UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for the human right of reproductive health. The United Nations Fund for Population Activities was started in 1969 and renamed the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 1987. ...

The current Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

• Yuko Arimori, for Japan
• Linda Gray
• Chinua Achebe, for Nigeria (1999)
• Mpule Kwelagobe, for Southern Africa (2000)
• Mikko Kuustonen, for Finland (1998)
• Lara Dutta, for India (2001)
• Catarina Furtado, for Portugal
• Mary Banotti, for Ireland (1999)
• Alfred Biolek, for Germany (2001)
• Safia El-Emary, for the Arab Region
• Bertrand Piccard, for Switzerland (1999)
• Goedele Liekens, for Belgium
• Jamal Soliman, for Syria (1998)
• Shabana Azmi, for India (1998)
• Kattis Ahlstrom, for Sweden
• Hanne-Vibeke Holst, for Denmark
• Princess Basma Bint Talal (2001)
• Magenta Devine, for the United Kingdom
• Bui Nakhirunkanok, for Thailand
• Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, for Bhutan
• Lupita Jones, for Mexico (2000)
• Wendy Fitzwilliam, for Trinidad and Tobago
• Elsa Zylberstein, for France (2001)
• Rosy Senanayake, for Sri Lanka (1998)
• Geri Halliwell, for the United Kingdom (1998)
• Chea Samnang, for Cambodia (2000)
• Abdur Razzak, for Bangladesh

Linda gray Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1942) is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing on the television soap opera Dallas as a recurring character in the series first season in the spring of 1978, and as a regular cast member from 1978... Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian writer. ... Mpule Kwelagobe of Lobatse, Botswana was crowned Miss Universe in May of 1999 in Trinidad & Tobago. ... Lara Dutta (born April 16, 1978) is an Indian actress. ... Mary Banotti (born 1939), was an Irish politician. ... Dr. Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist born in Lausanne, Vaud canton, on March 1, 1958. ... Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950 at New Delhi , India ) is the daughter of famous Urdu poet Kaify Azmi. ... Lupita Jones (born María Guadalupe Jones Garay in Mexicali, Baja California, September 6, 1968), won her first national beauty contest title in Mexico in 1990. ... Wendy Fitzwilliam, born October 4, 1972, is Trinidad and Tobagos second Miss Universe. ... Geraldine Estelle Halliwell (born August 6, 1972), better known as Geri Halliwell, is a British pop singer, originally one of five members of the girl group the Spice Girls, where she was known as Ginger Spice. She was born and grew up in Watford, in the county of Hertfordshire. ...

See also

• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
• List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
• UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
• WHO Goodwill Ambassador

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO and utilize their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals. ... UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for refugees. ... This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors International ambassadors Sir Richard Attenborough Emmanuelle Beart David Beckham Harry Belafonte Jackie Chan Judy Collins Mia Farrow Whoopi Goldberg Angelique Kidjo Johann Olav Koss Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Femi Kuti Leon Lai Lang Lang Jessica Lange Ricky Martin Sir Roger Moore Nana Mouskouri Youssou... WHO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the World Health Organization (WHO) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for health and well-being. ...

External links

• UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors (http://www.unfpa.org/ambassadors/index.htm)