Amitabh Bachchan has also lent his star power to the UN by being a goodwill ambassador for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
In 2013, Sachin was appointed UNICEF’ s ambassador for South Asia to advocate hygiene and sanitation across the region.
Aamir Khan was UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador for the South Asian region in 2014.
Actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the International Ambassador of the United Nations programme for HIVAIDS in 2012.
As a UNICEF ambassador, Priyanka Chopra has done a lot of work to uplift societies. In 2019, she was given the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic work.
Lara Dutta was the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) goodwill ambassador in 2001.
National Award-winning actress Shabana Azmi was the goodwill ambassador of United Nations Population Fund in 1998.
Dia Mirza is a renowned environmentalist and also the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate and goodwill ambassador.
In 2019, UNICEF India appointed Asian Games gold medallist Hima Das as the country’s first-ever Youth Ambassador.