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 |
