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unusual facts about goodwill ambassador



Citizen of the World

Recipients of this award include Oscar winning Actress Nicole Kidman, actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, and former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix.

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie

On 16 October 2002, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

KC Concepcion

KC Concepcion (born Maria Kristina Cassandra Cuneta Concepcion on April 7, 1985) is an actress and singer from the Philippines who is currently a National Ambassador Against Hunger of the UN's World Food Programme.

Mayu Tsuruta

Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited thousands of internal refugees at Kenya's Nakuru ASK grounds, as a goodwill ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

Michael Cory Davis

Davis has been involved in the fight to end modern day slavery since 2003 when he became a Goodwill Ambassador for the organization, Face to Face Bulgaria.

Notes from My Travels

Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001-2002 detailing her experiences travelling to troubled Third World regions in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Southern Pacific 3100

The U25B became a "goodwill ambassador" for the railroad in 1976 when it was painted in an elaborate red, white, and blue color scheme in celebration of the nation's bicentennial, one of four Southern Pacific locomotives so painted.

United Nations Messengers of Peace

The Messengers of Peace scheme was instigated in 1998 as a central addition to the system of UN goodwill ambassadors and honorary ambassadors, which has been run by the different UN agencies since 1954, when UNICEF appointed Danny Kaye as its first goodwill ambassador.


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Constant-Serge Bounda

In 2008, Bounda began serving as the head of UNEP's Support Office to the Nobel Peace Laureate, Goodwill Ambassador for the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystem and co-chair of the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) with Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada.

Disney animators' strike

Toward the end, Disney accepted a suggestion by Nelson Rockefeller, then head of the Latin American Affairs office in the State department, that he make a tour of Latin America as a goodwill ambassador.

Donka Hospital

The actress Mia Farrow, who serves as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visited the hospital in May 2010.

International Jazz Day

The first annual International Jazz Day was kicked off in Paris by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock.

Karate International Council of Kickboxing

KICK was organized in 1982 by Frank Babcock, Fred Wren, Larry Caster, Bob Wall and Roy Kurban, with martial arts icon Chuck Norris serving as a goodwill ambassador.

Kerry Berry Brogan

She also served as the “International Green Ambassador” for the Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011, and has been selected for a number of honorary positions including Film Ambassador for New Zealand’s Film Auckland and Goodwill Ambassador for the Flying Tigers Historical Organization.

Van Vliet

:nl:Paul van Vliet (born 1935), Dutch cabaretier and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Victoria Koblenko

Another case in point is her visit to the site of the Chernobyl disaster, in her capacity of goodwill ambassador for a local organization.