FAO Goodwill Ambassador

The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was set up in 1999. FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The main purpose of the programme is to increase public awareness and to disseminate information on worldwide issues related to food security, hunger and poverty..

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

With the Goodwill Ambassadors, the FAO intends engage with various sectors including governments, international organizations, the private sector, academia, farmers, public and others, and mobilize the support of as many people as possible in the struggle to end hunger. Each of the FAO's ambassadors have made a personal and professional commitment to address the universal humanitarian issues that underpin the FAO's mission: to build a food-secure world for present and future generations.[1]

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, royalty, sports, literature, sciences and other fields of public importance.
  • The FAO Special Goodwill Ambassadors, who are high-level institutional authorities and 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. Special Ambassadors support FAO directly in raising awareness of specific issues the Organization is advocating (i.e. nutrition, International Years).
  • 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:

NameLocationReferencesNotes
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]
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See also
  • Goodwill Ambassadors

References
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