So does anyone know how you can become a UN Ambassador??
I have thought long and hard about this, then i decided to do research on it. I found out that there was absolutely nothing you can actually do to become one. You just need to know someone in politics. I mean this could be very easy or hard as I am a Nigerian after all.
Now I am gonna start with working in some charities, for starters my friends mom has a Sickle Cell Charity which i plan to work at during my internship in July and my brother and friends has one called Just A Drink for Life Charity which helps in building boreholes.
I am gonna try and start up one as well once I have finished with all this school wahala LOL! I would love to start an orphanage to help little children with food and shelter. I think that there's so much poverty in Nigeria its very sad!
Ok all this sounds like I am only doing it cause I feel it will be good for my UN Ambassador resume, it really is not! I have been doing this since i was a teenager.
There are some celebs that have been invited to become UN Goodwill Ambassador, one of which is Angelina Jolie whom i adore and love so much.
List of celeb UN Ambassadors: Gotten from -- http://www.un.org/sg/mop/gwa.shtml
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme
Magida Al Roumi (Lebanon) Singer
Anggun (Indonesia) Singer
Roberto Baggio (Italy) Football Player
Raoul Bova (Italy) Singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater (USA) Jazz Singer
Pierre Cardin (Italy) Fashion Designer
Al Bano Carrisi (Italy) Singer
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández (Dominican Republic) First Lady
Celine Dion (Canada) Singer
Beatrice Faumuina (New Zealand) Olympic Athlete/Discus
Deborah Ferguson (Bahamas) Olympic Gold Medalist/Sprinter
Carla Fracci (Italy) Ballet Dancer
Gilberto Gil (Brazil) Singer
Raúl González Blanco (Spain) Football Player
The Italian Singers’ Football Team (Italy) A team of famous Italian singers who play charity football matches.
Mory Kanté (Guinea) Singer
Ronan Keating (Ireland) Singer
Khaled (Algeria) Rai Singer
Carl Lewis (USA) Olympic Gold Medalist/ Track and Field
Gong Li (China) Actress
Gina Lollobrigida (Italy) Actress
Fanny Lu (Colombia) Singer
Maná (Mexico) Latin Rock Band
María Gloria Penayo de Duarte (Paraguay) First Lady
Rita Levi Montalcini (Italy) 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine/Writer
Suzanne Mubarak (Egypt) First Lady
Youssou N’Dour (Senegal) Singer
Noa (Israel) Singer
Justin Pasek (Ukraine) Former Miss Universe
Massimo Ranieri (Italy) Singer and Actor
Lea Salonga (Philippines) Singer
Oumou Sangaré (Mali) Singer
Susan Sarandon (USA) Actress
Chucho Valdés (Cuba) Pianist and Composer
Patrick Vieira (Senegal) Football Player
Dionne Warwick (USA) Singer
Contacts:
Mr. Edgardo T. Valenzuela, Officer-in-Charge, World Food Day & Special Initiatives Branch, Edgardo.Valenzuela@fao.org
Ms. Rosarita Pagano, rosarita.pagano@fao.org
Mr. Toshihiko Murata, Liaison and Executive Officer, murata@un.org
Joint United Nations Programmes on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) Football Player
Salman Ahmad (Pakistan) Rock Musician
Michael Ballack (Germany) Football Player
Toumani Diabaté (Mali) Musician/Kora Player
Annie Lennox (UK) Singer
Lebo M (South Africa) Music producer
HRH Princess Mathilde (Belgium) Advocate of children affected by and living with HIV
HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway) Advocate for young people living with and affected by HIV
Her Serene Princess Stephanie (Monaco) President of “Fight AIDS Monaco”
Naomi Watts (UK/Australia) Actress
Coordinator:
Ms. Tina Bille, Coordinator, UNAIDS GWA programme
billet@unaids.org
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
International Goodwill Ambassadors
Lord Richard Attenborough (UK) Actor, Producer and Director
Amitabh Bachchan (India) Actor
Ismael Beah (Sierra Leone) Writer/Human Rights Activist
David Beckham (UK) Football Player
Harry Belafonte (USA) Singer, Actor, Producer and Human Rights Activist
Berlin Philharmoniker (Germany) Orchestra
Orlando Bloom (UK) Actor
Jackie Chan (China) Actor and Martial Arts Expert
Myung-Whun Chung (Republic of Korea) Conductor
Judy Collins (USA) Singer/Songwriter
Mia Farrow (USA) Actress
Danny Glover (USA) Actor and Producer
Whoopi Goldberg (USA) Actress, Producer and Writer
Maria Guleghina (Russia/Ukraine) soprano
Sarah Jones (USA) Playwright, Actor and Poet - UNICEF Spokesperson on Violence Against Children
Angélique Kidjo (Benin) Singer and Songwriter
Yuna Kim (Republic of Korea) Athlete
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (Japan) Actress, Television Personality and Author
Femi Kuti (Nigeria) Singer and Musician
Leon Lai (China) Singer and Actor
Lang Lang (China) Pianist
Jessica Lange (USA) Actress
Ricky Martin (USA) Pop Singer
Shakira Mebarak (Colombia) Singer and Songwriter
Lionel Messi (Argentina) Football Player
Sir Roger Moore (UK) Actor
Nana Mouskouri (Greece) Singer
Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) Performer and Band Leader
HRH Queen Rania (Jordan)
Vanessa Redgrave (UK) Actress
Sebastião Salgado (Brazil) Photojournalist
Susan Sarandon (USA) Actress
Vendela Thommessen (Sweden) Model and Actress
Maxim Vengerov (Siberia) Classical Musician/Violin
Coordinators:
Ms. Maria Zanca, Chief, Celebrity Relations (Geneva)
mzanca@unicef.org
Ms. Marissa Buckanoff, Chief, Celebrity Relations
mbuckanoff@unicef.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Ara Abramian (Russia) International Businessman/Civil Society Supporter
Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania) President of Lithuania
Mehriban Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) First Lady of Azerbaijan
Alicia Alonso (Cuba) Ballerina and Choreographer
Yvonne A. Baki (Ecuador) President of the Andean Parliament
Patrick Baudry (France) Astronaut/Youth Issues
Pierre Bergé (France) Entrepreneur/Human Rights and HIV/AIDS Activist
Chantal Biya (Cameroon) First Lady of Cameroon, Education and Social Inclusion
Montserrat Caballé (Spain) Opera Singer/Humanitarian and Children’s Issues
Pierre Cardin (France) International Businessman/Human Rights Activist
Claudia Cardinale (Italy) Actress/Women’s Rights Advocate
H. R. H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand (Thailand) Development Projects and Children’s Rights
Esther Coopersmith (USA) Former United States Representative to the United Nations
Cheick Modibo Diarra (Mali) Scientist/Science Education Advocate
Miguel Angel Estrella (Argentina) Classical Pianist
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Iceland) Former President of Iceland/Supports Linguistic Diversity
Ivry Gitlis (Israel) Violinist and Composer
Christine Hakim (Indonesia) South East Asia and teacher’s education
Bahia Hariri (Lebanon) Parliamentarian/Women’s Rights Advocate
H. R. H. the Princess of Hanover (Principality of Monaco) Women, Children and Educational Issues
Vitaly Ignatenko (Russia) Journalist
Jean Michel Jarre (France) Electro-Acoustic Musician/Cultural Heritage Preservation/Youth Issues
H. R. H. Princess Firyal (Jordan) Arts Patron/Humanitarian Issues
Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière (France) Businessman & Entrepreneur/Cultural Heritage
Omer Zülfü Livaneli (Turkey) Artist/Uses Music to Promote Multiculturalism and Tolerance
H. R. H. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Children’s Rights/Education for Women and Girls
Dr. Jean Malaurie (Germany) Climate Change and Artic polar issues
Nelson Mandela (South Africa) Nobel Peace Prize 1993 and former South African President
Lily Marinho (Brazil) Arts Patron/Street Children Advocate
Rigoberta Menchu Túm (Guatemala) Nobel Peace Prize 1992/Indigenous Peoples Advocate
H. R. H. Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco (Morocco) Women and Children’s Rights Advocate
Kitín Muñoz (Spain) Scientist and Explorer/Aboriginal Peoples Advocate
Ute-Henriette Ohoven (Germany) Humanitarian Advocate/Education
Cristina Owen-Jones (Italy) HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education
Kim Phuc Phan Thi (Vietnam) Peace Activist
Susana Rinaldi (Argentina) Tango Singer and Actress/Artists’ Rights
Yazid Sabeg (France) Businessman
H. E. Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker (Saudi Arabia) Diplomat and Businessman/Human Rights Issues
Madanjeet Singh (India) Diplomat, Artist and Painter
Zurab Tsereteli (Georgia) Artist and Architect/Cultural Projects and Children
Giancarlo Elia Valori (Italy) Economist and Businessman
Marianna Vardinoyannis (Greece) Leading Figure in Greek Social and Artistic Life/ Children’s and Family Rights Advocate
Milú Villela (Brazil) Leading Figure in Volunteer Movements and Youth/Education Advocate
Coordinator:
Ms. Basma Irsheid, Chief of Programme, UNESCO Celebrity Advocates
B.Irsheid@unesco.org
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Hon. Mrs. Phoebe Asiyo (Kenya) Advocate for African women
Nicole Kidman (USA and Australia) Actress
HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (Thailand) Granddaughter of the Thai King, Prosecutor
HRH Princess Basma bint Talal (Jordan) Advocate for Middle East women
Coordinator:
Ms. Joan Libby-Hawk, Public Affairs Specialist
joan.libby-hawk@unifem.org
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire) Football Player
Misako Konno (Japan) Television Personality and Actress
Ronaldo (Brazil) Football Player
Maria Sharapova (Russia) Tennis Player
Marta Vieira da Silva (Brazil) Football Player
Zinédine Zidane (France) Football Player
Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway (Norway) HIV/AIDS Advocate for the MDGs
Coordinator:
Ms. Carmen Higa, Communications Assistant
carmen.higa@undp.org
Geneva
Ms. Aziyadé Poltier-Mutal, Communication Partnerships Manager
aziyade.poltier@undp.org
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Giorgio Armani (Italy) Designer/Businessman
Julien Clerc (France) Singer and Songwriter
George Dalaras (Greece) Musician
Muazzez Ersoy (Turkey) Singer
Barbara Hendricks (American-Swedish) Classical Singer
Adel Imam (Egypt) Actor
Angelina Jolie (USA) Actress
Osvaldo Laport (Uruguay) Actor
Jesús Vázquez Martínez (Spain) Television Personality
Contacts:
Ms. Marie-Noelle Little-Boyer, Senior External Affairs Officer, littlem@unhcr.org
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Mansour Cama (Senegal) Businessman/Founding member of the foundation of Senegal’s National Confederation of Employers
Reinosuke Hara (Japan) Businessman/Technology and Engineering
Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri (India) Chief Executive, Industrial Engineering and Economics
Peter Sutherland (Ireland) International Businessman/Chairman of BP and Goldman Sachs International
Coordinator:
Mr. George Assaf, Chief, Advocacy and Communications Unit and UNIDO Spokesperson
G.Assaf@unido.org
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Ross Bleckner (USA) Artist
Nicholas Cage (USA) Actor
Igor Cassina (Italy) Olympic Gold Medalist/Gymnast
Julia Ormond (U.K.) Actress and Human Rights Activist
Alessandro Scotti (Italy) Photographer
Mira Sorvino (USA) Actor
Coordinators:
Ms. Norha Restrepo, Public Information Officer (Vienna)
norha.restrepo@unodc.org
Ms. Simone Monasebian, Chief of New York Office
monasebian@un.org
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Yuko Arimori (Japan) Silver and Bronze Olympic Medial Winner/Marathon Runner
Mary Banotti (Ireland) Member of European Parliament
Lara Dutta (India) Actress/Miss Universe 2000
Catarina Furtado (Portugal) Actress
Geri Halliwell (UK) Singer
Mpule Kwelagobe (Botswana) Miss Universe 1999
Goedele Liekens (Belgium) Media Personality
Bertrand Piccard (Switzerland) Scientist, Adventurer, Psychiatrist and Aeronaut
Chea Semnang (Cambodia) Physician, Television and Film Actor
Princess Basma Bint Talal (Jordan) Global and National Advocate for Women and Children
Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck (Bhutan) former Queen of Bhutan
Coordinator:
Mr. Abubakar Dungus, Media Adviser/UNFPA Spokesman
dungus@unfpa.org
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Goodwill Ambassador
George McGovern (USA) Former U.S. Senator and instrumental in
the foundation of WFP in 1963
Special Ambassador for School Feeding
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Thailand) Heads many foundations and aid projects/Executive Vice-President of Thai Red Cross.
WFP Honorary Spokesperson
Lauren Bush (USA) Model
Ambassadors against Hunger:
Christina Aguilera (USA) Singer
Drew Barrymore (USA) Actress and Producer
DJ Bobo (Switzerland) Music Artist
Howard Buffett (USA) Philanthropist and Environmentalist
Kristina Cassandra Concepción (Philippines) Actress
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Italy) Actress
Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) Singer
Jang Dong Kun (Korea) Actor
Kaká (Brazil) Football Player
John Kufuor (Ghana), former President of Ghana
Luna Maya (Indonesia) Actress/Model
Ronaldinho (Brazil) Football Player
Hend Sabry (Tunisia), Actress
Paul Tergat (Kenya) Marathon Runner
Mahmoud Yassin (Egypt) Actor
Coordinator:
Mr. Lionello Boscardi, Coordinator, Celebrity Relations & Special Events
lionello.boscardi@wfp.org
New York
Ms. Bettina Luescher, Chief Spokesperson, North America
luescher@un.org
World Health Organization (WHO)
Goodwill Ambassadors
Liya Kebede (Ethiopia) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health/Fashion Model
Yohei Sasakawa (Japan) Leprosy Elimination/Chairman of The Nippon Foundation
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria) Public Awareness on Health Issues
Jet Li (China) Actor
Nancy Goodman Brinker (USA) Diplomat
Coordinator:
Ms. Angelica Spraggins, Programme Coordinator
spraggins@un.org
Geneva:
Dr. Gaya Gamhewage, Team Leader, Corporate Communications, gamhewageg@who.int
Stop TB Ambassadors
Luis Figo (Portugal) Football Player
Craig David (UK) Singer
Coordinator:
Mr. Vittorio Cammarota, Celebrities and Special Events Officer
cammarotav@who.int
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Gisele Bündchen (Brazil) – Supermodel
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (France) – Photographer/Journalist
Don Cheadle (USA) - Actor
Sachin Tendulkar (India)- Cricket Player
Coordinator:
Ms. Lucita M. Jasmin, Head, Special Events Division of Communications & Public Information, lucita.jasmin@unep.org
Total:
190 Goodwill Ambassadors
Updated: October 2010
This is true Inspiration!
Love you guys,
Pink fleur xx
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