UNESCO Special Envoys are personalities associated with various

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

programmes and projects who help to spread UNESCO’s message worldwide through their professional activities and their personal charisma. The following is a list of UNESCO Special Envoys along with the position they are currently assuming: * Metin Arditi, UNESCO Honorary Ambassador and Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue since 2014, *

Beate Klarsfeld Beate Auguste Klarsfeld (née Künzel; born 13 February 1939) is a Franco-German journalist and Nazi hunter who, along with her French husband, Serge, became famous for their investigation and documentation of numerous Nazi war criminals, inc ...

and

Serge Klarsfeld Serge Klarsfeld (born 17 September 1935) is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notable ...

, UNESCO Honorary Ambassadors and Special Envoys for Education about the History of Holocaust and Genocide Prevention since October 2015, *

Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned (; born 8 August 1959) is one of the three consorts of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar. She is the mother of the current emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. She is the co-founder and ch ...

, Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education since January 2003, * Judith Pisar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy since June 2017, *

Mintimer Shaimiev Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev (born 20 January 1937) is a Russian former politician who served as the president of Tatarstan from 1991 to 2010. He was re-elected as president in 1996, 2001, and 2005. Biography Shaimiev was born in the villag ...

, UNESCO Special Envoy for Interculural Dialogue since August 2017, *

Forest Whitaker Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the ...

, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation since June 2011, *

Mwai Kibaki Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013. He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including ...

, UNESCO Special Envoy for water in Africa since April 2016, *

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (born Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst, 25 May 1966) is married to Prince Constantijn and is the sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Early life Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst was born in ...

, UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development since 2009, *

Peng Liyuan Peng Liyuan (; born 20 November 1962) is a Chinese contemporary folk singer and the wife of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China. Peng gained popularity as a singer from her regular appear ...

, UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girl's and Women’s Education since March 2014, *

Hedva Ser Hedva Ser (; born September 20, 1948) is a French artist, painter and sculptor. She is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and is known for creating tapestries and jewellery. Biography Hedva Ser trained from 1964 to 1966 at the youth department of the T ...

, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy since March 2017, *

Princess Sumaya bint Hassan Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan (born 14 May 1971) is a princess of Jordan and a first cousin of Abdullah II of Jordan, King Abdullah II. Early life Princess Sumaya was born in Amman on 14 May 1971, and is the second daughter to Prince Hassan b ...

, UNESCO Special Envoy for Science for Peace since October 2017.

Former Envoys

* Prince Talal ibn Abd al-Aziz (1931-2018) - Special Envoy for Water * The Right Honourable

Michaëlle Jean Michaëlle Jean (; born September 6, 1957) is a Canadian former journalist who served as the 27th governor general of Canada from 2005 to 2010. She is the first Haitian Canadian and black person to hold this office. Jean was the Organisation i ...

- Special Envoy for

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

, resigned in 2014 *{{flagicon, USA

Samuel Pisar Samuel Pisar (March 18, 1929 – July 27, 2015) was a Polish-American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor. Early life Pisar was born in Białystok, Poland, to Jewish parents David and Helaina (née Suchowolska) Pisar. His father established t ...

(1929-2015) - Honorary Ambassador and Special Envoy for

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

Education

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