Through the actions of its Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions, UNESCO raises public awareness of its mandate and programmes. Once appointed, these personalities agree to use their talent and fame to carry high UNESCO’s values and goals, through the events that they organize, the projects that they carry out and the debates in which they participate.
The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors programme also increases the visibility of UNESCO's actions to make them more widely known to decision-makers and the general public, and, in some cases, to raise funds.
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
- Ara ABRAMIAN
- H.E. Valdas ADAMKUS
- Mehriban ALIYEVA
- Christiane AMANPOUR
- Yalitza APARICIO
- Metin ARDITI
- Chantal BIYA
- Sergey BUBKA
- Laura BUSH
- Claudia CARDINALE
- H.R.H. Princess CAROLINE of Hanover
- Maha EL-KHALIL CHALABI
- Esther COOPERSMITH
- H.R.H. Princess DANA FIRAS of Jordan
- Tan DUN
- Miguel Angel ESTRELLA
- Vyacheslav FETISOV
- H.E. Vigdís FINNBOGADOTTIR
- H.R.H. Princess FIRYAL of Jordan
- Sen GENSHITSU
- Nizan GUANAES
- Herbie HANCOCK
- Bahia HARIRI
- Vitaly IGNATENKO
- Jean-Michel JARRE
- Naomi KAWASE
- H.E. Mwai KIBAKI
- Nasser David KHALILI
- Deeyah KHAN
- Beate and Serge KLARSFELD
- Marc LADREIT de LACHARRIERE
- H.R.H. Princess LALLA MERYEM of the Kingdom of Morocco
- H.R.H. Princess LAURENTIEN of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- H.R.H. Princess MAHA CHAKRI SIRINDHORN of the Kingdom of Thailand
- Jean MALAURIE
- H.R.H. Grand Duchess MARIA TERESA of Luxembourg
- Denis MATSUEV
- Oskar METSAVAHT
- Maria Francesca MERLONI
- Vera MICHALSKI-HOFFMANN
- Kitín MUÑOZ VALCARLEZ
- Vik MUNIZ
- Alexandra OCHIROVA
- Ute-Henriette OHOVEN
- Kim Phuc PHAN THI
- Liyuan PENG
- Judith PISAR
- Susana RINALDI
- Hedva SER
- Mintimer SHAIMIEV
- H.H. SHEIKHA MOZA BINT NASSER
- Jacqueline SILVA
- Hayat SINDI
- H.R.H. Princess SUMAYA bint EL-HASSAN
- Salif TRAORE
- Zurab TSERETELI
- Giancarlo Elia VALORI
- Marianna VARDINOYANNIS
- Milu VILLELA
- Sunny VARKEY
- Forest WHITAKER