UNODC Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those who are designated by the United Nations. UNODC goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and use their talent, popularity or fame to assist the UN in better addressing a coordinated, comprehensive response to the interrelated issues of illicit trafficking in and abuse of drugs, crime prevention and criminal justice, international terrorism, and political corruption.

The UNODC goodwill ambassador program has enlisted the help of prominent personalities from the worlds of art, music, film, sport and literature to highlight key issues and to draw attention to its activities in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime.

Current UNODC goodwill ambassadors

Current listed and supporting goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:[1]

NameLocationReferencesNotes
Nadia Murad Iraq2015Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking
Nicolas Cage United States2010Goodwill Ambassador for Global Justice
Shehzad Roy Pakistan2017National Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan
Ozark Henry Belgium2015National Goodwill Ambassador for Belgium against Human Trafficking
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol Thailand2017Goodwill Ambassador on the Rule of Law for Southeast Asia
Coumba Gawlo Senegal2016Goodwill Ambassador against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
Radamel Falcao Colombia2013Goodwill Ambassador for the Fight Against Drugs
Mira Sorvino United States2013Goodwill Ambassador for Global Fight Against Human Trafficking
Ross Bleckner United States2009Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking
Shahid Afridi Pakistan2011Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Drug Use Among the Youth

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UNODC Goodwill Ambassadors". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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