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UNESCO Artists for Peace are international celebrity advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

. This category of advocate is intended to heighten public awareness in addition to the categories UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals, especially attracting media attention...

, UNESCO Special Envoy

UNESCO Special Envoy

UNESCO Special Envoys are personalities associated with various UNESCO programmes and projects who help to spread UNESCO’s message worldwide through their professional activities and their personal charisma....

and UNESCO Champion for Sport

UNESCO Champion for Sport

UNESCO Champions for Sport are international celebrity sport personalities advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO. This family of world-class athletes purveys UNESCO's message the world over...

. The programme started in 1995.

Current list

The following is a list of current UNESCO Artists for Peace:

Name	Country	Since	Link
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Franghiz Ali-Zadeh is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist, currently living in Germany. She is best known for her works which combine the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani mugam and 20th century Western compositional techniques, especially those of Arnold Schönberg and Gara Garayev...	Azerbaijan	3 April 2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42212&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Amri Aminov	Tajikistan	2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44080&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Relja Bašić Relja Bašic Relja Bašić is a Croatian actor.A native of Zagreb , Bašić is one of the most prolific and versatile Croatian actors with a career which lasts for more than half a century. He first appeared on screen in 1954 classic film Koncert...	Croatia	6 October 2004	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25094&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Shirley Bassey Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...			http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8849&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Marisa Berenson Marisa Berenson Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson is an American actress and model.-Early life:She is the elder daughter of Robert L. Berenson, an American diplomat turned shipping executive, who was of Lithuanian Jewish descent; his family's original surname was Valvrojenski...	Italy		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8850&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Chico Bouchikhi Chico Bouchikhi Jahloul "Chico" Bouchikhi is a musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings.-Personal:Bouchikhi was born in Arles to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother. He is married to the daughter of José Reyes, member of the The Gipsy Kings...	France		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8853&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Brenz Band	Germany	3 February 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25295&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Sayon Camara	Guinea	21 June 2003	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12875&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Lauren Child Lauren Child Lauren Child MBE is an English author and illustrator. She is best known for writing the Charlie and Lola books and Clarice Bean novels....		12 December 2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=45349&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe	People's Republic of China	31 July 2007	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38977&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Joaquín Cortés Joaquín Cortés Joaquín Pedraja Reyes "Joaquín Cortés" is a classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer from Spain of Romani origin.-Biography:...	Spain		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8854&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Manu Dibango Manu Dibango -External links:*...	Cameroon	27 May 2004	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25297&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	Canada		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8855&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Earthsavers DREAMS Ensemble	Philippines	29 September 2003	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27706&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Montserrat Figueras Montserrat Figueras Montserrat Figueras García was a Catalan soprano who specialized in early music....	Spain	17 June 2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42687&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Frankétienne Frankétienne Frankétienne is an author, poet, playwright, musician and painter. He has written in both French and Haitian creole...	Haiti	24 March 2010	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=47571&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Gilberto Gil Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...	Brazil	1999	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8856&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Juan Luís Guerra Juan Luis Guerra Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...	Dominican Republic	15 September 2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44062&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Valery Gergiev Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...	Russia	31 March / 1 April 2003	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12858&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid, CBE is an Iraqi-British architect.-Life and career:Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.After graduating she worked...		24 June 2010	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=47779&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Alain Husson-Dumoutier	France		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8858&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Sumi Jo	South Korea	April 2003	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12599&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Missa Johnouchi Missa Johnouchi Missa Johnouchi is an artist who creates Asian-styled New Age music. She is not only a composer and pianist, but also a conductor and singer...	Japan	21 August 2006	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36366&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Dani Karavan Dani Karavan Dani Karavan is an Israeli sculptor best known for site specific memorials and monuments which merge into the environment, though he has made important installations as well as other significant contributions to art and architecture.- Biography :Dani Karavan's father Abraham was the chief...	Israel		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8860&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Marcel Khalifé Marcel Khalife Marcel Khalife is a Lebanese composer, singer and oud player. From 1970 to 1975, he taught at the conservatory in Beirut. In 1976, he created Al Mayadeen Ensemble and became famous all over the world for songs like Ummi , Rita w'al-Bunduqiya and Jawaz al-Safar , based on Mahmoud Darwish's...	Lebanon	7 June 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26791&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola Setsuko Klossowska de Rola Setsuko Klossowski de Rola is a Japanese painter. She has been in charge of the Villa Medici in Rome, has exhibited her work internationally, and is also a writer. She became UNESCO's Artist For Peace in 2005. She is the widow of the French painter, Balthus, and is honorary president of the...	Japan	7 January 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25296&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Amine Kouider	Algeria		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=%2048520&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Titouan Lamazou	France	12 March 2003	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12861&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Gong Li Gong Li Gong Li is a Chinese film actress. Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States....	People's Republic of China		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8863&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Tania Libertad Tania Libertad Tania Libertad de Souza Zúñiga, known as Tania Libertad, is a singer who was born in Peru on October 24, 1952 and has lived in Mexico since 1978....	Peru		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8861&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
The Philippine Madrigal Singers	Philippines		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46286&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Serguei Markarov Sergueï Markarov Sergueï Markarov, pianist and UNESCO Artist for Peace, was born in Baku in 1953.He studied in Leningrad and Moscow. He won the first prize for piano, teaching, chamber music and accompaniment at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Leningrad and the 1982 Alessandro Casagrande International Piano...	Russia	12 December 2002	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9046&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Maria de Medeiros Maria de Medeiros Maria de Medeiros Esteves Vitorino de Almeida, DamSE , better known as Maria de Medeiros , is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions.-Personal life:...	Portugal	17 March 2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42072&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Ino Mirković	Croatia		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8869&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
N. Scott Momaday N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scott Momaday is a Kiowa-Cherokee Pulitzer Prize-winning writer from Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.-Background:...	United States	12 May 2004	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25101&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Georges Moustaki Georges Moustaki Giuseppe Mustacchi, known as Georges Moustaki , is a French singer and songwriter of Italo-Greek Jewish origin, best known for his poetic rhythm, eloquent simplicity and his hundreds of romantic songs...	France		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8870&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Mariana Nicolesco Mariana Nicolesco Mariana Nicolesco is a Romanian operatic soprano, particularly associated with Mozart, Verdi and the Belcanto repertory.-Career:Mariana Nicolesco studied violin at the Brasov School of Music getting her diploma with the Bruch Concerto, and voice, for a short period, at the Cluj-Napoca Academy of...	Romania	21 Novembeber 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30911&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Eijin Nimura Eijin Nimura is a Japanese violinist. He was appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace in 1998, the first Japanese to be chosen.-Profile:Eijin Nimura has established a brilliant career as a violinist, performing concertos with leading orchestras both at home and abroad over the years; at the same time, as an “UNESCO...	Japan	October 1998	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8874&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Prince Twins Seven-Seven	Nigeria	25 May 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Bibi Russell Bibi Russell Bibi Russell is a fashion designer and former international model from Bangladesh. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, she studied in London College of Fashion, earning a graduate degree in 1975. In the next five years, she worked as a model for different magazines including Vogue, Cosmopolitan and...	Bangladesh		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8881&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Jordi Savall Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage...	Spain	17 June 2008	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42686&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Márta Sebestyén Márta Sebestyén Márta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress.Sebestyén's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebestyén was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S...	Hungary	1 June 2010	http://culture.hu/main.php?folderID=1085&articleID=301810&ctag=articlelist&iid=1
Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a leading Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the chamber orchestra....	Russia	7 November 2006	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36347&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Boris Trajanov Boris Trajanov Boris Trajanov is Macedonian operatic baritone.At the beginning, he studied singing with his father Goga Trajanov in Skopje. He continued his studies with Biserka Cvejic in Belgrade and Pier Miranda Ferraro in Milano. He made his stage debut in 1986 in the operetta The Gypsy Baron...	Republic of Macedonia	24 February 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25701&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Patricia Velásquez Patricia Velásquez Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún is a Venezuelan actress and fashion model. She is often considered to be the first Latin supermodel.-Early life:...	Venezuela	11 June 2003	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12872&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Venezuela Children Symphonic Orchestra	Venezuela		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8887&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Gérard Voisin Gérard Voisin Gérard Voisin is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.-References:...	France	7 July 2005	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28322&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
World Orchestra for Peace			http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=48002&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Miyako Yoshida Miyako Yoshida Miyako Yoshida is a Japanese ballet dancer. She was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet as well as a Principal dancer in K-ballet, Japan.-Biography:...	Japan	21 July 2004	http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25605&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Zhang Jun Zhang Jun Zhang Jun is a former male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He is now a coach with the Chinese national team following his retirement from international play.-Career:...	People's Republic of China		http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=48531&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

External links

UNESCO Artists for Peace (current list)

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