UNESCO Artist for Peace

UNESCO Artists for Peace are international celebrity advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO. This category of advocate is intended to heighten public awareness in addition to the categories UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, UNESCO Special Envoy and UNESCO Champion for Sport. The programme started in 1995.

Current list

The following is a list of current UNESCO Artists for Peace:[1]

Name Country Since Link
Alsou Abramova  Russia
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh  Azerbaijan 3 April 2008
Amri Aminov  Tajikistan 2008
Relja Bašić  Croatia 6 October 2004
Shirley Bassey  United Kingdom
Marisa Berenson  Italy
Chico Bouchikhi  France
Sarah Brightman  Great Britain 8 February 2012
Brenz Band  Germany 3 February 2005
Sayon Camara  Guinea 21 June 2003
Lauren Child  United Kingdom 12 December 2008
China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe  China 31 July 2007
Joaquín Cortés  Spain
Manu Dibango  Cameroon 27 May 2004
Céline Dion  Canada
Earthsavers DREAMS Ensemble  Philippines 29 September 2003
Frankétienne  Haiti 24 March 2010
Gilberto Gil  Brazil 1999
Juan Luís Guerra  Dominican Republic 15 September 2008
Valery Gergiev  Russia 31 March / 1 April 2003
Zaha Hadid  United Kingdom 24 June 2010
Alain Husson-Dumoutier  France
Sumi Jo  South Korea April 2003
Missa Johnouchi  Japan 21 August 2006
Dani Karavan  Israel
Cyprien Katsaris  France
 Cyprus
Guila-Clara Kessous  France
Marcel Khalifé  Lebanon 7 June 2005
Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola  Japan 7 January 2005
Amine Kouider  Algeria
Titouan Lamazou  France 12 March 2003
Gong Li  China
Tania Libertad  Peru
The Philippine Madrigal Singers  Philippines
Serguei Markarov  Russia 12 December 2002
Milton Masciadri  Uruguay
Maria de Medeiros  Portugal 17 March 2008
Ino Mirković  Croatia
N. Scott Momaday  United States 12 May 2004
Georges Moustaki  France
Mariana Nicolesco  Romania 21 Novembeber 2005
Eijin Nimura  Japan October 1998
Ali Mahdi Nouri  Sudan
Danilo Perez  Panama
Bibi Russell  Bangladesh
Jordi Savall  Spain 17 June 2008
Márta Sebestyén  Hungary 1 June 2010
Hedva Ser  France 18 October 2011
Vladimir Spivakov  Russia 7 November 2006
Boris Trajanov  Macedonia 24 February 2005
Patricia Velásquez  Venezuela 11 June 2003
Venezuela Children Symphonic Orchestra  Venezuela
Gérard Voisin  France 7 July 2005
World Orchestra for Peace  United Kingdom 5 August 2010
Miyako Yoshida  Japan 21 July 2004
Zhang Jun (opera singer)  China 26 May 2011

References

  1. ↑ UNESCO.org: UNESCO Artists for Peace

External links

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