UNESCO Special Envoys are personalities associated with various UNESCO programmes and projects who help to spread UNESCO’s message worldwide through their professional activities and their personal charisma.
The following is a list of UNESCO Special Envoys along with the position they are currently assuming:
- Metin Arditi, UNESCO Honorary Ambassador and Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue since 2014,
- Beate Klarsfeld and Serge Klarsfeld, UNESCO Honorary Ambassadors and Special Envoys for Education about the History of Holocaust and Genocide Prevention since October 2015,
- Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education since January 2003,
- Judith Pisar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy since June 2017,
- Mintimer Shaimiev, UNESCO Special Envoy for Interculural Dialogue since August 2017,
- Forest Whitaker, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation since June 2011,
- Mwai Kibaki, UNESCO Special Envoy for water in Africa since April 2016,
- Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development since 2009,
- Peng Liyuan, UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girl's and Women’s Education since March 2014,
- Hedva Ser, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy since March 2017,
- Princess Sumaya bint Hassan, UNESCO Special Envoy for Science for Peace since October 2017.
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