United Nations Children's Fund Birleşmiş Milletler Çocuk Fonu (Turkish) صندوق الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (Arabic) 联合国儿童基金会 (Chinese) Fonds des Nations unies pour l'enfance (French) Детский фонд Организации Объединённых Наций (Russian) Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Spanish)
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Org type	Fund
Acronyms	UNICEF
Head	Anthony Lake
Status	Active
Established	December 1946
Headquarters	New York, USA
Website	UNICEF official site
Parent org	ECOSOC

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UNICEF School in a box contains basic educational items for 1 teacher and 80 students

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF;  /ˈjuːnɨsɛf/ YEW-ni-sef) ^[1] is an international charity, headquartered in New York City, that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.^[2]

UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1954, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name.

UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors and UNICEF's total income for 2008 was $3,372,540,239.^[3] Governments contribute two thirds of the organization's resources; private groups and some 6 million individuals contribute the rest through the National Committees. It is estimated that 91.8% of their revenue is distributed to Program Services.^[4] UNICEF's programs emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.

Most of UNICEF's work is in the field, with staff in over 190 countries and territories. More than 200 country offices carry out UNICEF's mission through a program developed with host governments. Seven regional offices provide technical assistance to country offices as needed.

Overall management and administration of the organization takes place at its headquarters in New York. UNICEF's Supply Division is based in Copenhagen and serves as the primary point of distribution for such essential items as vaccines, antiretroviral medicines for children and mothers with HIV, nutritional supplements, emergency shelters, educational supplies, among others. A 36-member Executive Board establishes policies, approves programs and oversees administrative and financial plans. The Executive Board is made up of government representatives who are elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, usually for three-year terms.

Following the reaching of term limits by Executive Director of UNICEF Carol Bellamy, former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman became executive director of the organization in May 2005, with an agenda to increase the organization's focus on the Millennium Development Goals. She was succeeded in May 2010, by Anthony Lake.

UNICEF is an inter-governmental organization and thus is accountable to those governments. UNICEF’s salary and benefits package^[5] is based on the United Nations Common System.

UNICEF National Committees[link]

There are National Committees in 36 industrialized countries worldwide, each established as an independent local non-governmental organization. The National Committees raise funds from the private sector.

UNICEF is funded exclusively by voluntary contributions, and the National Committee collectively raise around one-third of UNICEF's annual income. This comes through contributions from corporations, civil society organizations and more than 6 million individual donors worldwide. They also rally many different partners – including the media, national and local government officials, NGOs, specialists such as doctors and lawyers, corporations, schools, young people and the general public – on issues related to children’s rights

(see List of UNICEF National Committees)

Promotion and fundraising[link]

In the United States, Canada and some other countries, UNICEF is known for its "Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF" program in which children collect money for UNICEF from the houses they trick-or-treat on Halloween night, sometimes instead of candy.

UNICEF is present in 190 countries and territories around the world. UNICEF designated 1979 as the "Year of the Child", and many celebrities including David Gordon, David Essex, Alun Davies and Cat Stevens gave a performance at a benefit concert celebrating the Year of the Child Concert in December 1979.

Many people in developed countries first hear about UNICEF's work through the activities of 36 National Committees for UNICEF. These non-governmental organizations (NGO) are primarily responsible for fundraising, selling UNICEF greeting cards and products, creating private and public partnerships, advocating for children’s rights, and providing other invaluable support. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is the oldest of the National Committees, founded in 1947.^[6]

New Zealand appointed, in 2005, 18-year-old Hayley Westenra, a talented, world famous opera / pop singer as their Ambassador to UNICEF, in an effort to enlist the youth of the world in supporting UNICEF. Westenra has made several trips to visit underprivileged children in third world countries on behalf of UNICEF, in an effort to publicize their plight, and has engaged in fund-raising activities in support of the UNICEF mission, as well.

On 19 April 2007, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg was appointed UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children,^[7] in which role she has visited Brazil (2007),^[8] China (2008),^[9] and Burundi (2009).^[10]

In 2009, the British retailer Tesco used “Change for Good” as advertising, which is trade marked by Unicef for charity usage but is not trademarked for commercial or retail use. This prompted the agency to say, "it is the first time in Unicef’s history that a commercial entity has purposely set out to capitalise on one of our campaigns and subsequently damage an income stream which several of our programmes for children are dependent on”. They went on to call on the public “who have children’s welfare at heart, to consider carefully who they support when making consumer choices”.^{[11] [12]}

Sponsorship[link]

Lionel Messi wearing a Barcelona shirt showing the UNICEF logo

On 7 September 2006, an agreement between UNICEF and the Spanish association football club FC Barcelona was reached whereby the club would donate 1.5 million euros per year to the organization for five years. As part of the agreement, FC Barcelona will wear the UNICEF logo on the front of their shirts, which will be the first time a football club sponsored an organization rather than the other way around. It is also the first time in FC Barcelona's history that they have had another organization's name across the front of their shirts.

In January 2007, UNICEF struck a partnership with Canada's national tent pegging team. The team was officially re-flagged as "UNICEF Team Canada", its riders wear UNICEF's logo in competition, and team members promote and raise funds for UNICEF's campaign against childhood HIV-AIDS.^[13] When the team became the 2008 tent pegging world champions, UNICEF's flag was raised alongside the Canadian flag at the games, the first time in the history of international Grand Prix equestrian competition that a non-state flag has flown over the medal podium.^[14]

The Swedish club Hammarby IF followed the Spanish and Canadian lead on 14 April 2007,^[15] also raising funds for UNICEF and displaying the UNICEF name on their sportswear. The Danish soccer club Brondby IF will do likewise from the summer of 2008.

Australian A-League club Sydney FC announced they would also enter into a partnership with UNICEF raising funds for children in the Asia-Pacific region, and would also display the UNICEF logo for the remainder of the 2011-12 A-League season.^[16]

Race driver Jacques Villeneuve has occasionally placed the UNICEF logo on the #27 Bill Davis Racing pickup truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

In Botswana, UNICEF has funded the development of new state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS education for every schoolchild in Botswana from nonprofit organization TeachAIDS.^[17]

UNICEF recently announced a landmark partnership with Scottish club Rangers F.C. UNICEF will partner the Rangers Charity Foundation and have pledged to raise £300,000 by 2011.^[18]

In 2010, UNICEF created a partnership with Phi Iota Alpha, making them the first Greek Lettered Organization UNICEF has ever worked with. In 2011, Phi Iota Alpha raised over $20,000 for the Tap Project and the Trick or Treats for UNICEF Campaign.

Trick-or-Treat UNICEF box[link]

Since 1950, when a group of children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, donated $17 they received on Halloween to help post-World War II victims, the Trick-or-Treat UNICEF box has become a tradition in North America during the haunting season.^[19] These small orange boxes are handed to children at schools and at various locations (such as Hallmark Gold Crown Stores) prior to 31 October. To date, the box has collected approximately $91 million (CAD) in Canada and over $132 million (USD) in the USA.

Corporate partnership[link]

To raise money to support its Education and Literacy Programmes, UNICEF works together with companies all over the world – encompassing international as well as small- and medium-sized businesses. Since 2005, the organization is being supported by Montblanc, working closely together to help the world’s children getting better access to education.

UNICEF Locations[link]

One of the gates to the UNICEF World Warehouse

The UNICEF research centre in Florence

The UNICEF World Warehouse[link]

The UNICEF World Warehouse is a 25,000m² large warehouse facility in Denmark, which hosts UNICEF deliverable goods as well as co-hosts emergency goods for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). In addition to the goods, the facility also houses the UNICEF Supply Division which manages strategic transport hubs in Dubai, Panama and Shanghai.^[20] The warehouse contains a variety of items, ie. special food supplies like the Plumpy'nut, water purification tablets, various forms of dietary supplements/vitamin supplements and the School in a box (illustrated above).

On 2 November 2011, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, with The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited the warehouse ^[21] to highlight the crisis in East Africa.^[22]

The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre[link]

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy, was established in 1988, to strengthen the research capability of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and to support its advocacy for children worldwide.

The Centre, formally known as the International Child Development Centre, has as its prime objectives to improve international understanding of the issues relating to children's rights, to promote economic policies that advance the cause of children, and to help facilitate the full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in industrialized and developing countries.

The programme for 2006–2008 was approved by UNICEF Executive Board in September 2005. It reaffirms the Centre's academic freedom and the focus of IRC's research on knowledge gaps, emerging questions and sensitive issues which are relevant to the realization of children's rights, in developing and industrialized countries. It capitalizes on IRC's role as an interface between UNICEF field experience, international experts, research networks and policy makers and is designed to strengthen the Centre's institutional collaboration with regional academic and policy institutions, pursuing the following four goals:

• Generation and communication of strategic and influential knowledge on issues affecting children and the realization of their rights;
• Knowledge exchange and brokering;
• Support to UNICEF's advocacy, policy and programme development in support of the Millennium Agenda
• Securing and strengthening the Centre's institutional and financial basis.

Three interrelated strategies will guide the achievement of these goals:

• Evidence-based analysis drawing on quantitative and qualitative information, the application of appropriate methodologies, and the development of recommendations to assess and inform advocacy and policy action.
• Enhanced partnerships with research and policy institutions and development actors, globally and at regional level, in developing and industrialized countries.
• Communication and leveraging of research findings and recommendations to support policy development and advocacy initiatives through strategic dissemination of studies and contribution to relevant events and fora.^[23]

Criticism[link]

UNICEF has been criticized at times for its focus or for specific policies. In 2004, the editorial in the Lancet argued that UNICEF's rights-based approach to child welfare, based upon the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whilst in accordance with international development policy, leads to a lower emphasis on child survival and mortality.^[24]

The Catholic Church has also been critical of UNICEF, with the Vatican at times withdrawing its donations, because of reports by the American Life League and others that UNICEF has used some of those funds to finance sterilizations and abortions.^[25][26] Catholics have also accused UNICEF of supporting abortion through their endorsement of "good quality abortion services" at the International Conference on Better Health for Women and Children in Kenya in 1987.^[27]

See also[link]

United Nations portal

• Afghan New Beginnings Programme
• Alliance for Healthy Cities
• Awaaz do – India
• Facts for Life
• Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
• List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
• Maurice Pate, first executive director of UNICEF
• Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, statistical monitoring program of UNICEF
• Music for UNICEF Concert
• Street children
• Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS
• Voices of Youth

References and notes[link]

External links[link]

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• UNICEF
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
• United Nations Rule of Law: The United Nations Children's Fund, on the rule of law work conducted by the United Nations Children Fund.
• Pune Street Children Project by Identity Foundation- Global volunteering initiative on Nabuur.com
• Intelligent Giving profile of UNICEF UK
• Unicef fund raising at Official FC Barcelona UK Penya
• Unicef – Breastfeeding Support Forum
• UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Femi Kuti speaks out against the suffering of Zimbabwean children
• UNICEF Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse: Child labour
• UN Practitioner's Portal on HRBA Programming Resources on rights of the child, UN centralised webportal on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development Programming.

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This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and Advocates, who work on behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund.

History and purpose of the role[link]

Danny Kaye was the first to hold the position, with the title of Ambassador-at-Large granted in 1954. Other celebrities have followed, acting as international, regional or national ambassadors, depending on their profile, interests, and desired level of responsibility. The goal of the program is to allow celebrities with a demonstrated interest in UNICEF issues to use their fame to draw attention to important issues. This may take the form of public appearances and talks, visits to troubled regions, which draw attention from the media, and use of their political access to advocate UNICEF causes.^[1]

International ambassadors and advocates[link]

UNICEF International Ambassador Mia Farrow holds an infant in Gonaïves in the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna.

In order of appointment:

• Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (February 1984)^[2]
• Harry Belafonte (March 1987)^[3]
• Richard Attenborough (October 1987)^[4]
• Roger Moore (August 1991)^[5]
• Nana Mouskouri (October 1993)^[6]
• Leon Lai (July 1994)^[7]
• Vanessa Redgrave (June 1995)^[8]
• Judy Collins (September 1995)^[9]
• Maxim Vengerov (July 1997)^[10]
• Susan Sarandon (December 1999)^[11]
• Mia Farrow (September 2000)^[12]
• Sebastião Salgado (April 2001)^[13]
• Femi Kuti (June 2002)^[14]
• Angélique Kidjo (July 2002)^[15]
• Whoopi Goldberg (September 2003)^[16]
• Shakira (October 2003)^[17]
• Ricky Martin (December 2003)^[18]
• Jackie Chan (April 2004)^[19]
• Lang Lang (May 2004)^[20]
• Danny Glover (September 2004)^[21]
• Amitabh Bachchan (April 2005)^[22]
• David Beckham (January 2005)^[23]
• Queen Rania of Jordan (January 2007)^[24]
• Berliner Philharmoniker (November 2007)^[25]
• Simon Rattle (November 2007)^[25]
• Ishmael Beah (November 2007)^[26]
• Myung-whun Chung (April 2008)^[27]
• Maria Guleghina (February 2009)^[28]
• Orlando Bloom ( October 2009)^[29]
• Lionel Messi (March 2010)^[30]
• Yuna Kim (July 2010)^[31]
• Liam Neeson (March 2011)^[32]
• Serena Williams (September 2011)^[33]

Former ambassadors[link]

Danny Kaye (1913-1987) was UNICEF's first celebrity ambassador.

In order of appointment:

• Danny Kaye (1954)^[34]
• Peter Ustinov (1968)^[35]
• Audrey Hepburn (1989)^[36]
• Youssou N'Dour (April 1991)^[37]
• Johann Olav Koss (December 1994)^[38]
• Vendela Kirsebom (May 1996)^[39]
• George Weah (April 1997)^[40]
• Jessica Lange (June 2003)^[41]
• Roger Federer (April 2006)^[42]

Regional ambassadors[link]

In order of appointment:

Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States[link]

• Anatoly Karpov (June 1988)^[43]
• Milena Župančič (1998)^[43]

Latin America[link]

• Diego Torres (November 2006)^[43]
• Ricardo Montaner (November 2007)^[43]

Middle East and North Africa[link]

Regional ambassador Mahmoud Kabil joins a game of tug-of-war at a UNICEF/Intersos outreach centre.

• Mahmoud Kabil (January 2004)^[43]
• Nancy Ajram (October 2009)^[43]

Eastern and Southern Africa[link]

• Yvonne Chaka Chaka (April 2005)^[43]
• Zola (November 2006)^[43]
• Name Six (May 2007)^[44]
• Oliver Mtukudzi (June 2011)^[43]

Francophone Countries[link]

• Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (January 2007)^[43]

East Asia and Pacific[link]

• Miriam Yeung (October 2009)^[43]
• Merewalesi Nailatikau (February 2011)^[43]
• Aaron Kwok (October 2011)^[43]

National ambassadors[link]

In order of appointment:

[edit] Afghanistan

• Raees Ahmadzai (September 2011)^[45]

[edit] Algeria

• Madjid Bougherra (January 2011)^[45]
• Salima Souakri (October 2011)^[45]

[edit] Andorra

• Gerard Claret (November 2010)^[45]
• Albert Llovera (November 2010)^[45]

[edit] Argentina

• Julián Weich (2000)^[45]
• Manu Ginóbili (August 2007)^[45]
• Natalia Oreiro (September 2011)^[45]

[edit] Armenia

• Alla Levonyan (April 2007)^[45]

[edit] Australia

• Jimmy Barnes (2004)^[45]
• Ken Done^[45]
• Geoffrey Rush^[45]
• Tara Moss^[45]
• Greig Pickhaver^[45]
• John Doyle^[45]
• Erica Packer^[45]
• The Wiggles^[45]
• Fiona Stanley^[45]
• Tim Cahill^[45]
• Norman Swan^[45]

[edit] Austria

• Thomas Brezina (1996)^[45]
• Christiane Hörbiger (2003)^[45]

[edit] Belarus

• Maxim Mirnyi (November 2011)^[45]

[edit] Belgium

• Salvatore Adamo (1997)^[45]
• Helmut Lotti (1997)^[45]
• Axelle Red (1998)^[45]
• Dixie Dansercoer (2002)^[45]
• Alain Hubert (2002)^[45]
• Frank De Winne (2003)^[45]
• Justine Henin (February 2009)^[45]

[edit] Benin

• Zeynab (September 2007)^[45]

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Edin Džeko (November 2009)^[45]

[edit] Brazil

• Renato Aragão (September 1991)^[45]
• Daniela Mercury (October 1995)^[45]
• Mônica (November 2007)^[45]
• Lázaro Ramos (July 2009)^[45]

[edit] Bulgaria

• Dimitar Berbatov (May 2006)^[45]
• Ani Salich (November 2006)^[45]

[edit] Canada

• Veronica Tennant (1992)^[45]
• Catherine Brunet (2000)^[45]
• Beckie Scott (2002)^[45]
• Bilaal Rajan (2004)^[45]
• Kate Wheeler (2005)^[45]
• Steve Barakatt (2006)^[45]
• Elena Grosheva (2006)^[45]
• Elizabeth Dallaire (2007)^[45]
• Farley Flex (2008)^[45]
• Florence K (2008)^[45]
• Mariatu Kamara (2008)^[45]
• Jan Lisiecki (2008)^[45]
• John Nsabimana (2008)^[45]
• Solange Tuyishime (June 2010)^[45]

[edit] Chile

• Iván Zamorano (1998)^[45]
• Benjamin Vicuña (January 2008)^[45]

[edit] China

• Maggie Cheung (April 2010)^[45]
• Yang Lan (April 2010)^[45]

[edit] Colombia

• Claudia Elena Vásquez (August 2009)^[45]
• Elena Vives Vásquez (August 2009)^[45]
• Carlos Vives (August 2009)^[45]

[edit] Croatia

• Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni (July 2003)^[45]
• Bojana Gregorić (August 2004)^[45]
• Maja Vučić (November 2006)^[45]
• Slaven Bilić (February 2009)^[45]

[edit] Cuba

• La Colmenita (2007)^[45]

[edit] Cyprus

• Nasos Ktorides (February 2012)^[45]

[edit] Czech Republic

• Jirina Jiraskova (1992)^[45]
• Patrik Eliáš (August 2006)^[45]
• Michal Viewegh (February 2011)^[45]

[edit] Democratic Republic of Congo

• Lomana Trésor LuaLua (June 2009)^[45]

[edit] Denmark

• Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg^[45]
• Anders W. Berthelsen^[45]
• Malene Birger^[45]
• Bubber^[45]
• Sebastian Dorset^[45]
• Trine Dyrhold^[45]
• Kurt Flemming^[45]
• Peter Frödin^[45]
• Caroline Henderson^[45]
• Jesper Klein^[45]
• Mek Pek^[45]
• Michala Petri^[45]

[edit] Dominican Republic

• Jatnna Tavarez (October 2010)^[45]

[edit] Egypt

• Khaled Abol Naga (April 2007)^[45]

[edit] Estonia

• Maarja-Liis Ilus (1999)^[45]
• Eri Klas (1999)^[45]
• Erki Nool (1999)^[45]
• Children's Music Studio of Estonian Television (November 2009)^[45]

[edit] Ethiopia

• Aster Aweke (October 2010)^[45]

[edit] Finland

• Eija Ahvo (1986)^[45]
• Susanna Haavisto (1986)^[45]
• Katri Helena (1990)^[45]
• Anna Hanski (May 1993)^[45]
• Eija Vilpas (May 1993)^[45]
• Jorma Uotinen (1993)^[45]
• Juha Laukkanen (1994)^[45]
• Micke Rejström (1996)^[45]
• Rainer Kaunisto (2002)^[45]
• Eppu Nuotio (2002)^[45]
• Jyrki Linnankivi (2005)^[45]
• Axl Smith (2006)^[45]
• Iiro Rantala (September 2008)^[45]

[edit] France

• Bernard Lama (2004)^[45]
• Corneille (2005)^[45]
• Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (2007)^[45]
• Mimie Mathy (May 2009)^[45]
• Lilian Thuram (2010)^[45]

[edit] Gambia

• Jaliba Kuyateh (December 2006)^[45]

[edit] Georgia

• Paata Burchuladze (December 2010)^[45]

[edit] Germany

• Joachim Fuchsberger (1984)^[45]
• Sabine Christiansen (1997)^[45]

[edit] Ghana

• Marcel Desailly (August 2007)^[45]

[edit] Greece

• Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (May 1991)^[45]

[edit] Hong Kong

• Daniel Chan (June 2002)^[45]
• Gigi Leung (2002)^[45]
• Charlie Yeung (April 2004)^[45]
• Karen Mok (2004)^[45]
• Miriam Yeung (2004)^[45]
• Louis Koo (December 2007)^[45]
• Vic Chou (August 2009)^[45]
• Aaron Kwok (August 2009)^[45]
• Eric Suen (August 2009)^[45]
• Xiao-ming Huang (August 2009)^[45]

[edit] Hungary

• Judit Halász (December 2003)^[45]
• Gábor Presser (December 2003)^[45]
• Hungarian National Philharmonic (December 2006)^[45]
• Agnes Kovacs (August 2010)^[45]

[edit] India

• Sharmila Tagore (December 2005)^[45]
• Priyanka Chopra (August 2010)^[45]
• Aamir Khan (November 2011)^[46]

[edit] Indonesia

• Ferry Salim (2004)^[45]

[edit] Iran

• Mahtab Keramati (August 2006)^[45]

[edit] Iraq

• Kadhum Al-Sahir (May 2011)^[45]

[edit] Ireland

• Pierce Brosnan (2001)^[45]
• Cathy Kelly (2005)^[45]
• Stephen Rea (2005)^[45]
• Donncha O'Callaghan (2009)^[45]
• Dustin the Turkey (2009)^[45]
• Joe Canning (September 2010)^[45]
• Dermot Earley (September 2010)^[45]
• Rory McIlroy (March 2011)^[45]

[edit] Italy

• Simona Marchini (1987)^[45]
• Vigili del Fuoco (1989)^[45]
• Milly Carlucci (1996)^[45]
• Roberto Bolle (1999)^[45]
• Lino Banfi (2000)^[45]
• Bianca Pitzorno (2001)^[45]
• Daniela Poggi (2001)^[45]
• Amii Stewart (2001)^[45]
• Paolo Bianchini (2002)^[45]
• World Youth Orchestra (July 2002)^[45][47]
• Deborah Compagnoni (2003)^[45]
• Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano (2003)^[45]
• Francesco Totti (2003)^[45]
• Mario Porfito (2004)^[45]
• Patrizio Rispo (2004)^[45]
• Maria Rosaria Omaggio (2005)^[45]
• Alessio Boni (2006)^[45]
• Carmen Consoli (2006)^[45]
• Niky Francisco (2006)^[45]
• Paola Saluzzi (2006)^[45]
• Ferruccio Soleri (2007)^[45]
• Alberto Angela (September 2011)^[45]

[edit] Jamaica

• Shelly-Ann Fraser (February 2010)^[45]

[edit] Japan

• Agnes Chan Miling (1998)^[45]
• Shigeaki Hinohara (2007)^[45]

[edit] Kazakhstan

• Batyrkhan Shukenov (November 2009)^[45]

[edit] Kenya

• Effie Owour (1997)^[45]

[edit] Kuwait

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[edit] Latvia

• Maria Naumova (December 2005)^[45]

[edit] Lithuania

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[edit] Luxembourg

• Liz May (April 2010)^[45]

[edit] Mali

• Habib Koité (May 2010)^[45]

[edit] Mexico

• César Costa (August 2004)^[45]
• Julieta Venegas (September 2009)^[45]

[edit] Mongolia

• Tumur Ariuna (June 2001)^[45]
• Asashōryū Dagvadorj (November 2003)^[45]

[edit] Montenegro

• Rambo Amadeus (October 2006)^[45]

[edit] Morocco

• Hanane El Fadili (July 2010)^[45][48]

[edit] Namibia

• Frank Fredericks (September 2005)^[45]
• Agnes Samaria (September 2005)^[45]

[edit] Netherlands

• Paul van Vliet (1992)^[45]
• Monique van de Ven (1996)^[45]
• Sipke Jan Bousema (2002)^[45]
• Trijntje Oosterhuis (2004)^[45]
• Edwin Evers (2005)^[45]
• Jörgen Raymann (2005)^[45]
• Nicolette van Dam (2010)^[45]
• Renate Verbaan (2010)^[45]

[edit] New Zealand

• Roger Hall^[45]
• Alison Mau^[45]
• Hayley Westenra (2003)^[45]
• Gareth and Joanne Morgan (2007)^[45]
• Amber Peebles (2008)^[45]
• Jay Reeve (2008)^[45]
• Jonah Lomu (November 2011)^[45]

[edit] Nigeria

• Nwankwo Kanu (June 2005)^[45]

[edit] Norway

• Ole Gunnar Solskjær (2001)^[45]
• Sissel Kyrkjebø (November 2005)^[45]
• Kjetil André Aamodt (2007)^[45]

[edit] Pakistan

• Faisal Kapadia (September 2005)^[45]
• Bilal Maqsood (September 2005)^[45]

[edit] Paraguay

• Menchi Barriocanal (July 2005)^[45]

[edit] Peru

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• Dina Páucar (May 2008)^[45]
• Gastón Acurio (August 2009)^[45]
• Mónica Sánchez (September 2011)^[45]

[edit] Philippines

• Gary Valenciano (1997)^[45]

[edit] Poland

• Majka Jeżowska (2003)^[45]
• Małgorzata Foremniak (2006)^[45]
• Natalia Kukulska (2006)^[45]
• Artur Żmijewski (2007)^[45]
• Magdalena Różczka (2010)^[45]

[edit] Portugal

• Pedro Couceiro (April 1995)
• Luís Figo (2003)
• Mariza (October 2005)

[edit] Romania

• Andreea Marin Bănică (December 2006)^[45]
• Gheorghe Hagi (September 2008)^[45]

[edit] Russia

• Oleg Gazmanov (2003)^[45]
• Oxana Fedorova (2007)^[45]

[edit] Serbia

• Emir Kusturica (February 2002)^[45]
• Aleksandar Đorđević (January 2005)^[45]
• Ana Ivanović (September 2007)^[45]
• Jelena Janković (December 2007)^[45]
• Novak Đoković (August 2011)^[45]

[edit] Slovakia

• Kamila Magalová (1995)^[45]
• Stanislav Štepka (2001)^[45]
• Martin Pyco Rausch (2011)^[45]

[edit] Slovenia

• Lado Leskovar (1998)^[45]
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• Zlatko Zahovič (2002)^[45]
• Vita Mavrič (November 2002)^[45]
• Lado Bizovičar (2006)^[45]

[edit] South Africa

• Quinton Fortune (March 2004)^[45]
• Gavin Rajah (August 2007)^[45]

[edit] South Korea

• Ahn Sung-ki (May 1993)^[45]
• Hwang Byung-Ki (December 1996)^[45]
• Sohn Pum-Soo (October 1999)^[45]
• Myung-wha Chung (December 1999)^[45]
• Mee-Hwa Kim (December 1999)^[45]
• Lee Byung-hun (2003)^[45]
• Won Bin (2007)^[45]
• Kim Rae-won (2007)^[45]
• Lee Bo-young (2008)^[45]
• Richard Yongjae O'Neill (2008)^[45]

[edit] Spain

• Joan Manuel Serrat (March 1998)^[45]
• Emilio Aragón (March 2000)^[45]
• Imanol Arias (May 2000)^[45]
• Pedro Delgado (September 2000)^[45]
• Ana Duato (December 2000)^[45]
• Teresa Viejo (December 2000)^[45]
• Eusebio Sacristán (December 2002)^[45]
• Pau Gasol (May 2003)^[45]
• Silvia Abascal (September 2003)^[45]
• María Bayo (January 2004)^[45]
• Fernando Alonso (March 2005)^[45]
• Rafael Guijosa (March 2005)^[45]
• Los Lunnis (March 2005)^[45]

[edit] Sweden

Swedish UNICEF national ambassador Eva Röse (right) during a visit to India.

• Lill Lindfors (October 1998)^[45]
• Liza Marklund (December 2004)^[45]
• Kajsa Bergqvist (October 2005)^[45]
• Eva Röse (2007)^[45]
• Mark Levengood (2008)^[45]
• David Hellenius (April 2011)^[45]

[edit] Switzerland

• Kurt Aeschbacher (October 2004)^[45]

[edit] Thailand

• Anand Panyarachun (January 1996)^[45]

[edit] Turkey

• Nilüfer Yumlu (November 1997)^[45]
• Türkan Şoray (March 2010)^[45]

[edit] United Kingdom

Matt Dawson in in Johannesburg with pupils of a UNICEF-funded school.

• Manchester United F.C. (1999)^[45]
• Robbie Williams (2000)^[45]
• Martin Bell (2001)^[45]
• Jemima Khan (2001)^[45]
• Andrew O'Hagan (2001)^[45]
• Alex Ferguson (2002)^[45]
• Paul Clark (2004)^[45]
• Ewan McGregor (2004)^[45]
• Trudie Styler (2004)^[45]
• Elle Macpherson (2005)^[45]
• Ryan Giggs (2006)^[45]
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• Claudia Schiffer (2006)^[45]
• Charley Boorman (2008)^[45]
• Duncan Bannatyne (2009)^[45]
• Matt Dawson (2009)^[45]
• Cat Deeley (2009)^[45]
• David Puttnam (2009)^[45]

[edit] United States of America

• Jane Curtin (1991)^[45]
• James Kiberd (1995)^[45]
• Laurence Fishburne (1996)^[45]
• Sarah Jessica Parker (1998)^[45]
• Summer Sanders (1998)^[45]
• Marcus Samuelsson (2000)^[45]
• Téa Leoni (2001)^[45]
• Alyssa Milano (2003)^[45]
• Liv Tyler (2003)^[45]
• Clay Aiken (2004)^[45]
• India.Arie (2004)^[45]
• Lucy Liu (2005)^[45]
• Dayle Haddon (2007)^[45]
• Joel Madden (2008)^[45]
• Selena Gomez (2009)^[45]
• Vern Yip (November 2010)^[45]

[edit] Uruguay

• Diego Forlán^[45]
• Natalia Oreiro (September 2011)^[45]

[edit] Venezuela

• FESNOJIV (November 2004)^[45]
• Omar Vizquel (December 2008)^[45]
• Édgar Ramírez (November 2010)^[45]

[edit] Vietnam

• Vũ Nguyễn Hà Anh (August 2010)^[45][49]

[edit] Zimbabwe

• Prudence Mabhena (October 2011)^[45]

See also[link]

• FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
• UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador
• WHO Goodwill Ambassador

References[link]

External links[link]

• UNICEF Goodwill ambassadors
• UNICEF.org
• BBC News - The UN's Goodwill Ambassadors

Kim Yuna 김연아 金姸兒
Kim Yuna at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Yuna Kim
Alternative names	Kim Yuna
Born	(1990-09-05) September 5, 1990 (age 21) Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Residence	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Coach	Peter Oppegard
Former coach	Brian Orser Seyeol Kim Hyeonjeong Ji Hyesuk Shin Jonghyeon Ryu
Choreographer	David Wilson
Former choreographer	Sandra Bezic Tom Dickson Jeffrey Buttle Seyeol Kim Catarina Lindgren Hyeonjeong Ji
Began skating	1996
World standing	48 (As of 29 April 2012 (2012 -04-29)[update])[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	228.56 (WR) 2010 Winter Olympics
Short program	78.50 (WR) 2010 Winter Olympics
Free skate	150.06 (WR) 2010 Winter Olympics
Medal record Competitor for  South Korea Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Singles World Championships Gold 2009 Los Angeles Singles Silver 2010 Turin Singles Silver 2011 Moscow Singles Bronze 2007 Tokyo Singles Bronze 2008 Gothenburg Singles Four Continents Championships Gold 2009 Vancouver Singles Grand Prix Final Gold 2009–10 Tokyo Singles Silver 2008–09 Goyang Singles Gold 2007–08 Turin Singles Gold 2006–07 St. Petersburgh Singles World Junior Championships Gold 2006 Ljubljana Singles Silver 2005 Kitchener Singles Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2005–2006 Ostrava Singles Silver 2004–2005 Helsinki Singles

This article contains Korean text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hangul or Hanja.

Kim Yuna (Hangul: 김연아, Hanja: 金姸兒, IPA: [kimjʌna]; born September 5, 1990) is a South Korean figure skater.

She is the 2010 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, the 2009 World champion, the 2009 Four Continents champion, a three-time (2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010) Grand Prix Final champion, the 2006 World Junior champion, the 2005–2006 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a four-time (2002–2005) South Korean national champion.

Kim is the first South Korean figure skater to win a medal at an ISU Junior or Senior Grand Prix event, ISU Championship, and the Olympic Games. She is the first female skater to win the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Four Continents Championships and the Grand Prix Final. She is one of the most highly recognized athletes and media figures in South Korea.^[3]

She is the current record holder for ladies in the short program,^[4] the free skating^[5] and the combined total^[6] under the ISU Judging System. She is also the first female skater to surpass the 150-point free skating mark^[5] and the 200-point total mark^[6] under the ISU Judging System. She has never been placed off the podium in her entire career.^[7]

Personal life[link]

Kim was born in 1990 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi and moved to Gunpo when she was six years old. She trained initially in South Korea before spending four years training in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She currently trains in Seoul and Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

In 2008, Kim was baptized as a Catholic alongside her mother, taking the saint's name Stella.^[8] In 2009, Kim enrolled at Korea University as a Physical Education major.^[9]

The correct transliteration of her name from Korean would be 'Kim Yeona'.^[10] However, when she applied for her passport, she intended to write her name as 'Yun-a', but the official mis-wrote her name as 'Yu-na'. In Hangul, 'Yun-a' would properly be spelled "연아" and not "유나."^[11] From the 2010–2011 season, her name was registered as 'Yuna Kim' at ISU profile.^[12]