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]