Awake At Night
News & Politics Podcasts
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.
Location:
Switzerland
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Contact:
0041792558214
Email:
court@unhcr.org
Season 9
Duration:00:01:07
Rebuilding Lives in Ukraine - Karolina Lindholm Billing - UNHCR Representative in Ukraine
Duration:00:34:58
Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director
Duration:00:31:25
Pursuing Justice in ISIL’s Wake - Christian Ritscher - UN Special Adviser
Duration:00:33:12
Unleashing Hidden Talent - Gordon Brown - UN Special Envoy for Global Education
Duration:00:36:46
Haunted by Tales of Torture - Alice Jill Edwards - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Duration:00:36:39
A Painstaking Quest for Justice - Catherine Marchi-Uhel - Head of IIIM
Duration:00:32:01
Saving Seas, One Swim at a Time - Lewis Pugh - Ocean Advocate for the UN Environment Programme
Duration:00:34:21
Sorrow and relief on the shores of Greece - Erasmia Roumana - Protection associate, UNHCR
Duration:00:36:30
Invigorated by Africa - Stephen Jackson - UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya
Duration:00:40:12
Feeding the Forgotten - Reena Ghelani - UN ASG Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator
Duration:00:35:05
Season 8 - There to help
Duration:00:01:06
My Heart Was Crying - Sara Beysolow Nyanti - Former Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan
Duration:00:33:21
The Last Best Hope Humanity Has - Ramiz Alakbarov - former UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan
Duration:00:37:06
The Africa the World Needs - Cristina Duarte - UN Under-Secretary-General & Special Adviser on Africa
Duration:00:33:38
The Light in Their Eyes - Najat Maalla M'jid - UN Special Representative on Violence against Children
Duration:00:23:36
Bringing Health to the World - Dr. David Nabarro - Special Envoy of the WHO Director-General on COVID-19
Duration:00:36:25
The Missiles Don’t Stop Us - Denise Brown - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine
Duration:00:38:40
Haunted by Syria’s Suffering - Sajjad Malik - Syria UNHCR - bitesize special
Duration:00:11:40
But Where Are You Really From? - Amanda Khozi Mukwashi - UN Resident Coordinator in Lesotho
Duration:00:30:24