GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. In addition to its mandated responsibilities, the Office leads efforts to integrate a human rights approach within all work carried out by United Nations agencies.
From 31 August until 7 September 2001 the World Conference against racism took place in Durham, South Africa. The following persons were Goodwill Ambassadors:

 

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Natascha Atlas - Musician - Belgium

Tahar Ben Jelloun - Poet / novellist - Morocco

Rubén Blades - Musician - Panama

Vigdis Finnbogadottir - former President - Iceland

Seamus Heaney - Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) - United Kingdom

Ravi Shankar - Sitar player / composer - India

Wole Soyinka - Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) - Nigeria

Marian Wright Edelman - Pres. Children's Defense Fund - USA