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UN News interviews a wide range of people from senior news-making officials at Headquarters in New York, to advocates and beneficiaries from across the world who have a stake in helping the UN go about its often life-saving work in the field.


Episode Date
Sudan: Parts of besieged Darfur city ‘on the brink of famine’
May 02, 2024
Negotiators advance plastic pollution treaty amid ‘extremely ambitious timeline’
May 01, 2024
Ukraine war: A billions-of-dollars drain on coffers worldwide
May 01, 2024
Gazan civilians remain fearful amidst continued Israeli bombardment
Apr 29, 2024
WATCH/LISTEN: Social media negatively affects girls’ mental health
Apr 25, 2024
Crisis in Gaza becoming a crisis of free speech
Apr 25, 2024
Amid Gaza horror ‘we have the duty and responsibility’ to aid early recovery
Apr 25, 2024
Remember Sabreen al-Sakani, one of 180 women who give birth in Gaza every day
Apr 23, 2024
Real risk of famine in Sudan, warns senior FAO official
Apr 19, 2024
Understanding ‘who’s vulnerable’, key to protect women in conflict
Apr 17, 2024
Haiti: Top UN advocate for children caught in conflict committed to challenging gang leaders
Apr 16, 2024
Senior humanitarian in Sudan: ‘It’s very bad, but I don’t think we're at the bottom’
Apr 12, 2024
There is a place for all in outer space: ‘It’s not just for the geeks and the nerds’
Apr 12, 2024
‘Repeated trauma’ means long road to recovery for Gaza’s children
Apr 11, 2024
Djibouti boat tragedy ‘a rude wake-up call’ to huge risks migrants take
Apr 09, 2024
Gaza: No chance of pre-positioning aid ahead of Rafah invasion
Apr 07, 2024
‘Leaving no stone unturned’: Documenting rights violations in Gaza
Apr 07, 2024
Children in Haiti 'terrorised and traumatised' by violence
Apr 06, 2024
Gaza photojournalist Motaz Azaiza still has hope in humanity
Apr 05, 2024
People with disabilities need more support in rapidly changing world: rights expert
Mar 30, 2024
First UN aid mission to Sudan reveals dramatic human cost of war
Mar 28, 2024
Gaza: Rafah invasion would ‘break the back’ of UN aid response warns veteran aid coordinator
Mar 25, 2024
‘Paper thin’ children of Gaza leave helpless parents in despair: UNICEF’s James Elder
Mar 22, 2024
WMO chief to youth: Engage in climate action for a better future
Mar 21, 2024
Suffering in silence: Gaza’s malnourished babies are dying ‘in their tens, in the 20s’
Mar 19, 2024
WATCH: Clearing munitions from Gaza 'years and years of work'
Mar 18, 2024
Ordeal of Ukrainians revealed after full-scale Russian invasion
Mar 15, 2024
Gaza: More than 40 per cent of agriculture sector totally destroyed
Mar 14, 2024
After losing 150 relatives in Gaza, US doctor says ‘those left are waiting to die’
Mar 13, 2024
UNRWA deputy chief: ‘More aid has to come in at scale’
Mar 13, 2024
Why rural women pay the highest price of climate change and how to change it
Mar 08, 2024
Mongolian Dzuds: Unravelling a climate change crisis and how space tech can help
Mar 07, 2024
Gloves are off in fight against online drug sales, says anti-narcotics body
Mar 05, 2024
UNDP supports building homes and breaking stereotypes in Ukraine
Mar 03, 2024
UN agency for Palestinians is a lifeline in Gaza, says General Assembly President
Mar 01, 2024
Rights experts alarmed by reported violations against Palestinian women and girls
Feb 29, 2024
Climate change: Saving nature from rising temperatures and conflict around the world
Feb 28, 2024
We will never leave the people of Gaza, says UN’s top aid official
Feb 14, 2024
World Radio Day interview: UN radio in South Sudan, a channel for peace
Feb 13, 2024
UN and Egyptian Red Crescent join forces to bring aid to Gaza and Sudan
Feb 12, 2024
World’s migratory species in decline, UN report warns
Feb 12, 2024
De-escalation zone: The UN peacekeepers trying to stop Gaza war spreading
Feb 07, 2024
UNRWA will ‘come to a halt’ in March, warns agency director in Lebanon
Feb 06, 2024
Dreaming of home, Gazans determined to stay inside shattered enclave
Feb 05, 2024
FGM costing ‘$1.4 billion per year,’ says global coordinator
Feb 05, 2024
Madagascar prepares for effects of El Niño as humanitarian crisis continues
Feb 01, 2024
UN trade agency assesses economic impact of Gaza devastation
Jan 31, 2024
Organized crime gangs in Southeast Asia grow networks through innovative use of technology
Jan 27, 2024
Small scale, reliable and renewable: Clean electricity is changing lives in Madagascar
Jan 25, 2024
UNICEF warns of looming ‘learning catastrophe’ in war-torn Sudan
Jan 24, 2024
‘These are not conditions meant for human beings’: UNRWA official on Gaza visit
Jan 22, 2024
Congo floods forcing some women to give birth ‘in the water’
Jan 19, 2024
Gaza is ‘hell’ for newborns and mothers, warns UN Children’s Fund
Jan 19, 2024
IOM official in Sudan fears war could reach UN bases
Jan 16, 2024
Gaza: ‘Mammoth task’ to scale up aid warns veteran humanitarian
Jan 15, 2024
Red Sea emergency hits consumers worldwide: UNCTAD
Jan 04, 2024
Will the world get to grips with AI in 2024?
Jan 01, 2024
Award-winning journalists highlight UN as ‘global body’ advancing reparations
Dec 29, 2023
‘Solidarity’ as UN humanitarians visit frontline in Ukraine on Christmas Day
Dec 29, 2023
Intense escalation in Gaza bombardment leaves medical teams facing impossible choices
Dec 26, 2023
UNRWA: Supporting the civilians of Gaza caught up in a ‘brutal war’
Dec 19, 2023
Gazans search for firewood in cemeteries in ‘catastrophic’ situation
Dec 19, 2023
From Gaza to Ukraine, accountability vital to end horrific cycle of rights violations: Türk
Dec 15, 2023
Supporting peaceful and inclusive elections in DR Congo
Dec 13, 2023
Gaza: Trauma rooted in ‘scourge of war’ impacting women and children alike
Dec 13, 2023
‘Everyone was asking about a ceasefire’: Malta’s UN ambassador reports back on visit to Gaza border
Dec 12, 2023
Human rights are a solution to the climate crisis
Dec 10, 2023
When farmers go hungry, innovation to the rescue
Dec 10, 2023
It’s time to reprioritize our resources to focus on the climate crisis
Dec 09, 2023
‘Everybody is grieving’ in Gaza: UNRWA
Dec 08, 2023
COP28: ‘Continue to pursue your vision,’ urges young Caribbean activist
Dec 07, 2023
Myanmar: Technology key to aid war crimes investigations
Dec 04, 2023
Gaza: ‘Somehow their nightmare has just got that much worse’
Dec 03, 2023
World getting ever closer to 1.5°C limit, warns WMO chief
Nov 30, 2023
WFP: Climate risk insurance helps communities bounce back from disaster
Nov 29, 2023
Every single minute ‘a life is lost to AIDS,’ says UNAIDS deputy chief
Nov 28, 2023
‘Milestone’ award will change refugee children’s lives: UNHCR prize winner
Nov 28, 2023
Gaza: Children flooding hospitals bearing ‘wounds of war’
Nov 27, 2023
WHO: Climate crisis is also health crisis
Nov 25, 2023
General Assembly President urges critics to engage with the UN
Nov 23, 2023
UNRWA staff member recounts agency’s 'impossible mission' in Gaza
Nov 23, 2023
In Gaza, ‘things are getting worse’: Palestine refugees agency
Nov 19, 2023
Hopes rising of historic treaty to curb plastic pollution
Nov 17, 2023
Entire Gaza population now in need of food assistance: WFP
Nov 15, 2023
Gaza-Israel crisis: Hospitals should not be a war zone, says UN’s emergency relief chief
Nov 15, 2023
US suffering ‘selective amnesia’ on issues of racism and xenophobia: Human rights expert
Nov 14, 2023
Sudan conflict: First victims are children, says senior UNHCR worker
Nov 10, 2023
UN’s top court, a source of ‘authoritative’ advice
Nov 09, 2023
Remoteness, altitude and falling temperatures challenges for Nepal quake response
Nov 07, 2023
Delivering aid to pregnant women in Gaza an ‘impossible equation’
Nov 07, 2023
Food provides much more than nutrition: UN expert on right to health
Nov 07, 2023
AI: Film industry facing biggest upheaval in its history
Nov 06, 2023
WHO condemns targeting of ambulance convoy in Gaza
Nov 03, 2023
Myanmar junta ‘a criminal enterprise’ not a government: Rights expert
Nov 03, 2023
Attacks on journalists covering elections ‘a very scary trend’: UNESCO
Nov 02, 2023
Gaza: Children ‘paying the heaviest price for this conflict’
Nov 01, 2023
‘Thank God we’re still alive’: UNRWA staffers keep working under fire
Oct 31, 2023
‘Political and humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolding in Gaza: Rights expert
Oct 29, 2023
Ethiopians working to make lasting peace a reality
Oct 27, 2023
There’s no going back with AI, says Hollywood director McG
Oct 26, 2023