FAO Goodwill Ambassador

The Goodwill Ambassadors 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.

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

Governments alone cannot end hunger and undernourishment. Mobilization of the public and private sectors, the involvement of civil society and the pooling of collective and individual resources are all needed if people are to break out of the vicious circle of chronic hunger and undernourishment.

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]

Past FAO ambassadors have included Celine Dion, Carl Lewis, Evo Morales, Youssou N'Dour and Susan Sarandon.

Types of Ambassadors

FAO has three types of Goodwill Ambassadors:

  • The FAO Global Goodwill Ambassadors, who are worldwide known celebrities from the worlds of arts, sports, literature, sciences and other fields of public importance.
  • The FAO Special Goodwill Ambassadors, 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 Ambassadors, who are personalities with local appeal, the work of which they support mainly within the country of their nomination.

Ambassadors

FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

See also

References
  1. http://www.fao.org/tempref/GI/Reserved/FTP_FaoRne/inform/faoand/ambassadors/about_en.htm
NameLocationReferencesNotes
Rodrigo Pacheco Ecuador2020 [1]
Miriam Makeba South Africa1999 [2]
Dee Dee Bridgewater United States1999 [3]
Gina Lollobrigida Italy1999 [4]
Rita Levi-Montalcini Italy1999 [5]
Gong Li Singapore2000 [6]
Youssou N'Dour Senegal2000 [7]
Gilberto Gil Brazil2001 [8]
Majida El Roumi Lebanon2001 [9]
Albano Carrisi Italy2001 [10]
Mory Kanté Guinea2001 [11]
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Bahamas2002 [12]
Roberto Baggio Italy2002 [13]
Massimo Ranieri Italy2002 [14]
Dionne Warwick United States2002 [15]
Italian Singers’ Soccer Team Italy2002 [16]
Khaled Algeria2003 [17]
Maná Mexico2003 [17]
Noa Israel2003 [17]
Justine Pasek Panama,  Poland2003 [17]
Oumou Sangaré Mali2003[17]
Raúl Spain2004 [18]
Carla Fracci Italy2004 [19]
Ronan Keating Ireland2005 [20]
Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand2005 [21]
Chucho Valdés Cuba2006 [22]
María Gloria Penayo De Duarte Paraguay2006 [23]Extraordinary Ambassador
Suzanne Mubarak Egypt2008 [24]
Carl Lewis United States2009 [25]
Anggun Indonesia,  France2009 [25]
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández Dominican Republic2009 [25]
Pierre Cardin France2009 [25]
Fanny Lu Colombia2009 [25]
Raoul Bova Italy2010 [26]
Susan Sarandon United States2010 [26]
Celine Dion Canada2010 [26]
Lea Salonga Philippines2010 [26]
Patrick Vieira France2010 [27]
Jeremy Irons United Kingdom2011 [28]
Evo Morales Bolivia2012[29]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Quinoa
Prince Laurent of Belgium Belgium2014 [30]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment
Queen Letizia of Spain Spain2015 [31]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Nutrition
Leyla Aliyeva Azerbaijan2015 [32]
Abdelouahab Zaid United Arab Emirates2015 [33]
Bharrat Jagdeo Guyana2015 [34]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment
Letsie III of Lesotho Lesotho2016 [35]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Nutrition
Joyce Boye Canada2016 [36]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Kadambot Siddique India2016 [36]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Maggie Habib Egypt2016 [36]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Jenny Chandler United Kingdom2016 [36]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Patricia Juárez Arango Mexico2016 [36]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Elizabeth Mpofu Zimbabwe2016 [36]Special Ambassador to the FAO for the International Year of Pulses
Carlo Petrini Italy2016 [37]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Guadalupe Valdez Dominican Republic2016 [37]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand Thailand2016 [37]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Kanayo F. Nwanze Nigeria2017 [37]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Darine El Khatib Lebanon2017 [37]Special Ambassador to the FAO for Zero Hunger
Katsuhiro Nakamura Japan2017 [38]
Hiroko Kuniya Japan2017 [38]
Rodrigo Pacheco Ecuador2020 [39]
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