UNHCR 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. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees. Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed: Other positions Barbara Hendricks became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the first Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador in 2002, the only person to hold this title. Angelina Jolie became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed the Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Past ambassadors Kris Aquino Giorgio Armani Đorđe Balašević Richard Burton Nazia Hassan Justus Frantz Udo Jürgens Lady Antebellum Sophia Loren Princess Märtha Louise of Norway James Mason Riccardo Muti Arja Saijonmaa The Schürzenjäger Jack Thompson Duraid Lahham See also Goodwill Ambassador FAO Goodwill Ambassador UNDP Goodwill Ambassador UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador UNODC Goodwill Ambassador UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador UN Women Goodwill Ambassador WFP Goodwill Ambassador WHO Goodwill Ambassador References External links UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees Goodwill ambassador programmes United Nations goodwill ambassadors