{{Short description|Official postnominal honorific title}} __NOTOC__ {{About|the UNIDO goodwill ambassador title|other uses|Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation)}} '''UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador''' is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNIDO goodwill ambassadors are expert advocates of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and use their abilities and experience to advocate for sustainable industrial development in developing countries. Other United Nations goodwill ambassador programs usually take a celebrity approach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodwill Ambassadors {{!}} UNIDO |url=https://saro.org.za/news-centre/goodwill-ambassadors/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=saro.org.za}}</ref>
==Current UNIDO goodwill ambassadors==
Current listed and supporting goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unido.org/who-we-are-unido-brief/goodwill-ambassadors|title=UNIDO Goodwill Ambassadors|author=United Nations Industrial Development Organization|date=2021-03-23|website= |publisher=UNIDO |access-date=2021-03-23}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;" ! Time!! Ambassador !! Country !! Profession |- | 2019 | Elisabetta Lattanzio Illy | {{flagcountry|Italy}} | photographer and journalist |- | 2018 | Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca | {{flagcountry|Malta}} | former President of the Republic of Malta |- | 2018 | Veronika Peshkova | {{flagcountry|Russia}} | executive Director of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Centre |- | 2015 | Janne Vangen Solheim | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | Chief Executive Officer of the Janusfabrikken AS |- | 2014 | Helen Hai | {{flagcountry|China}} | CEO of the Made in Africa Initiative |- | 2014 | Marc Van Montagu | {{flagcountry|Belgium}} | pioneer of plant molecular biology |- | 2011 | Marcos Pontes | {{flagcountry|Brazil}} | Brazil’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation |- | 2005 | Reinosuke Hara | {{flagcountry|Japan}} | representative of Hayama Capital Inc. |- | 2005 | Peter Sutherland | {{flagcountry|Ireland}} | industrialist and politician |- | 2005 | Mario Baccini | {{flagcountry|Italy}} | politician and President of the Italian Microcredit Institute |- | 2004 | Mamadou Mansour Cama | {{flagcountry|Senegal}} | businessman |}
== See also == * Goodwill Ambassador * FAO Goodwill Ambassador * UNDP Goodwill Ambassador * UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador * UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador * UNODC Goodwill Ambassador * UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador * UN Women Goodwill Ambassador * UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador * WFP Goodwill Ambassador * WHO Goodwill Ambassador
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.unido.org/who-we-are-unido-brief/goodwill-ambassadors UNIDO Goodwill Ambassadors]
Category:United Nations Industrial Development Organization Category:Goodwill ambassador programmes Category:United Nations goodwill ambassadors