article: UNICEF in Brazil
- Renato Aragão (September 1991)
- Daniela Mercury (October 1995)
- Mônica (November 2007)
- Lázaro Ramos (July 2009)
Bulgaria 
- Dimitar Berbatov (May 2006)
- Ani Salich (November 2006)
Canada 
- Veronica Tennant (1992)
- Catherine Brunet (2000)
- Beckie Scott (2002)
- Bilaal Rajan (2004)
- Kate Wheeler (2005)
- Steve Barakatt (2006)
- Elena Grosheva (2006)
- Elizabeth Dallaire (2007)
- Farley Flex (2008)
- Florence K (2008)
- Mariatu Kamara (2008)
- Jan Lisiecki (2008)
- John Nsabimana (2008)
- Solange Tuyishime (June 2010)
- Bayan Yammout (2011)
Chile 
- Iván Zamorano (1998)
- Benjamin Vicuña (January 2008)
China
- Maggie Cheung (April 2010)
- Yang Lan (April 2010)
Colombia
- Claudia Elena Vásquez (August 2009)
- Elena Vives Vásquez (August 2009)
- Carlos Vives (August 2009)
Croatia 
- Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni (July 2003)
- Bojana Gregorić (August 2004)
- Maja Vučić (November 2006)
- Slaven Bilić (February 2009)
Cuba 
- La Colmenita (2007)
Cyprus 
- Nasos Ktorides (February 2012)
Czech Republic 
- Jiřina Jirásková (1992)
- Patrik Eliáš (August 2006)
- Michal Viewegh (February 2011)
Democratic Republic of Congo 
- Lomana Trésor LuaLua (June 2009)
Denmark 
- Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
- Anders W. Berthelsen
- Malene Birger
- Bubber
- Sebastian Dorset
- Trine Dyrhold
- Kurt Flemming
- Peter Frödin
- Caroline Henderson
- Jesper Klein
- Mek Pek
- Michala Petri
Dominican Republic 
- Jatnna Tavarez (October 2010)
Egypt
- Khaled Abol Naga (April 2007)
Estonia 
- Maarja-Liis Ilus (1999)
- Eri Klas (1999)
- Erki Nool (1999)
- Children's Music Studio of Estonian Television (November 2009)
Ethiopia 
- Aster Aweke (October 2010)
Finland 
- Eija Ahvo (1986)
- Susanna Haavisto (1986)
- Katri Helena (1990)
- Anna Hanski (May 1993)
- Eija Vilpas (May 1993)
- Jorma Uotinen (1993)
- Juha Laukkanen (1994)
- Micke Rejström (1996)
- Rainer Kaunisto (2002)
- Eppu Nuotio (2002)
- Jyrki Linnankivi (2005)
- Axl Smith (2006)
- Iiro Rantala (September 2008)
France
- Bernard Lama (2004)
- Corneille (2005)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (2007)
- Mimie Mathy (May 2009)
- Lilian Thuram (2010)
Gambia 
- Jaliba Kuyateh (December 2006)
Georgia 
- Paata Burchuladze (December 2010)
Germany
- Joachim Fuchsberger (1984)
- Sabine Christiansen (1997)
Ghana 
- Marcel Desailly (August 2007)
Greece
- Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (May 1991)
Hong Kong
- Daniel Chan (June 2002)
- Gigi Leung (2002)
- Charlie Yeung (April 2004)
- Karen Mok (2004)
- Miriam Yeung (2004)
- Louis Koo (December 2007)
- Vic Chou (August 2009)
- Aaron Kwok (August 2009)
- Eric Suen (August 2009)
- Xiao-ming Huang (August 2009)
Hungary 
- Judit Halász (December 2003)
- Gábor Presser (December 2003)
- Hungarian National Philharmonic (December 2006)
- Agnes Kovacs (August 2010)
India
- Sharmila Tagore (December 2005)
- Priyanka Chopra (August 2010)
- Aamir Khan (November 2011)
Indonesia 
Main article: Unicef Indonesia
- Ferry Salim (2004)
Iran 
- Mahtab Keramati (August 2006)
Iraq 
- Kadhum Al-Sahir (May 2011)
Ireland
Main article: UNICEF Ireland
- Pierce Brosnan (2001)
- Cathy Kelly (2005)
- Stephen Rea (2005)
- Donncha O'Callaghan (2009)
- Dustin the Turkey (2009)
- Joe Canning (September 2010)
- Dermot Earley (September 2010)
- Rory McIlroy (March 2011)
Liam Neeson March 2011
Italy 
- Simona Marchini (1987)
- Vigili del Fuoco (1989)
- Milly Carlucci (1996)
- Roberto Bolle (1999)
- Lino Banfi (2000)
- Bianca Pitzorno (2001)
- Daniela Poggi (2001)
- Amii Stewart (2001)
- Paolo Bianchini (2002)
- World Youth Orchestra (July 2002)
- Deborah Compagnoni (2003)
- Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano (2003)
- Francesco Totti (2003)
- Mario Porfito (2004)
- Patrizio Rispo (2004)
- Maria Rosaria Omaggio (2005)
- Alessio Boni (2006)
- Carmen Consoli (2006)
- Niky Francisco (2006)
- Paola Saluzzi (2006)
- Ferruccio Soleri (2007)
- Alberto Angela (September 2011)
Jamaica 
- Shelly-Ann Fraser (February 2010)
Japan
- Agnes Chan Miling (1998)
- Shigeaki Hinohara (2007)
Kazakhstan 
- Batyrkhan Shukenov (November 2009)
Kenya 
- Effie Owour (1997)
Kuwait 
- Suad Abdullah (November 2002)
Latvia 
- Maria Naumova (December 2005)
Lithuania 
- Julian Rachlin (January 2010)
Luxembourg 
- Liz May (April 2010)
Mali 
- Habib Koité (May 2010)
Mexico 
- César Costa (August 2004)
- Julieta Venegas (September 2009)
Mongolia 
- Tumur Ariuna (June 2001)
- Asashōryū Dagvadorj (November 2003)
Montenegro 
- Rambo Amadeus (October 2006)
Morocco 
- Hanane El Fadili (July 2010)
Namibia 
- Frank Fredericks (September 2005)
- Agnes Samaria (September 2005)
Netherlands 
- Paul van Vliet (1992)
- Monique van de Ven (1996)
- Sipke Jan Bousema (2002)
- Trijntje Oosterhuis (2004)
- Edwin Evers (2005)
- Jörgen Raymann (2005)
- Nicolette van Dam (2010)
- Renate Verbaan (2010)
New Zealand 
- Roger Hall
- Alison Mau
- Hayley Westenra (2003)
- Gareth and Joanne Morgan (2007)
- Amber Peebles (2008)
- Jay Reeve (2008)
- Jonah Lomu (November 2011)
Nigeria
- Nwankwo Kanu (June 2005)
Norway
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær (2001)
- Sissel Kyrkjebø (November 2005)
- Kjetil André Aamodt (2007)
Pakistan 
- Faisal Kapadia (September 2005)
- Bilal Maqsood (September 2005)
Paraguay 
- Menchi Barriocanal (July 2005)
Peru 
- Gian Marco Zignago (February 2006)
- Dina Páucar (May 2008)
- Gastón Acurio (August 2009)
- Mónica Sánchez (September 2011)
Philippines 
Main article: UNICEF Philippines
- Kc Concepcion
Poland 
- Majka Jeżowska (2003)
- Małgorzata Foremniak (2006)
- Natalia Kukulska (2006)
- Artur Żmijewski (2007)
- Magdalena Różczka (2010)
Portugal 
- Pedro Couceiro (April 1995)
- Luís Figo (2003)
- Mariza (October 2005)
- Bárbara Guimarães (2009)
Romania 
- Andreea Marin Bănică (December 2006)
- Gheorghe Hagi (September 2008)
Russia
- Oleg Gazmanov (2003)
- Oxana Fedorova (2007)
Serbia 
- Emir Kusturica (February 2002)
- Aleksandar Đorđević (January 2005)
- Ana Ivanović (September 2007)
- Jelena Janković (December 2007)
- Novak Đoković (August 2011)
Slovakia 
- Kamila Magalová (1995)
- Stanislav Štepka (2001)
- Martin Pyco Rausch (2011)
Slovenia
- Lado Leskovar (1998)
- Marko Simeunovič (2002)
- Zlatko Zahovič (2002)
- Vita Mavrič (November 2002)
- Lado Bizovičar (2006)
South Africa
- Quinton Fortune (March 2004)
- Gavin Rajah (August 2007)
South Korea
- Ahn Sung-ki (May 1993)
- Hwang Byung-Ki (December 1996)
- Sohn Pum-Soo (October 1999)
- Myung-wha Chung (December 1999)
- Mee-Hwa Kim (December 1999)
- Lee Byung-hun (2003)
- Won Bin (2007)
- Kim Rae-won (2007)
- Lee Bo-young (2008)
- Richard Yongjae O'Neill (2008)
Spain 
- Joan Manuel Serrat (March 1998)
- Emilio Aragón (March 2000)
- Imanol Arias (May 2000)
- Pedro Delgado (September 2000)
- Ana Duato (December 2000)
- Teresa Viejo (December 2000)
- Eusebio Sacristán (December 2002)
- Pau Gasol (May 2003)
- Silvia Abascal (September 2003)
- María Bayo (January 2004)
- Fernando Alonso (March 2005)
- Rafael Guijosa (March 2005)
- Los Lunnis (March 2005)
Sweden
- Lill Lindfors (October 1998)
- Liza Marklund (December 2004)
- Kajsa Bergqvist (October 2005)
- Eva Röse (2007)
- Mark Levengood (2008)
- David Hellenius (April 2011)
Switzerland
- Kurt Aeschbacher (October 2004)
Thailand 
- Anand Panyarachun (January 1996)
- Kathaleeya McIntosh (1999-2005)
- Anne Thongprasom (March 2008)
- Theeradej Wongpuapan (March 2008)
Turkey 
- Nilüfer Yumlu (November 1997)
- Türkan Şoray (March 2010)
Ukraine
- Ruslana (May 2005)
United Kingdom
Main article: UNICEF UK
- Manchester United F.C. (1999)
- Robbie Williams (2000)
- Martin Bell (2001)
- Jemima Khan (2001)
- Andrew O'Hagan (2001)
- Alex Ferguson (2002)
- Paul Clark (2004)
- Ewan McGregor (2004)
- Trudie Styler (2004)
- Elle Macpherson (2005)
- Ryan Giggs (2006)
- James Nesbitt (2006)
- Claudia Schiffer (2006)
- Charley Boorman (2008)
- Duncan Bannatyne (2009)
- Matt Dawson (2009)
- Cat Deeley (2009)
- David Puttnam (2009)
United States of America
Main article: U.S. Fund for UNICEF
- Jane Curtin (1991)
- James Kiberd (1995)
- Laurence Fishburne (1996)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (1998)
- Summer Sanders (1998)
- Marcus Samuelsson (2000)
- Téa Leoni (2001)
- Alyssa Milano (2003)
- Liv Tyler (2003)
- Clay Aiken (2004)
- India.Arie (2004)
- Lucy Liu (2005)
- Dayle Haddon (2007)
- Joel Madden (2008)
- Selena Gomez (2009)
- Vern Yip (November 2010)
- Katy Perry (April 2013)
Uruguay 
- Diego Forlán
- Natalia Oreiro (September 2011)
Venezuela
- FESNOJIV (November 2004)
- Omar Vizquel (December 2008)
- Édgar Ramírez (November 2010)
Vietnam 
- Vũ Nguyễn Hà Anh (August 2010)
Zimbabwe
- Prudence Mabhena (October 2011)
See also
- FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
- UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
- UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
- UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
- UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
- WHO Goodwill Ambassador
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- "Sir Roger Moore". UNICEF. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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- "Sir Peter Ustinov". UNICEF. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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External links
- UNICEF Goodwill ambassadors
- Home page UNICEF
- The UN's goodwill hunters, BBC News, 20 March 2000