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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. During UN High-Level week UN News is releasing a daily podcast mini-series, designed to make sense of what’s going on at our New York HQ. Each episode of Focus on the Future will have a main ...
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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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Hear our take on the news and enjoy sharp reporting on the big stories every weekday. Tune in as our guest panel reviews the day’s events in Europe, follows developing stories in the Americas and welcomes early risers in Asia and Australasia. Plus: reports and analysis from Monocle’s correspondents and bureaux around the world. Nominated for ‘Best Daily Podcast’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.
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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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Hezbollah leader calls fatal device attacks an ‘act of war’
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The latest from the Middle East as the secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, vows to retaliate to Israel’s deadly device attacks. Also on the programme: we discuss news from North Korea as the nation shows off its nuclear arsenal with a test of its “new, super-large” ballistic missile. Plus: we examine the row over UK prime minister Kei…
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Trailer: The daily UNGA High-Level Week podcast
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Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers attending High-Level Week at UN Headquarters in New York have steadily ticked upwards, and this year is set to be a packed event. If that sounds overwhelming, worry not. UN News is releasing a daily podcast mini-series, designed to make sense of it all. Each episode of Focus on the Future will hav…
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HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa choked by growing debt crisis: UNAIDSIndependent rights panel expressed deep concern at Palestinian children held by IsraelRussian attacks on Ukraine power stations set to push 500,000 people out of countryBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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Global reaction to the communication-device attacks on Hezbollah
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As the world reacts to deadly communication-device explosions in Lebanon, we’re joined by Nicholas Noe to give us the view from Beirut. Also: China and India hint at thawing ties as they begin to resolve their issues along the Line of Actual Control, the pair’s de facto border. Plus: we unpack changing attitudes to migration in Europe following Kei…
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Satellites and AI offer hope for climate change solutions: WHOSoutheast Asia Typhoon Yagi impacts millions of children, warns UNICEFRefugee agency urges end to arbitrary detention of asylum-seekersBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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‘New models’ for UN peacekeeping to support safer and more equitable world
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The future of UN peacekeeping and the “new models” it needs to create to remain relevant in the 21st Century are set to be discussed at the landmark Summit of the Future taking place in New York from 22 September. There are currently 11 UN missions around the world, mainly in Africa and the Middle East. Their goal is to help countries torn by confl…
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UN humanitarians fight for women’s rights in crisis zones
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Workers with the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, have some of the toughest assignments going in the humanitarian field, helping protect new mothers and babies often born in the midst of intense conflict zones. For this episode of UN News’s flagship podcast, The Lid is On, two UNFPA representatives reflect on their life-saving wor…
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Myanmar: Intensified conflict leaves 3.3 million displaced
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Myanmar’s civil war has escalated to include systematic atrocities, including attacks targeting civilians, torture and sexual violence, according to a new report on Tuesday from the UN human rights office. Since the military seized power on 1 February 2021, at least 5,350 civilians have been killed, and more than 3.3 million displaced. Over half th…
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The latest on Hezbollah’s exploding pagers
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We get the latest developments from Beirut after hacked pagers explode across the city. Plus: Meta bans Russian state media and we take a look at the effectiveness of Western sanctions. Then: Ursula von der Leyen announces the EU’s new Commission lineup, reflecting a shifting world order in the bloc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat…
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Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression of criticsAt least 1,800 people have died in custody in Myanmar jails since coup, says OHCHRUN aid teams warn of increasing challenges delivering relief in war-torn UkraineBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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UNICEF working to avert education ‘time bomb’ in Yemen
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Some 4.5 million children are not attending school in Yemen, where Government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels have been at war for a decade. Peter Hawkins, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Yemen, said the “catastrophic situation” is a “time bomb” as the country could possibly have a generation of citizens who…
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One election, two assassination attempts, 50 days left: what happens now?
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How will the homestretch of the US presidential election pan out following a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump? Plus: are South China Sea tensions simmering down or bubbling over? Then: a 225-year-old territorial dispute reignites. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle
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Nigeria floods: humanitarians ramp up emergency responseSanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWAGaza’s civil society activists have nowhere safe to work, warn top rights expertsBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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With 53 days left until the US election, we swap our journalist hats for campaign-manager caps as we advise Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on how to clinch the White House. Plus: get under the cover of our autumn edition of ‘Konfekt’. Then: Monocle team members take us around the world to highlight the hidden gems of their hometowns. See omnystudio…
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UNRWA mourns loss of first staffer in West Bank for ten yearsWHO approves first mpox vaccine in big boost to fighting disease across AfricaHumanitarians rush to Nigeria to assist flood victims following dam collapseBy Matt Wells, UN News
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UN chief: Israel strikes ‘totally unacceptable’
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UN secretary-general António Guterres warns Israel’s lack of accountability over a strike that killed six of his workers is ‘totally unacceptable.’ Plus: what will a new cast of leaders in Europe mean for the continent? Then: would you board the next civilian spacecraft? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Haiti: Successive crises limit time for recovery of vulnerable farming households
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A series of crises is making it difficult for Haiti’s most vulnerable farming households to work their land, recover from natural weather events and build their livelihoods according to a senior representative of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Extreme weather, including hurricanes, as well as the effects of climate change and now…
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UNICEF scales up protection for Congolese children amid mpox outbreakSudan’s cultural heritage under “unprecedented” threat from looting and destruction, warns UNESCOCambodia: Independent experts call for suspension of new Government-mandated journalism codeBy Matt Wells, UN News
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How will the first debate between Harris and Trump inform the rest of the presidential race? Then: China and the EU try to defrost trade tensions. Plus: would you live in a for-profit city? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle
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Agricultural assistance is key to feed hungry people in war zones: FAO
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Amid the brutal war in Gaza and fears of famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is providing Palestinian livestock holders with veterinary kits to keep their animals healthy and disease-free. This is just one example of the UN agency’s work to ensure food security and economic stability in conflict zones, including the West Bank, Ukrai…
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U.S. government needs to deliver justice for 9/11victims: human rights expertUN refugee agency seeks millions to combat mpox outbreak in AfricaUNICEF condemns migrant family separation in Latin America and the CaribbeanBy Shanaé Harte, UN News
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IOM seeks $13.3 million to scale up response in Yemen
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Over half a million people have been severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen. The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been working in the hardest-hit areas providing emergency shelter, cash assistance, and clean water. But the agency is facing significant challenges, including limited resources and ongo…
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UN General Assembly eyes Israel, while Harris and Trump face off
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The UN General Assembly begins in New York, as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump prepare to face off on the debate stage in Georgia. Plus, how would you deck out your apocalypse bunker? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle
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The UN’s top envoy in the Middle East condemns a deadly strike inside Gaza’s humanitarian zoneWar-torn Syria falls deeper into crisis, warn UN rights expertsNicaragua’s people left “defenceless” in the face of grave rights violationsBy Julia Foxen, UN News
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Moscow advances; Beijing issues a warning
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Russia looks to advance its front line. China warns relations with the Philippines are “at a crossroads” as South China Sea tensions swell. Panellists Robin Brant and Olga Tokariuk tackle the day’s stories with Andrew Mueller and weigh in on how they’d distribute €25m. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Humanity at ‘fork in the road’ amid global crises: UN rights chiefUN expert concerned over worsening detention conditions for Palestinians in Israeli custodyUN chief urges global action to protect educationBy Shanaé Harte, UN News
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‘Work to be done’ to ensure Haiti security support mission can make progress
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More work needs to be done to ensure the success of the multinational security support mission which has deployed to Haiti to help the national police address chronic levels of violence and instability. That’s according to Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the UN and the newly elected president of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The mi…
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As the left scorns Macron’s PM choice, Simon Bouvier joins Andrew Mueller to consider the obstacles ahead for Michel Barnier. Plus: Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck discusses mobility, our staffers investigate the mysterious circumstances around the death of Norway’s favourite whale and we examine all the hottest looks from fashion week (no, n…
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Sudan war: Rights investigators demand arms embargo extension to end ‘rampant’ abusesFlooding affects more than 710,000 people in South Sudan: OCHAMiddle East crisis: top UN envoy condemns latest West Bank killingsBy Daniel Johnson, UN News
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As Macron finally names a new PM, Nina Dos Santos and Robin Lustig join Andrew Mueller to discuss how Michel Barnier will be received. Plus: what does Maduro’s early Christmas really mean for Venezuela? And can you guess what (or who) is Turkey’s highest-rated-tourist attraction? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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