Alicia
Alonso
Cuba 7 June 2002
Promotion of ballet dancing (Programme
of Intangible Heritage) |
Andrés
Roemer
Mexico September 2017
Societal Change and the Free Flow
of Knowledge |
Ara
Abramyan
Russia 15 July 2003
Dialogue among Civilizations |
Bahia
Hariri
Lebanon 17 November 2000
Preservation of World Heritage,
education, culture, women's rights
and sustainable development in
the Arab world |
Chantal
Biya
Cameroon 14 November 2008
Education and Social Inclusion |
Cheick
Modibo Diarra
Mali 1998
Promotion of education, especially
in sciences, sustainable development
in Africa |
Christiane
Amanpour
United Kingdom 29 April 2015
Freedom of expression and journalist
safety |
Christine
Hakim
Indonesia 11 March 2008
Teacher education in South East
Asia |
Claudia
Cardinale
Italy March 2000
Promotion of women's rights, especially
for women in the Mediterranean;
Environment issues |
Cristina
Owen-Jones
Italy 23 March 2004
HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Program |
Deeyah
Khan
Norway 17 November 2016
Artistic freedom and creativity |
Esther
Coopersmith
United States 2009 |
Forest
Whitaker
United States 21 June 2011 |
Giancarlo
Elia Valori
Italy 2001
Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage |
Grand
Duchess María Teresa of Luxembourg
Luxembourg 10 June 1997
Education, Women's rights, microfinance
and campaign against poverty |
Hayat Sindi
Saudi Arabia 1 October 2012
Promotion of science education for
Arab women |
| Honorary
Ambassadors |
Ivonne
A-Baki
Ecuador 15 February 2010
Peace |
Ivry
Gitlis
Israel 1990
Support of education and Culture
of Peace and Tolerance |
Jean
Malaurie
France 17 July 2007
In charge of arctic polar issues,
promoting environmental issues and
safeguarding the culture and knowledge
of the peoples of the Arctic |
Jean
Michel Jarre
France 24 May 1993
Protection of the environment (water,
fight against desertification, renewable
energies), youth and tolerance,
safeguarding of World Heritage |
Keith
Chatsauka-Coetzee
South Africa 12 July 2012 |
Kim
Phuc Phan Thi
Vietnam 10 November 1994
Protection and education for children,
orphans and innocent victims of
war |
Kitín
Muñoz
Spain 22 April 1997
Protection and promotion of indigenous
cultures and their environment |
Laura
Welch Bush
United States 13 February 2003
UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the
Decade of Literacy in the context
of the United Nations Literacy Decade
(2003–2012) |
Madanjeet
Singh
India 16 November 2000
Founder of the South Asia Foundation,
which promotes regional cooperation
through education and sustainable
development |
Maha
al-Khalil Chalabi
Lebanon 17 February 2016
Heritage protection and preservation
in Tyre |
Marc
Ladreit de Lacharrière
France 27 August 2009 |
Marianna
Vardinoyannis
Greece 21 October 1999
Protection of childhood; promotion
of cultural Olympics; humanitarian
relief for war victims |
Mehriban
Aliyeva
Azerbaijan 9 September 2004
Promotion and safeguarding of intangible
cultural heritage, especially oral
traditions and expressions |
Miguel
Angel Estrella
Argentina 26 October 1989
Promotion of Culture of Peace and
tolerance through music |
Milú
Villela
Brazil 10 November 2004
Voluntary Action and Basic Education
in Latin America |
Montserrat
Caballé
Spain 22 April 1994
Fundraising for children in distress
and victims of war |
Nasser
David Khalili
United Kingdom October 2012
Promotion of intercultural dialogue
and promotion of peace through education
and culture. |
Nizan
Guanaes
Brazil 27 May 2011 |
Omer
Zülfü Livaneli
Turkey 20 September 1996
Promotion of peace and tolerance
through music and promotion of human
rights |
Oskar
Metsavaht
Brazil 27 May 2011 |
Patrick
Baudry
France September 1999
Education of young people through
seminars, science conferences and
projects in the field |
Pierre
Bergé
France 2 July 1993
Campaign against HIV/AIDS, human
rights, Cultural Heritage |
Pierre
Cardin
France 1991
Promotion of the Chernobyl Program,
creation of the Six Flags of Tolerance
in 1995 and distribution in UNESCO
Member States |
Princess
Dana Firas
Jordan 29 June 2017
Heritage protection and preservation |
Princess
Firyal of Jordan
Jordan 1992
Promotion of the Education for All
initiative, humanitarian actions,
World Heritage, women's rights,
especially Arab women |
Princess
Lalla Meryem of Morocco
Morocco July 2001
Protection of childhood and women's
rights |
Princess
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand
Thailand 24 March 2005
Empowerment of Minority Children
and the Preservation of their Intangible
Cultural Heritage |
Rigoberta
Menchu Túm
Guatemala 21 June 1996
Promotion of Culture of Peace, protection
of rights of indigenous people |
Sheikh
Ghassan I. Shaker
Saudi Arabia 1989
Fundraising, children and women
in need, victims of war, education,
microfinance |
Sunny
Varkey
India 2012
Promoter of education. Currently
in United Arab Emirates. |
Susana
Rinaldi
Argentina 28 April 1992
Street children, Culture of Peace |
The
Princess of Hanover
Monaco 2 December 2003
Protection of children and the family,
empowerment of women and girls in
Africa |
Ute-Henriette
Ohoven
Germany 1992
UNESCO Special Ambassador for Education
of Children in Need |
Valdas
Adamkus
Lithuania 29 September 2003
Construction of Knowledge Societies |
Vigdís
Finnbogadóttir
Iceland 1998
Promotion of linguistic diversity,
women's rights, education |
Vik
Muniz
Brazil 27 May 2011 |
Vitaly
Ignatenko
Russia 2008
Building of the capacities of the
Russian language journalists and
promotion of the free circulation
of ideas in the Russian-speaking
world |
Yalitza
Aparicio
Mexico 4 October 2019
Indigenous Peoples |
Yazid
Sabeg
Algeria 16 February 2010 |
Zurab
Tsereteli
Georgia 30 March 1996 Cultural and
artistic projects |
| Former
Ambassadors (Next to the name of
the country, it is the period) |
| Marin
Constantin Romania 1992–2011 |
| Ikuo
Hirayama Japan 1989–2009 |
| Lily
Marinho Brazil 1999–2011 |
| Yehudi
Menuhin Switzerland, United Kingdom
1992–1999 |
| Mstislav
Rostropovich Russia 1998–2007 |
| Sheikh
Ghassan I. Shaker Oman 1989–2011 |
