UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal
honorific title,
title of authority
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,
legal status
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and
job description
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assigned to those
goodwill ambassadors and
advocates
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who are designated by the
United Nations
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. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are
celebrity
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representatives of the
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for
refugee
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Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors
Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:
Other positions
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Barbara Hendricks
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became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the firs
Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassadorin 2002, the only person to hold this title.
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Angelina Jolie
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became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed th
Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Past ambassadors
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Kris Aquino
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Giorgio Armani
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Đorđe Balašević
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Richard Burton
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Nazia Hassan
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Justus Frantz
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Frantz began playing piano at the age of ten and later studied with Eliza Hansen and Wilhelm ...
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Udo Jürgens
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Lady Antebellum
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Sophia Loren
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Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
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James Mason
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Riccardo Muti
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Arja Saijonmaa
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She studied at the Sibelius Academy and earned a Bachelor of Arts at the Helsinki University. She made ...
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The Schürzenjäger
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Duraid Lahham
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Goodwill Ambassador
Goodwill ambassador is a post-nominal honorific title, a professional occupation and/or authoritative designation that is assigned to a person who advocates for a specific cause or global issue on the basis of their notability such as a public ...
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FAO Goodwill Ambassador
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UNDP Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__
UNDP 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. The United Natio ...
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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO 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. UNESCO goodwill ambassad ...
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UNODC Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__
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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__
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UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__
UNIDO 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. UNIDO goodwill a ...
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
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UN Women Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__
UN Women 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. UN Women good ...
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WFP Goodwill Ambassador
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WHO Goodwill Ambassador
WHO 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. WHO goodwill ambassadors ar ...
References
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External links
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors
United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees
Goodwill ambassador programmes
United Nations goodwill ambassadors