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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.
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This flagship podcast series from UN News takes its name from the words that correspondents at UN Headquarters in New York hear each night, at the end of the working day. We highlight the in-depth human stories behind the UN’s work and the way that it touches and impacts ordinary lives around the world.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the global challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts of the international community to work together effectively to face these issues.
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There’s no denying it - we have to tackle the climate emergency. Burning fossil fuels to get energy has to end. It's doable but it's going to take solutions in every industry, at every scale, in every nation in the world. No Denying It, the UN climate action podcast, brings you the voices of young climate changemakers from across our warming planet. These activists, engineers, and entrepreneurs show us how we can make big changes - in our homes, our jobs, where we vote and where we pray, and ...
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Alumni and friends of the University of Pretoria (UP) share their stories and leadership lessons on this podcast by the leading contact university in Africa. Prominent UP alumni from across disciplines – from business and law to medicine and the arts – share details about where their journey has taken them after their time at Tuks, and what they’ve learned along the way. LeadUP is a project of the Alumni Relations Office of the University of Pretoria. You can find out more about us or get in ...
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I will be 70 years old in April 2021. In 1971 at the age of 20, I left Sri Lanka on a scholarship to pursue higher studies in Germany. In 1982, after my PhD, I became a lecturer at the faculty of Mineralogy at the University of Berlin. In 1991, my wife, two children and I migrated to Perth, Australia. From 1992-1995 I was time to time engaged by United Nations and Commonwealth Secretariat as an Advisor on precious minerals and worked in Ghana, West Africa. Since 1976 I have been very intrigu ...
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Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UNHCRIn Ethiopia, UN agencies boost response to killer landslidesWHO sending one million polio vaccines to GazaBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Over 70 per cent of global labour force working in extreme heat
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With temperature records set month after month, more people globally find themselves working in warmer conditions. Some 2.4 billion workers – over 70 per cent of the global workforce – are exposed to extreme heat while on the job, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The report shows that unlike in the 1950s, wh…
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New avian flu variant threatens Asia-Pacific: FAO calls for immediate responseEurope Tops Global Alcohol Consumption Charts: WHO Urges ActionGaza: Hunger fears persist as Israeli operations further harm enclave’s farmersBy Katy Dartford, UN News
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The world has been set back 15 years in its fight against hunger, according to a new UN reportA massive exodus from Gaza’s Khan Younis puts pressure on aid resources already under huge strain…And, nearly 400 children a year are dying from rising heat in Europe and Central Asia….By Daniel Johnson, UN News
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In Gaza, the UN health agency says polio and other diseases could prove deadlier than bombs and bullets…Meanwhile in the Sahel, insurgents force thousands to flee Burkina Faso for neighbouring Niger, and...On your marks, get set, go…the UN chief issues a peace call - in the ‘spirit’ of the OlympicsBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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UNRWA stresses need to protect humanitarians after convoy hit in Gaza
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Thousands of families in Gaza were once again on the move on Monday after Israel issued new evacuation orders in Khan Younis. The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA continues to assist people across the embattled enclave where “no place is safe” after 10 months of war, according to Communications Director Juliette Touma. She spoke to UN News’s Abde…
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UN convoy hit by 'heavy shooting' en route to Gaza city, UNRWA reportsClimate change heightens threats to global forests, FAO report urges innovationWHO report highlights the need for accessible neurological treatmentsBy Katy Dartford, UN News
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Polio stalks Gazans as 'anarchy' spreads, humanitarians warnIn Afghanistan, with 33 of 34 provinces hit by natural disasters, the UN refugee agency steps up assistanceFighting in Sudan holds up lifesaving aid deliveries in Darfur and Sennar stateBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agenciesUN calls for urgent action on human rights violations in Central African Republic's detention centresUNFPA warns of maternal death crisis in Yemen: One woman dies every two hoursBy Katy Dartford, UN News
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Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities across Occupied Palestinian Territory since OctoberHaiti: Displaced women lack basic safety and servicesUN chief marks 10 years since MH17 tragedy, urges accountabilityBy Shanae Harte, UN News
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New jail ‘symbolizes change’ in Philippines penal system
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A jail which has newly opened in the city of Marawi on the Filipino island of Mindanao “symbolizes change” in the Philippines penal system, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Marawi City Jail, which was built by the Bureau of Jail management and Penology (BJMP) and inaugurated in May 2024, has been established according to t…
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South Sudan: Force commander vows to boost peacekeeping presence ahead of elections
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As December elections loom in South Sudan and humanitarian, economic, social and political crises persist, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, continually provides services to maintain a conducive environment. In an interview with UN News’s Mehboob Khan, Force Commander Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian has been speaking of previously volatil…
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Gaza: Five UNRWA schools hit in 10 days, reports UN agencySudan: 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher warns WHOForced labour in North Korea is ‘widespread and institutionalized’: UN human rights officeBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Conflict in Gaza continues with airstrikes: UN shelters hitSouth Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisisIncrease in conflict, main cause of stalled child immunization ratesBy Katy Dartford, UN News
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Top South African Judge emphasizes crucial role of judiciary in fighting climate change
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The 2024 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is underway in New York, bringing ministers and senior officials together to discuss how to get the world back on track to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. One of the key concerns is how best to boost climate action to ensure a more peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future for all - and the…
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UN aid mission witnesses ‘apocalyptic’ scenes in Gaza city, with most basic supplies non-existent
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Aid teams that reached Gaza City on Friday after a week-long military offensive by Israeli forces described apocalyptic scenes with “building after building” flattened. Some 300,000 people now remain in the north of Gaza, according to latest estimates from the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is working to get basic supplies to the mo…
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The UN continues to mediate peace talks in Geneva between the warring factions in Sudan.Conflict escalates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sparking disease outbreaks.And…an ambitious UN bid to connect every school in the world to the Internet by 2030…By Katy Dartford, UN News
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Sudan: Conflict spreads, displacing another 136,000 peopleWorld population to peak at 10.3 billion by 2080s, decline by 2100UN humanitarians and partners launch $9 million response plan for Hurricane Beryl victimsBy Katy Dartford, UN News
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Gaza: School strikes leave children’s futures in balance, warns UN aid agency
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In Gaza, the recent spate of schools hit in ongoing Israeli bombardment threatens the futures of a “whole generation” of children in the embattled enclave, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Wednesday. In an interview with UN News, UNRWA Director of Communications Juliette Touma explained that for the 600,000 children in Gaz…
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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says aid agencyFirst hepatitis C self-test gets health agency pre-approvalAnd… the real cost of the booming digital economyBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Southeast Asia, the ‘ground zero’ for global scamming industry
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Southeast Asia has become the “ground zero” for the multi-billion-dollar global internet scamming industry according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Transnational criminal groups working across the region are targeting victims around the world from so-called scam farms which are operating clandestinely - often alongside legal businesse…
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Top UN envoy warns against rush to end mission in DR Congo
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The UN Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has fully withdrawn from South Kivu, ending the first phase of disengagement following the request to pull out altogether from the Government in Kinshasa. MONUSCO’s operations began winding down in January, but its Head, Bintou Keita, says there should not be a rush to…
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Ukraine’s main children’s hospital likely received a direct hit when it was struck on Monday, say UN rights monitorsGazans are continue to reel from intensified malnutrition and heat risks Arbitrary detentions and impunity are happening on a massive scale in Libya, the Human Rights Council hearsBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school is hit by an Israeli airstrikeSeveral Ukrainian cities have been hit during a new wave of Russian strikes, including a children’s hospitalThe record temperature streak continues worldwide through JuneBy Shanae Harte, UN News
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Refugees and migrants face violence, abuse and death on Africa routesOngoing and generalized impunity in Burundi for the ‘Imbonerakure’ youth wingAnd …Hurricane Beryl - just an indication of a long storm season to comeBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Gaza’s forcibly displaced run out of space to shelterMyanmar’s military ‘doubling down’ on its attacks against civiliansUN chief António Guterres urges peace above all else, and an end to multiple conflictsBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Belarus is not safe for anyone critical of authorities, warns rights expertIn Ukraine, May was bloodiest month in a year, says UN missionSyria still in grip of appalling violence, the Human Rights Council hearsBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Gaza: 250,000 feared displaced in new Khan Younis escalationNear-famine conditions only one of Sudan’s problemsIn Haiti, a child a minute is uprooted by gang violenceAnd… a 5,000-metre mountain is named in honour of the UNBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Tens of thousands displaced in new Gaza City escalationAfghanistan’s de facto authorities take part in international talks in DohaAnd…why UN rights chief Volker Türk believes that the world of sports is not immune from the goal of human rights for allBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Over 10,000 patients still waiting to be evacuated from GazaUN Refugee Agency sounds alarm as climate change pounds displaced communitiesUN sexual health agency launches new strategy to help end FGM and child marriage in East and Southern AfricaBy UN News/ Daniel Johnson
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