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FAO Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title,
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assigned to goodwill ambassadors and
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who are designated by the
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. FAO goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the
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who use their talent and fame to advocate for the organization. The Goodwill Ambassador Programme of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, , translates t ...
has been in place since 1999. The main purpose of the programme is to increase public awareness and to disseminate information on issues related to
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. FAO encourages its goodwill ambassadors to actively use their talents and influence, and to commit themselves personally and professionally, to assist the organization in raising public awareness of the urgent need to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, and in achieving the 2030
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Types of FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

FAO has three types of Goodwill Ambassadors: * The FAO Global Goodwill Ambassador, who are worldwide known celebrities from the worlds of arts, sports, literature, sciences and other fields of public importance. * The FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador, who are high-level personalities usually from the field of research or science, who have excelled in an area relevant to the one for which they become special Ambassadors. * The FAO National Goodwill Ambassador, who are personalities with local appeal, the work of which they support mainly within the country of their nomination.


Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

Current goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:


Former FAO Goodwill Ambassadors

Former goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:


See also

* Goodwill Ambassador * FAO Goodwill Ambassador *
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__ UNDP Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific, honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those Goodwill ambassador, goodwill ambassadors and activists, advocates who are designated ...
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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific, honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and activists, advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNHCR ...
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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNESCO goodwill ambas ...
* UNODC Goodwill Ambassador * UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador * UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador *
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status, and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and activists, advocates who are designated by the United Nations. The UNICEF, ...
* WFP Goodwill Ambassador * WHO Goodwill Ambassador


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Food and Agriculture Organization
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