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{{Short description|Celebrity advocate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) mission}}
{{About|the UNHCR goodwill ambassador title|other uses|Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation)}}
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'''UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador''' is an official postnominal [[honorific|honorific title]], [[title of authority]], [[legal status]] and [[job description]] assigned to those [[goodwill ambassador]]s and [[activists|advocates]] who are designated by the [[United Nations]]. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are [[celebrity]] representatives of the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)]] who use their talent and fame to advocate for [[refugee]]s.

==Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors==
Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" 
! Time!! Ambassador !! Country !! Profession
|- 
|2021
|[[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]]
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|actress<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-24|title=British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw named latest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1085612|access-date=2021-03-25|website=UN News|language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|2021
|[[Alphonso Davies]]
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|footballer<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador title|url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2021/3/605a0b094/alphonso-davies-becomes-first-footballer-unhcrs-goodwill-ambassador-title.html|access-date=2021-03-24|website=UN News|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021 || [[Maya Ghazal]]|| {{flagcountry|SYR}} || refugee and pilot <ref>{{cite web|title=Maya Ghazal, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador|url=https://www.unhcr.org/maya-ghazal.html}}</ref>
|-
|2021 || [[Anita Rani]] || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}|| journalist and broadcaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/press/2021/3/604220be4/uk-tv-and-radio-broadcaster-anita-rani-joins-unhcr-as-a-goodwill-ambassador.html|title=UK TV and Radio Broadcaster Anita Rani joins UNHCR as a Goodwill Ambassador|website=www.unhcr.org|accessdate=9 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[Yiech Biel|Yiech Pur Biel]]
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|Olympic athlete<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Yiech Pur Biel|url=https://www.unhcr.org/yiech-pur-biel.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=UNHCR|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2020 || [[Kat Graham]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || singer and actress
|-
|2020
|[[Manizha|Manizha Sangin]]
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Manizha|url=https://www.unhcr.org/manizah.html|access-date=2021-06-27|website=UNHCR|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[Nomzamo Mbatha]]
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|Actress, Humanitarian, TV Presenter
|-
|2019 || [[Atom Araullo]] || {{flag|Philippines}} || journalist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unhcr.org/atom-araullo.html|title=UNHCR - Atom Araullo|website=UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.unhcr.org/ph/15113-atom-araullo-appointed-unhcr-goodwill-ambassador.html|title=Atom Araullo appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador|date=4 February 2019|work=UNHCR|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> 
|-
|2019
|[[Mahira Khan]]
|{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahira Khan |url=https://www.unhcr.org/us/prominent-supporters/mahira-khan |website=[[UNHCR]]}}</ref>
|-
|2018 || [[Ben Stiller]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || actor
|-
|2017 || [[Praya Lundberg]] || {{flagcountry|Thailand}} || model and actress
|-
|2017 || [[Miyavi]] || {{flagcountry|Japan}} || musician
|-
|2017 || [[Neil Gaiman]] || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}|| writer
|-
|2017 || [[Yusra Mardini]] || {{flagcountry|SYR}} || swimmer
|-
|2017 || [[Kristin Davis]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || actor
|-
|2017 || [[David Morrissey]] || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}|| actor
|-
|2017 || [[Alessandro Gassman]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || actor
|-
|2017 || [[Iskui Abalyan]] || {{flagcountry|ARM}} {{flagcountry|BLR}} || singer
|-
|2017 || [[Yasmine Salhi]] || {{flagcountry|TUN}} || artiste 
|-
|2016 || [[Cate Blanchett]] || {{flagcountry|Australia}} || actor
|-
|2016 || [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} || actor
|-
|2015 || [[Jung Woo-sung]] || {{flagcountry|South Korea}} || actor
|-
|2015 || [[Ger Duany]] || {{flagcountry|SSD}} || actor and model
|-
|2015 || [[Rokia Traore]] || {{flagcountry|MLI}} || singer-songwriter
|-
|2015 || [[Sheikha Rima al-Sabah]]|| {{flagcountry|KWT}} || philanthropist and former journalist
|-
| 2013 || [[Aidos Sagat]] || {{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}} || singer
|-
| 2013 || [[Alek Wek]] || {{flagcountry|UK}} || supermodel
|-
| 2013 || [[Khaled Hosseini]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || writer
|-
| 2013 || [[Yao Chen]] || {{flagcountry|China}} || actor
|-
| 2007 || [[Jesús Vázquez (television presenter)|Jesús Vázquez]] || {{flagcountry|Spain}} || TV presenter
|-
| 2007 || [[Muazzez Ersoy]] || {{flagcountry|Turkey}} || singer
|-
| 2006 || [[George Dalaras]] || {{flagcountry|Greece}} || singer
|-
| 2006 || [[Osvaldo Laport]] || {{flagcountry|Uruguay}} || actor
|-
| 2003 || [[Julien Clerc]] || {{flagcountry|France}} || singer
|-
| 2000 || [[Adel Emam]] || {{flagcountry|Egypt}} || actor
|-
| 1987 || [[Barbara Hendricks]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || classical singer
|}

===Other positions===
*[[Barbara Hendricks]] became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the first Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador in 2002, the only person to hold this title.<ref>{{Cite news |last=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |title=Barbara Hendricks |url=http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c50.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221006040716/http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c50.html |archive-date=2022-10-06 |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=UNHCR |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Angelina Jolie]] became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012, she was appointed the Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.<ref>{{Cite news |last=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |title=Former Special Envoy Angelina Jolie |url=http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c56.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230326001305/https://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c56.html |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=UNHCR |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Past ambassadors==
* [[Kris Aquino]]
* [[Giorgio Armani]] 
* [[Đorđe Balašević]]
* [[Richard Burton]]
* [[Nazia Hassan]]
* [[Justus Frantz]]
* [[Udo Jürgens]]
* [[Lady Antebellum]]
* [[Sophia Loren]]
* [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway]]
* [[James Mason]]
* [[Riccardo Muti]]
* [[Arja Saijonmaa]]
* [[Schürzenjäger|The Schürzenjäger]]
* [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]]
* [[Duraid Lahham]]

== See also ==
* [[Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[FAO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNDP Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNODC Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[UN Women Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[WFP Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[WHO Goodwill Ambassador]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/goodwill-ambassadors.html UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors]

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