Awake At Night

A podcast by United Nations, Melissa Fleming - Fridays

Fridays

119 Episodes

  1. Women’s rights are human rights, with Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda - ASG and Deputy Exec. Director of UN Women

    Published: 2/7/2025
  2. Protecting children in crisis, with Catherine Russell - Executive Director of UNICEF

    Published: 1/31/2025
  3. The battle to protect children from online abuse, with Carmen Corbin - UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

    Published: 1/24/2025
  4. How to save humanity from climate breakdown with Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

    Published: 1/17/2025
  5. Love Is the One Thing that Solves Everything - Benjamin Perks - Head of Campaigns and Advocacy - UNICEF

    Published: 12/20/2024
  6. Love in the time of terrorism - Laura Dolci - Secretary of the Universal Periodic Review, Human Rights Council

    Published: 12/18/2024
  7. Peace is the Most Urgent Medicine - Hans Kluge - World Health Organization Regional Director for Europe

    Published: 12/6/2024
  8. How Much Does it Cost to Feed the World? - Arif Husain - Chief Economist, World Food Programme WFP

    Published: 11/29/2024
  9. Season 10

    Published: 11/22/2024
  10. Why Actor Edward Norton Champions Biodiversity

    Published: 10/24/2024
  11. I promised I will tell the story - Muhannad Hadi - UN Deputy Special Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory

    Published: 8/2/2024
  12. Keeping hope alive - Juliette Murekeyisoni - UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

    Published: 7/26/2024
  13. Racing to prevent famine in Gaza - Matthew Hollingworth - World Food Programme (WFP)

    Published: 7/19/2024
  14. To fight global hunger, farmers know best - Beth Bechdol - Deputy Director-General - UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)

    Published: 7/3/2024
  15. Breaking barriers to progress - Achim Steiner - Head of United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

    Published: 6/27/2024
  16. Human rights is our strongest tool - Volker Türk - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

    Published: 6/20/2024
  17. Everybody has Purpose - Amy Pope - Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

    Published: 6/13/2024
  18. A Privilege to Serve Humanity - Joyce Msuya - OCHA - Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

    Published: 6/7/2024
  19. With AI, We’re Building the Plane Mid-Flight - Doreen Bogdan-Martin - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General

    Published: 5/30/2024
  20. Unlocking the Power of Youth - Jayathma Wickramanayake - Sr. policy advisor, UN Women

    Published: 5/24/2024

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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.