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FAO Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. FAO goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that use their talent and fame to advocate for the organization.
The Goodwill Ambassador Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been in place since 1999. The main purpose of the programme is to increase public awareness and to disseminate information on issues related to food security and hunger.
FAO encourages its goodwill ambassadors to actively use their talents and influence, and to commit themselves personally and professionally, to assist the organization in raising public awareness of the urgent need to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, and in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Past FAO ambassadors have included Celine Dion, Carl Lewis, Evo Morales, Youssou N'Dour and Susan Sarandon.




Types of FAO Goodwill Ambassadors


FAO has three types of Goodwill Ambassadors:

The FAO Global Goodwill Ambassador, who are worldwide known celebrities from the worlds of arts, sports, literature, sciences and other fields of public importance.
The FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador, who are high-level 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.
The FAO National Goodwill Ambassador, who are personalities with local appeal, the work of which they support mainly within the country of their nomination.




Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors


Current goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:




Former FAO Goodwill Ambassadors


Former goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:




See also


Goodwill Ambassador
FAO Goodwill Ambassador
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
WFP Goodwill Ambassador
WHO Goodwill Ambassador




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External links


Food and Agriculture Organization Archived 2016-02-14 at the Wayback Machine

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