FAO Goodwill Ambassador
Subclass of | goodwill ambassador ![]() |
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Ebe conferred by | Food and Agriculture Organization ![]() |
Main subject | goodwill ambassador ![]() |
Full work available at URL | https://www.goodwillambassadors.org/fao-goodwill-ambassadors ![]() |
Female form of label | ambassadrice de bonne volonté de la FAO ![]() |
Male form of label | ambassadeur de bonne volonté de la FAO ![]() |
FAO Goodwill Ambassador be official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status den job description wey dem assign say ego goodwill ambassadors den advocate menners wey United Nations designate dem. FAO goodwill ambassadors be celebrity advocates give de Food den Agriculture Organization of de United Nations wey dey use dema talent den fame advocate give de organization.
De Goodwill Ambassador Programme of de Food den Agriculture Organization of de United Nations dey in place since 1999. De main purpose of de programme be make e increase public awareness den make e disseminate information for issues wey relate to food security den hunger top.
FAO dey encourage ein goodwill ambassadors make dem actively use dema talents den influence, den make dem commit dema bodies personally den professionally, make dem assist de organization make dem dey raise public awareness of de urgent need make dem eradicate hunger, malnutrition den food insecurity, wey make dem dey achieve de 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.[1]
Past FAO ambassadors dey include Celine Dion, Carl Lewis, Evo Morales, Youssou N'Dour den Susan Sarandon.
Types of FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
[edit | edit source]FAO get three types of Goodwill Ambassadors:
- De FAO Global Goodwill Ambassador, wey be worldwide known celebrities from de worlds of arts, sports, literature, sciences den oda fields of public importance.
- De FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador, wey be high-level personalities usually from de field of research anaa science, wey dem excel for area insyd relevant to de one for wich dem cam turn special Ambassadors.
- De FAO National Goodwill Ambassador, wey be personalities plus local appeal, de work of wich dem dey support mainly within de country of dema nomination.
Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
[edit | edit source]Current goodwill ambassadors, den de year na dem appoint dem:
Name | Location | References | Notes |
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Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain | Spain | 2015 | Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition |
His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho | Lesotho | 2016 | Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition |
Darine El-Khatib | Lebanon | 2017 | Regional Goodwill Ambassador for de Near East den North Africa |
Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan | Jordan | 2016 | Regional Goodwill Ambassador for de Near East den North Africa |
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand | Thailand | 2016 | Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Asia den de Pacific |
Katsuhiro Nakamura | Japan | 2017 | National Goodwill Ambassador for Asia den de Pacific |
Hiroko Kuniya | Japan | 2017 | National Goodwill Ambassador for Asia den de Pacific |
Diarmuid Gavin | Ireland | 2022 | National Goodwill Ambassador for Europe |
Rodrigo Pacheco | Ecuador | 2022 | National Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America den de Caribbean |
Former FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
[edit | edit source]Former goodwill ambassadors, den de year na dem appoint dem:
Name | Location | References | Notes |
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Thomas Pesquet | France | 2021[2] | |
Miriam Makeba | South Africa | 1999[3] | |
Dee Dee Bridgewater | United States | 1999[4] | |
Gina Lollobrigida | Italy | 1999[5] | |
Rita Levi-Montalcini | Italy | 1999[6] | |
Gong Li | Singapore | 2000[7] | |
Youssou N'Dour | Senegal | 2000[8] | |
Gilberto Gil | Brazil | 2001[9] | |
Majida El Roumi | Lebanon | 2001[10] | |
Albano Carrisi | Italy | 2001[11] | |
Mory Kanté | Guinea | 2001[12] | |
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas | 2002[13] | |
Roberto Baggio | Italy | 2002[14] | |
Massimo Ranieri | Italy | 2002[15] | |
Dionne Warwick | United States | 2002[16] | |
Italian Singers’ Soccer Team | Italy | 2002[17] | |
Khaled | Algeria | 2003[18] | |
Maná | Mexico | 2003[18] | |
Noa | Israel | 2003[18] | |
Justine Pasek | Panama, Poland | 2003[18] | |
Oumou Sangaré | Mali | 2003[18] | |
Raúl | Spain | 2004[19] | |
Carla Fracci | Italy | 2004[20] | |
Ronan Keating | Ireland | 2005[21] | |
Beatrice Faumuina | New Zealand | 2005[22] | |
Chucho Valdés | Cuba | 2006[23] | |
María Gloria Penayo De Duarte | Paraguay | 2006[24] | Extraordinary Ambassador |
Suzanne Mubarak | Egypt | 2008[25] | |
Carl Lewis | United States | 2009[26] | |
Anggun | Indonesia, France | 2009[26] | |
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández | Dominican Republic | 2009[26] | |
Pierre Cardin | France | 2009[26] | |
Fanny Lu | Colombia | 2009[26] | |
Raoul Bova | Italy | 2010[27] | |
Susan Sarandon | United States | 2010[27] | |
Celine Dion | Canada | 2010[27] | |
Lea Salonga | Philippines | 2010[27] | |
Patrick Vieira | France | 2010[28] | |
Jeremy Irons | United Kingdom | 2011[29] | |
Evo Morales | Bolivia | 2012[30] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Quinoa |
Prince Laurent of Belgium | Belgium | 2014[31] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for Forests den de Environment |
Leyla Aliyeva | Azerbaijan | 2015[32] | |
Abdelouahab Zaid | United Arab Emirates | 2015[33] | |
Bharrat Jagdeo | Guyana | 2015[34] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for Forests den de Environment |
Joyce Boye | Canada | 2016[35] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Pulses |
Kadambot Siddique | India | 2016[35] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Pulses |
Maggie Habib | Egypt | 2016[35] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Pulses |
Jenny Chandler | United Kingdom | 2016[35] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Pulses |
Patricia Juárez Arango | Mexico | 2016[35] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Pulses |
Elizabeth Mpofu | Zimbabwe | 2016[35] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for de International Year of Pulses |
Carlo Petrini | Italy | 2016[36] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for Zero Hunger |
Guadalupe Valdez | Dominican Republic | 2016[36] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for Zero Hunger |
Kanayo F. Nwanze | Nigeria | 2017[36] | Special Ambassador to de FAO for Zero Hunger |
References
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