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    • Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal
    A member of the Jordanian Royal Family and an international patron of the arts, H.R.H. Princess Firyal was designated Goodwill Ambassador in 1992.

    H.R.H. Princess Firyal is a Columbia graduate and a member of the Dean’s Council at Harvard’s Kennedy School. She serves as a board member of the International Rescue Committee and of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and is a director of the United Nations Association.

    She has been a relentless advocate of humanitarian causes and has participated in charity events worldwide. Her Hope Foundation, founded in collaboration with UNESCO, supports education projects for street and working children. She has given a prominent voice to women in rural areas and campaigns for the improvement of their living conditions the world over. Representing UNESCO at various international conferences, H.R.H. Princess Firyal helps to promote the rights of the family and children and the protection of the world’s cultural heritage.

    H.R.H. Princess Firyal also helps the joint UNESCO-UNA fundraising operation HERO for Africa’s Children project, and uses her international status to give a voice to the work and ideals of UNESCO.

    In September 2004, the Director-General conferred on Princess Firyal the mission to promote UNESCO’s Education for All initiative, on which she has since focused her activities. On the occasion of the inauguration of the Education for All exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters in October 2005, H.R.H. Princess Firyal made a donation of US$ 100,000 to the Education for All initiative, which is at the heart of the Organization’s work.

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    Mehriban Aliyeva hosts the UNESCO Regional Literacy Conference - HRH Princess Firyal and HE Mrs Vigdís Finnbogadóttir chair panels
    BAKU_tn.jpgMrs Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of Azerbaijan, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, hosted the fifth in the series of the UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy from 14 to 16 May 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan. More

    On the occasion of the 7th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan visits the Organization’s Headquarters
    AM_GWA_2007_tn.jpgOn 3 April 2007, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, opened the 7th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors at the Organization’s Headquarters. A unique highlight of this year’s meeting was the visit of Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan to UNESCO. More

    HRH Princess Firyal meets with the Director-General to discuss education issues
    Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Education for All initiative, met with the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, on 1 March 2007 in New York, USA. More

    Sixth Annual Meeting of UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassadors
    AM2006-tn70.jpgFrom 15 to 16 March 2006, UNESCO Headquarters in Paris was the venue for an impressive gathering of the Organization’s Goodwill Ambassadors. The 2006 Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, convened by the Director-General, brought together a large number of these outstanding personalities, who come from the worlds of art, film, music, literature, charity and public affairs. More

    Inauguration of the ‘Education for All’exhibition - HRH Princess Firyal donates US$ 100,000 to the Education for All initiative
    EFA-Exibition2_tn.jpgIn the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Talal Bin Mohammed of Jordan and Ms Margaret Spellings, US Secretary of Education, the Education for All exhibition at the 33rd session of the General Conference was opened by the Director-General of UNESCO on 5 October 2005. On this occasion, he also launched the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE). More

    H.R.H. Princess Firyal meets with the Assistant Director-General of the Education Sector
    PrincessFiryal&PeterSmith_t.jpgHer Royal Highness Princess Firyal, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, met with Mr Peter Smith, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO’s Education Sector, for a work meeting on UNESCO’s Education For All initiative and Princess Firyal’s activities for this core programme of UNESCO. The meeting took place on 6 July 2005 at UNESCO Headquarters. More

    H.R.H. Princess Firyal meets with UNESCO’s Education Sector
    firyal_tn.jpgDuring her visit to Paris, H.R.H. Princess Firyal met with high-ranking representatives of UNESCO’s Education Sector on 16 February 2005. This visit was conceived as a follow-up to the previous meeting between Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, and H.R.H. Princess Firyal on 14 September 2004, when she undertook the task to promote UNESCO’s Education for All Programme (EFA). More

    H.R.H. Princess Firyal co-chairs UNA/USA gala dinner
    FiryalNewYork-tumb.jpgUNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador H.R.H. Princess Firyal co-chaired the annual Global Leadership Award dinner, which was organized by the United Nations Association of the USA, presided by Ambassador William H. Luers, and the Business Council for the United Nations on 30 September 2004. More than 800 people attended the fundraising dinner at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Distinguished guests of the evening's ceremonies included UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, famous actor Michael Douglas, TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and David Rockefeller. More

    Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors at UNESCO Headquarters, 26-27 February 2004
    tumb-group-small.jpgUNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura received the Goodwill Ambassadors at UNESCO Headquarters on 26 and 27 February 2004 for their the annual meeting.
  • Photo Gallery: 2004 Annual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors More

    • Goodwill Ambassadors Serve as Patrons for the International Congress Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
    H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan, Ms Marianna Vardinoyannis and Wole Soyinka, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, were nominated as Patrons for the World Heritage International Congress 2002: “Shared Legacy and Common Resposibility” marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention. The congress took place on 14 November 2002 at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. More


    Photos

    Firyal-&-First-Lady-Laura-B.jpgHer Royal Highness Princess Firyal and Mrs Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States of America
    Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal and Mrs Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States of America, at a literacy meeting at the Morgan Library in New York City

    Firyal-Uma_tn.jpgHer Royal Highness Princess Firyal and Ms Uma Thurman
    Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal and Ms Uma Thurman at the United Nations gala benefiting African children

    DSC_0138-tn.jpgAnnual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors 2006

    Firyal_06-07-2005_tn.jpgH.R.H. Princess Firyal's visit to UNESCO Headquarters
    H.R.H. Princess Firyal, during her visit to UNESCO Headquarters on 6 July 2005

    DSC_0055-thumb.jpgAnnual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors 2005
    UNESCO Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura (left) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors H.R.H. Princess Firyal and Mr Jean Michel Jarre

    tn_IMG_9790thumb.jpgAnnual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors 2005
    UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors Mr Mstislav Rostropovitch, H.R.H. Princess Firyal and Mr Jean Michel Jarre

    tn_IMG_9786thumb.jpgAnnual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors 2005
    UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors H.R.H. Princess Firyal and Mr Jean Michel Jarre

    tn_IMG_9722thumb.jpgAnnual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors 2005
    UNESCO Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador H.R.H. Princess Firyal

    tn_IMG_9557thumb.jpgAnnual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors 2005
    Mrs Matsuura and UNESCO Godwill Ambassadors Mrs Milú Villela and H.R.H. Princess Firyal

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    H.R.H. Princes Firyal and Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, during the Annual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors in July 2000 at UNESCO Headquarters

    Friyal-3-200.jpgHer Royal Highness Princess Firyal
    Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal at UNESCO Headquarters

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    H.R.H. Princes Firyal, H.E. Mr Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker, Mrs Kim Phuc Phan Thi and Mr Omer Zülfü Livaneli, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, during the Annual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors in February 2002 at UNESCO Headquarters

    Firyal-6-200.jpgHer Royal Highness Princess Firyal
    H.R.H. Princes Firyal and Mrs Marianna Vardinoyannis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors during the Annual meeting on February 2002 at UNESCO Headquarters
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