United Nations Messengers of Peace
United Nations Messenger of Peace is a title bestowed by the United Nations to "distinguished individuals, carefully selected from the fields of art, music, literature and sports, who have agreed to help focus worldwide attention on the work of the United Nations."
The messengers are initially chosen for a period of three years; although three of the current twelve messengers, Michael Douglas, Jane Goodall, and Yo-Yo Ma have served for more than ten years.
The Messengers of Peace scheme was instigated in 1997 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.[1]
Whilst the goodwill and honorary ambassadors mainly promote the work of the UN agency they are ambassador for, the messengers of peace are intended to promote the work of the United Nations in general and are appointed directly by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Contents
1 Current messengers
2 Former messengers
3 References
4 External links
Current messengers
Michael Douglas - designated 1998
Jane Goodall - designated 2002
Yo-Yo Ma - designated 2006
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein - designated 2007
Daniel Barenboim - designated 2007
Paulo Coelho - designated 2007
Midori Goto - designated 2007
Charlize Theron - designated 2008
Stevie Wonder - designated 2009
Edward Norton - designated 2010
Lang Lang - designated 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio - designated 2014
Scott Kelly - designated 2016[2]
Malala Yousafzai – designated 2017[3]
Former messengers
Enrico Macias - designated 1997
Elie Wiesel - designated 1998
Muhammad Ali - designated 1998
Anna Cataldi - designated 1998
Luciano Pavarotti - designated 1998
Vijay Amritraj - designated 2001
Wynton Marsalis - designated 2001
George Clooney - designated 2008
Wangari Maathai - designated 2009
References
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^ "United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs announces former astronaut Scott Kelly as Champion for Space". www.unis.unvienna.org. United Nations. United Nations Information Service, Vienna. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
^ "Malala Yousafzai made youngest UN Messenger of Peace". BBC News. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links
- United Nations Messengers of Peace
- United Nations Former Messengers of Peace
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