Awake At Night

A podcast by United Nations, Melissa Fleming

96 Episodes

  1. Rebuilding Lives in Ukraine - Karolina Lindholm Billing - UNHCR Representative in Ukraine

    Published: 1/12/2024
  2. Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director

    Published: 1/5/2024
  3. Pursuing Justice in ISIL’s Wake - Christian Ritscher - UN Special Adviser

    Published: 12/28/2023
  4. Unleashing Hidden Talent - Gordon Brown - UN Special Envoy for Global Education

    Published: 12/21/2023
  5. Haunted by Tales of Torture - Alice Jill Edwards - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

    Published: 12/15/2023
  6. A Painstaking Quest for Justice - Catherine Marchi-Uhel - Head of IIIM

    Published: 12/8/2023
  7. Saving Seas, One Swim at a Time - Lewis Pugh - Ocean Advocate for the UN Environment Programme

    Published: 11/28/2023
  8. Sorrow and relief on the shores of Greece - Erasmia Roumana - Protection associate, UNHCR

    Published: 11/24/2023
  9. Invigorated by Africa - Stephen Jackson - UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya

    Published: 11/17/2023
  10. Feeding the Forgotten - Reena Ghelani - UN ASG Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator

    Published: 11/10/2023
  11. Season 8 - There to help

    Published: 10/6/2023
  12. My Heart Was Crying - Sara Beysolow Nyanti - Former Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan

    Published: 7/7/2023
  13. The Last Best Hope Humanity Has - Ramiz Alakbarov - former UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan

    Published: 6/30/2023
  14. The Africa the World Needs - Cristina Duarte - UN Under-Secretary-General & Special Adviser on Africa

    Published: 6/16/2023
  15. The Light in Their Eyes - Najat Maalla M'jid - UN Special Representative on Violence against Children

    Published: 6/9/2023
  16. Bringing Health to the World - Dr. David Nabarro - Special Envoy of the WHO Director-General on COVID-19

    Published: 6/2/2023
  17. The Missiles Don’t Stop Us - Denise Brown - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine

    Published: 5/26/2023
  18. Haunted by Syria’s Suffering - Sajjad Malik - Syria UNHCR - bitesize special

    Published: 1/20/2023
  19. But Where Are You Really From? - Amanda Khozi Mukwashi - UN Resident Coordinator in Lesotho

    Published: 1/13/2023
  20. Expanding your heart - Ulrika Richardson - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti

    Published: 1/6/2023

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What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most complex and dangerous places? How are UN humanitarians, human rights advocates, prosecutors, development experts, climate leaders and peacekeepers improving our world? 
Stationed in all reaches of the world and witness to suffering and atrocities, how are they helping people and coping themselves?
 To find out, Melissa Fleming meets them. Here you will discover extraordinary personal stories from people who devote their lives to helping others.