FAO Goodwill Ambassador

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

FAO Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. FAO goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations who use their talent and fame to advocate for the organization.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emblem with its Latin motto, Fiat Panis ("Let there be bread")

The Goodwill Ambassador Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been in place since 1999. The main purpose of the programme is to increase public awareness and to disseminate information on issues related to food security and hunger.

FAO encourages its goodwill ambassadors to actively use their talents and influence, and to commit themselves personally and professionally, to assist the organization in raising public awareness of the urgent need to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, and in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.[1]

Types of FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

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FAO has three types of Goodwill Ambassadors:

  • The FAO Global Goodwill Ambassador, who are worldwide known celebrities from the worlds of arts, sports, literature, sciences and other fields of public importance.
  • The FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador, who are high-level personalities usually from the field of research or science, who have excelled in an area relevant to the one for which they become special Ambassadors.
  • The FAO National Goodwill Ambassador, who are personalities with local appeal, the work of which they support mainly within the country of their nomination.

Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

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Current goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

Name Location References Notes
Queen Letizia File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2015 Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition
King Letsie III File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 2016 Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition
Darine El-Khatib File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 2017 Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa
Princess Basma bint Ali File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 2016 Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2016 Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific
Katsuhiro Nakamura File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2017 National Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific
Hiroko Kuniya File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2017 National Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific
Diarmuid Gavin File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2022 National Goodwill Ambassador for Europe
Rodrigo Pacheco File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 2022 National Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean

Former FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

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Former goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

Name Location References Notes
Thomas Pesquet File:Flag of France.svg France 2021 [2]
Miriam Makeba File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1999 [3]
Dee Dee Bridgewater File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1999 [4]
Gina Lollobrigida File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1999 [5]
Rita Levi-Montalcini File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1999 [6]
Gong Li File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 2000 [7]
Youssou N'Dour File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 2000 [8]
Gilberto Gil File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2001 [9]
Majida El Roumi File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 2001 [10]
Albano Carrisi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2001 [11]
Mory Kanté File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 2001 [12]
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 2002 [13]
Roberto Baggio File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2002 [14]
Massimo Ranieri File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2002 [15]
Dionne Warwick File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2002 [16]
Italian Singers’ Soccer Team File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2002 [17]
Khaled File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2003 [18]
Maná File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2003 [18]
Noa File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 2003 [18]
Justine Pasek File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama, File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 2003 [18]
Oumou Sangaré File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 2003[18]
Raúl File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2004 [19]
Carla Fracci File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2004 [20]
Ronan Keating File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2005 [21]
Beatrice Faumuina File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2005 [22]
Chucho Valdés Error creating thumbnail:  Cuba 2006 [23]
María Gloria Penayo De Duarte File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 2006 [24] Extraordinary Ambassador
Suzanne Mubarak File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2008 [25]
Carl Lewis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2009 [26]
Anggun File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia, File:Flag of France.svg France 2009 [26]
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 2009 [26]
Pierre Cardin File:Flag of France.svg France 2009 [26]
Fanny Lu File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2009 [26]
Raoul Bova File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2010 [27]
Susan Sarandon File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2010 [27]
Celine Dion File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2010 [27]
Lea Salonga File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 2010 [27]
Patrick Vieira File:Flag of France.svg France 2010 [28]
Jeremy Irons File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2011 [29]
Evo Morales File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 2012[30] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Quinoa
Prince Laurent of Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2014 [31] Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment
Leyla Aliyeva File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 2015 [32]
Abdelouahab Zaid File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 2015 [33]
Bharrat Jagdeo File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 2015 [34] Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment
Joyce Boye File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2016 [35] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Kadambot Siddique File:Flag of India.svg India 2016 [35] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Maggie Habib File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2016 [35] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Jenny Chandler File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2016 [35] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Patricia Juárez Arango File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2016 [35] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Elizabeth Mpofu File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2016 [35] Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Carlo Petrini File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2016 [36] Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Guadalupe Valdez File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 2016 [36] Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Kanayo F. Nwanze File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2017 [36] Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger

See also

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