UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador

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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 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

See also

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

External links

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

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