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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.

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Current Ambassadors

Current UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed.

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.
  • Angelina Jolie became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed the Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

    • Past Ambassadors

  • Kris Aquino
  • Giorgio Armani
  • Đorđe Balašević
  • Richard Burton
  • Justus Frantz
  • Udo Jürgens
  • Sophia Loren
  • Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
  • James Mason
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Arja Saijonmaa
  • The Schürzenjäger
  • Jack Thompson
  • Duraid Lahham

    • References

    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador Wikipedia
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