Name |
Country |
Ambassador since |
Projects and activities they support[2] |
Link |
Ara Abramyan |
Russia |
15 July 2003 |
Dialogue among Civilizations |
[1] |
Valdas Adamkus |
Lithuania |
29 September 2003 |
Construction of Knowledge Societies |
[2] |
Mehriban Aliyeva |
Azerbaijan |
9 September 2004 |
Promotion and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, especially oral traditions and expressions |
[3] |
Alicia Alonso |
Cuba |
7 June 2002 |
Promotion of ballet dancing (Programme of Intangible Heritage) |
[4] |
Ivonne A-Baki |
Ecuador |
15 February 2010 |
Peace |
[5] |
Patrick Baudry |
France |
September 1999 |
Education of young people through seminars, science conferences and projects in the field |
[6] |
Pierre Bergé |
France |
2 July 1993 |
Campaign against HIV/AIDS, human rights, Cultural Heritage |
[7] |
Chantal Biya |
Cameroon |
14 November 2008 |
Education and Social Inclusion |
[8] |
Montserrat Caballé |
Spain |
22 April 1994 |
Fundraising for children in distress and victims of war |
[9] |
Pierre Cardin |
France |
1991 |
Promotion of the Chernobyl Program, creation of the Six Flags of Tolerance in 1995 and distribution in UNESCO Member States |
[10] |
Claudia Cardinale |
Italy |
March 2000 |
Promotion of women's rights, especially for women in the Mediterranean; Environment issues |
[11] |
The Princess of Hanover |
Monaco |
2 December 2003 |
Protection of children and the family, empowerment of women and girls in Africa |
[12] |
Esther Coopersmith |
United States |
|
|
[13] |
Cheick Modibo Diarra |
Mali |
1998 |
Promotion of education, especially in sciences, sustainable development in Africa |
[14] |
Miguel Angel Estrella |
Argentina |
26 October 1989 |
Promotion of Culture of Peace and tolerance through music |
[15] |
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
Iceland |
1998 |
Promotion of linguistic diversity, women's rights, education |
[16] |
Princess Firyal of Jordan |
Jordan |
1992 |
Promotion of the Education for All initiative, humanitarian actions, World Heritage, women's rights, especially Arab women |
[17] |
Ivry Gitlis |
Israel |
1990 |
Support of education and Culture of Peace and Tolerance |
[18] |
Nizan Guanaes |
Brazil |
27 May 2011 |
|
[19] |
Christine Hakim |
Indonesia |
11 March 2008[3] |
Teacher education in South East Asia |
[20] |
Bahia Hariri |
Lebanon |
17 November 2000 |
Preservation of World Heritage, education, culture, women's rights and sustainable development in the Arab world |
[21] |
Vitaly Ignatenko |
Russia |
2008 |
Building of the capacities of the Russian language journalists and promotion of the free circulation of ideas in the Russian-speaking world |
[22] |
Jean Michel Jarre |
France |
24 May 1993 |
Protection of the environment (water, fight against desertification, renewable energies), youth and tolerance, safeguarding of World Heritage |
[23] |
Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière |
France |
27 August 2009 |
|
[24] |
Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco |
Morocco |
July 2001 |
Protection of childhood and women's rights |
[25] |
Omer Zülfü Livaneli |
Turkey |
20 September 1996 |
Promotion of peace and polerance through music and promotion of human rights |
[26] |
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand |
Thailand |
24 March 2005 |
Empowerment of Minority Children and the Preservation of their Intangible Cultural Heritage |
[27] |
Jean Malaurie |
France |
17 July 2007[4] |
In charge of arctic polar issues, promoting environmental issues and safeguarding the culture and knowledge of the peoples of the Arctic |
[28] |
Keith Chatsauka-Coetzee |
South Africa |
12 July 2012 |
|
[29] |
Grand Duchess María Teresa of Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
10 June 1997 |
Education, Women's rights, microfinance and campaign against poverty |
[30] |
Rigoberta Menchu Túm |
Guatemala |
21 June 1996 |
Promotion of Culture of Peace, protection of rights of indigenous people |
[31] |
Oskar Metsavaht |
Brazil |
27 May 2011 |
|
[32] |
Vik Muniz |
Brazil |
27 May 2011 |
|
[33] |
Kitín Muñoz |
Spain |
22 April 1997 |
Protection and promotion of indigenous cultures and their environment |
[34] |
Ute-Henriette Ohoven |
Germany |
1992 |
UNESCO Special Ambassador for Education of Children in Need |
[35] |
Cristina Owen-Jones |
Italy |
23 March 2004 |
HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Program |
[36] |
Kim Phuc Phan Thi |
Vietnam |
10 November 1994 |
Protection and education for children, orphans and innocent victims of war |
[37] |
Susana Rinaldi |
Argentina |
28 April 1992 |
Street children, Culture of Peace |
[38] |
Yazid Sabeg |
Algeria |
16 February 2010 |
|
[39] |
Sheikh Ghassan I. Shaker |
Saudi Arabia |
1989 |
Fundraising, children and women in need, victims of war, education, microfinance |
[40] |
Hayat Sindi |
Saudi Arabia |
1 October 2012 |
Promotion of science education for Arab women |
[41] |
Madanjeet Singh |
India |
16 November 2000 |
Founder of the South Asia Foundation, which promotes regional cooperation through education and sustainable development |
[42] |
Zurab Tsereteli |
Georgia |
30 March 1996 |
Cultural and artistic projects |
[43] |
Giancarlo Elia Valori |
Italy |
2001 |
Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage |
[44] |
Marianna Vardinoyannis |
Greece |
21 October 1999 |
Protection of childhood; promotion of cultural olympics; humanitarian relief for war victims |
[45] |
Milú Villela |
Brazil |
10 November 2004 |
Voluntary Action and Basic Education in Latin America |
[46] |
Forest Whitaker |
United States |
|
|
[47] |
Sunny Varkey |
India |
|
Promoter of education |
[48] |
Honorary Ambassadors |
Laura Welch Bush |
United States |
13 February 2003[5] |
UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the Decade of Literacy in the context of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003–2012) |
[49] |