Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador

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.

Current Ambassadors

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

Year	Ambassador	Country	Actions
2015	Jung Woo-sung	South Korea	actor
2013	Aidos Sagat	Kazakhstan	singer
2013	Alek Wek	United Kingdom	supermodel
2013	Khaled Hosseini	United States	writer
2013	Yao Chen	China	actress
2007	Jesús Vázquez	Spain	TV presenter
2007	Muazzez Ersoy	Turkey	singer
2006	George Dalaras	Greece	singer
2006	Osvaldo Laport	Uruguay	actor
2003	Julien Clerc	France	singer
2002	Giorgio Armani	Italy	fashion designer
2001	Angelina Jolie	United States	actor
2000	Adel Imam	Egypt	actor
1987	Barbara Hendricks	United States	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.
• 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

See also

• FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
• List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
• UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
• WHO Goodwill Ambassador

External links

• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors