What is FAO Goodwill Ambassador?
[[Image:FAO logo.svg|thumb|right|180px|Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emblem]] The '''FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme''' started in 1999. The [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] is a part of the [[United Nations]]. The Ambassadors increase public awareness about hunger in the world. ==Current Ambassadors== Current FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed: *[[Dee Dee Bridgewater]] (singer, Actress), 1999 *[[Rita Levi Montalcini]] (neurologist), 1999 *[[Gina Lollobrigida]] (actress, photojournalist), 1999 *[[Miriam Makeba]] (singer), 1999 (deceased in November 2008) *[[Gong Li]] (actress), 2000 *[[Youssou N'Dour]] (singer, percussionist), 2000 *[[Majida El Roumi|Magida al Roumi]], 2001 *[[Albano Carrisi|Al Bano Carrisi]] (singer), 2001 *[[Gilberto Gil]] (musician), 2001 *[[Mory Kanté]] (vocalist), 2001 *[[Roberto Baggio]] (footballer), 2002 *[[Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie]] (women's athletics), 2002 *[[Massimo Ranieri]] (singer), 2002 *[[Dionne Warwick]] (singer, actress), 2002 *[[Nazionale cantanti|Associazione Nazionale Cantanti]], 2002 *[[Maná]] (pop/rock band), 2003 *[[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] (Singer-songwriter), 2003 *[[Achinoam Nini|Noa]] (Singer), 2003 *[[Justine Pasek]] (model), 2003 *[[Oumou Sangaré]] (Singer), 2003 *[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (footballer), 2004 *[[Carla Fracci]] (dancer, actress), 2004 *[[Ronan Keating]] (Singer), 2005 *[[Beatrice Faumuina]], 2005 *[[First Lady of Paraguay]], 2005 *[[Chucho Valdés]] (pianist, composer), 2006 *[[Anggun]] (Singer and songwriter), 2009 *[[Margarita Cedeño de Fernández]] (First Lady of the Dominican Republic), 2009 *[[Pierre Cardin]] (fashion stylist), 2009 *[[Carl Lewis]], (Olympic gold medalist), 2009 *[[Fanny Lú]], (singer) 2009 *[[Patrick Vieira]] (footballer), 2010 *[[Raoul Bova]], (actor), 2010 *[[Céline Dion]], (singer), 2010 *[[Lea Salonga]], (singer), 2010 *[[Susan Sarandon]], (actress), 2010 *[[Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak al Ketbi]], (Mother of the Nation, United Arab Emirates), 2010 *[[J