FAO Goodwill Ambassador
The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme started in 1999. The Food and Agriculture Organization is a part of the United Nations. The Ambassadors increase public awareness about hunger in the world.
Current Ambassadors
Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (singer, Actress), 1999
- Rita Levi Montalcini (neurologist), 1999
- Gina Lollobrigida (actress, photojournalist), 1999
- Miriam Makeba (singer), 1999 (deceased in November 2008)
- Gong Li (actress), 2000
- Youssou N'Dour (singer, percussionist), 2000
- Magida al Roumi, 2001
- Al Bano Carrisi (singer), 2001
- Gilberto Gil (musician), 2001
- Mory Kanté (vocalist), 2001
- Roberto Baggio (footballer), 2002
- Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (women's athletics), 2002
- Massimo Ranieri (singer), 2002
- Dionne Warwick (singer, actress), 2002
- Associazione Nazionale Cantanti, 2002
- Maná (pop/rock band), 2003
- Khaled (Singer-songwriter), 2003
- Noa (Singer), 2003
- Justine Pasek (model), 2003
- Oumou Sangaré (Singer), 2003
- Raúl (footballer), 2004
- Carla Fracci (dancer, actress), 2004
- Ronan Keating (Singer), 2005
- Beatrice Faumuina, 2005
- First Lady of Paraguay, 2005
- Chucho Valdés (pianist, composer), 2006
- Anggun (Singer and songwriter), 2009
- Margarita Cedeño de Fernández (First Lady of the Dominican Republic), 2009
- Pierre Cardin (fashion stylist), 2009
- Carl Lewis, (Olympic gold medalist), 2009
- Fanny Lú, (singer) 2009
- Patrick Vieira (footballer), 2010
- Raoul Bova, (actor), 2010
- Céline Dion, (singer), 2010
- Lea Salonga, (singer), 2010
- Susan Sarandon, (actress), 2010
- Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak al Ketbi, (Mother of the Nation, United Arab Emirates), 2010
- Jeremy Irons, (actor), 2011
Other websites
- FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine