FAO Goodwill Ambassador

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emblem

The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme started in 1999. The Food and Agriculture Organization is a part of the United Nations. The Ambassadors increase public awareness about hunger in the world.

Current Ambassadors

Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

• Dee Dee Bridgewater (singer, Actress), 1999
• Rita Levi Montalcini (neurologist), 1999
• Gina Lollobrigida (actress, photojournalist), 1999
• Miriam Makeba (singer), 1999 (deceased in November 2008)
• Gong Li (actress), 2000
• Youssou N'Dour (singer, percussionist), 2000
• Magida al Roumi, 2001
• Al Bano Carrisi (singer), 2001
• Gilberto Gil (musician), 2001
• Mory Kanté (vocalist), 2001
• Roberto Baggio (footballer), 2002
• Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (women's athletics), 2002
• Massimo Ranieri (singer), 2002
• Dionne Warwick (singer, actress), 2002
• Associazione Nazionale Cantanti, 2002
• Maná (pop/rock band), 2003
• Khaled (Singer-songwriter), 2003
• Noa (Singer), 2003
• Justine Pasek (model), 2003
• Oumou Sangaré (Singer), 2003
• Raúl (footballer), 2004
• Carla Fracci (dancer, actress), 2004
• Ronan Keating (Singer), 2005
• Beatrice Faumuina, 2005
• First Lady of Paraguay, 2005
• Chucho Valdés (pianist, composer), 2006
• Anggun (Singer and songwriter), 2009
• Margarita Cedeño de Fernández (First Lady of the Dominican Republic), 2009
• Pierre Cardin (fashion stylist), 2009
• Carl Lewis, (Olympic gold medalist), 2009
• Fanny Lú, (singer) 2009
• Patrick Vieira (footballer), 2010
• Raoul Bova, (actor), 2010
• Céline Dion, (singer), 2010
• Lea Salonga, (singer), 2010
• Susan Sarandon, (actress), 2010
• Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak al Ketbi, (Mother of the Nation, United Arab Emirates), 2010
• Jeremy Irons, (actor), 2011

Other websites

• FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine