UNESCO Artist for Peace

UNESCO Artist for Peace

UNESCO Artists for Peace are international celebrity advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO. This category of advocate is intended to heighten public awareness in addition to the categories UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and UNESCO Champion for Sport. The programme started in 1995.

The following is an (incomplete) list of Artists for Peace, past and present.
* Rosalie Aboumi - singer (Gabon)
* Joaquín Achucarro - pianist (Spain)
* Susy Acra - musician (Dominican Republic)
* Patricio Aizaga - musician (Ecuador)
* Angèle Assele - singer (Gabon)
* Relja Bašić - actor (Croatia)
* Shirley Bassey - singer (United Kingdom)
* Marisa Berenson - actress (United States of America)
* Miguel Bose - musician (Panama)
* Chico Bouchikhi - musician
* Ariel Britos Navas - musician (Uruguay)
* Sayon Camara - singer (Guinea)
* Joaquín Cortés - dancer (Spain)
* Manu Dibango - musician (Cameroon)
* Céline Dion - singer (Canada)
* Jean Serge Essous - musician (Congo)
* Gilberto Gil - singer (Brazil)
* Valery Gergiev - musician (Russia)
* Hakuho (Davaajargal Munkhbat) - wrestler (Mongolia)
* Alain Husson-Dumoutier - painter (France)
* Sumi Jo - singer (South Korea)
* Missa Johnouchi - composer (Japan)
* Dani Karavan - sculptor (Israel)
* Cyprien Katsaris - pianist (France)
* Marcel Khalifé - musician and writer (Lebanon)
* Setsuko Klossowska de Rola - painter (Japan)
* Titouan Lamazou - sailor, artist and author (France)
* Gong Li - actress (China)
* Tania Libertad - singer (Peru)
* Lluis Llach - composer and songwriter (Spain)
* Malangatana - painter (Mozambique)
* Ilija Marinkovic - violinist (Serbia and Montenegro)
* Serguei Markarov - pianist (Russia)
* Paoletta Maroccu - singer (Italy)
* Milton Masciadri - singer (Uruguay)
* Luis Giron May - singer (Guatemala)
* Ino Mirkovic - violinist (Croatia)
* Fernanda Montenegro - actress (Brazil)
* N. Scott Momaday - writer (United States of America)
* Georges Moustaki - singer and comedian (France)
* Aiman Musakhodzhaeva - violinist (Kazakhstan)
* Joël Mve - musician (Gabon)
* Jean N'Dong - musician (Gabon)
* Mariana Nicolesco - singer (Romania)
* Eijin Nimura - violinist (Japan)
* Arnold Djoud Ogula - musician
* Silvio Rodriguez - musician (Cuba)
* Bibi Russell - designer (Bangladesh)
* Gervasio Sanchez - photographer and reporter (Spain)
* Twins Seven-Seven - painter, sculptor and musician (Nigeria)
* Vladimir Spivakov - violinist (Russia)
* Boris Trajanov - singer (Macedonia)
* Enriqueta Ulloa - singer (Bolivia)
* Patricia Velásquez - actress (Venezuela)
* Gérard Voisin - sculptor and poet (France)
* Miyako Yoshida - dancer (Japan)
* Zulma Yugar - singer (Bolivia)

External links

* [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8843&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO Artists for Peace] (current list)


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