International Roles and Positions
- In November 2000, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) invited Queen Rania to join its Global Leadership Initiative.
- At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2007, Rania was named UNICEF's first Eminent Advocate for Children.
- In August 2009, Queen Rania was named Co-Founder and Global Co-Chair of 1GOAL.
- July 2009, the United Nations made Queen Rania Honorary Chairperson for the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI).
- For their Global Action Week in April 2009, the Global Campaign for Education named Queen Rania their Honorary Chairperson.
- In early 2002, Queen Rania joined the Board of Directors of the International Youth Foundation, based in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.
- In September 2002, Queen Rania became a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board. She is also on the Foundation Board of the Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL) and has been the Chairperson for the Nominations and Selection Committee since July 2004, when the forum was established.
- In September 2006, Queen Rania joined the United Nations Foundation Board of Directors.
- Rania is a member of the Every Child Council for the GAVI Alliance.
- Rania is an Honorary Member of the International Advisory Council for the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW).
- Queen Rania is Co-Chair of the Arab Open University.
- She is Honorary Chairperson of the Jordanian Chapter of Operation Smile.
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