FAO Goodwill Ambassador Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emblem The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme started in 1999. The Food and Agriculture Organization is a part of the United Nations . The Ambassadors increase public awareness about hunger in the world.
Current Ambassadors
Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:
Dee Dee Bridgewater (singer, Actress), 1999Rita Levi Montalcini (neurologist), 1999Gina Lollobrigida (actress, photojournalist), 1999Miriam Makeba (singer), 1999 (deceased in November 2008)Gong Li (actress), 2000Youssou N'Dour (singer, percussionist), 2000Magida al Roumi , 2001Al Bano Carrisi (singer), 2001Gilberto Gil (musician), 2001Mory Kanté (vocalist), 2001Roberto Baggio (footballer), 2002Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (women's athletics), 2002Massimo Ranieri (singer), 2002Dionne Warwick (singer, actress), 2002Associazione Nazionale Cantanti , 2002Maná (pop/rock band), 2003Khaled (Singer-songwriter), 2003Noa (Singer), 2003Justine Pasek (model), 2003Oumou Sangaré (Singer), 2003Raúl (footballer), 2004Carla Fracci (dancer, actress), 2004Ronan Keating (Singer), 2005Beatrice Faumuina , 2005First Lady of Paraguay , 2005Chucho Valdés (pianist, composer), 2006Anggun (Singer and songwriter), 2009Margarita Cedeño de Fernández (First Lady of the Dominican Republic), 2009Pierre Cardin (fashion stylist), 2009Carl Lewis , (Olympic gold medalist), 2009Fanny Lú , (singer) 2009Patrick Vieira (footballer), 2010Raoul Bova , (actor), 2010Céline Dion , (singer), 2010Lea Salonga , (singer), 2010Susan Sarandon , (actress), 2010Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak al Ketbi , (Mother of the Nation, United Arab Emirates), 2010Jeremy Irons , (actor), 2011