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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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Episodes (137)

The plastic we can’t see is changing the ocean

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What happens when AI learns to lie?

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Ebola update: WHO on the ground to help contain outbreak

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War photographer Giles Clarke: We mustn’t turn away from Sudan’s suffering

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‘One word – stop’: Artist Sandy Walker on Hiroshima, memory and the role of art

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UN victims’ rights advocate urges survivors to ‘come forward’

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Press freedom: Journalists face rising risks

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NASA engineer inspires girls to reach beyond gravity

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80 years on, it’s ‘hard to explain’ why the UN never had a woman at the helm: Ge...

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Afghanistan faces mounting strain as refugee returns surge, displacement deepens

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Battling for survival on the climate frontline, Tuvalu faces up to physical eras...

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Strait of Hormuz: ‘Immediate’ solution needed to restore fertilizer supply, says...

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Middle East war: UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to 39 heritage sites in dan...

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Pace of transitional justice in Syria brings hope, but strong stigma remains

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Deadly Lebanon strikes overwhelm entire health system, as casualties surge

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Lebanon situation ‘critical’, senior UN official warns

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Rwanda after the genocide against the Tutsi: ‘We recreated a new country’

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‘Every day there’s new contamination’: Mine clearing in Ukraine

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Landmine danger grows faster than it can be contained

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UN warns of rising evictions and settler violence in Occupied Palestinian Territ...

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UNIFIL reaffirms commitment after peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon

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Middle East conflict raises fears of growing water crisis

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Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten global oil and gas supply, lifesaving aid

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Happiness in the digital age: Why connection matters more than ever

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Gulf crisis impact spreads; families in Nepal are feeling the pressure

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Afghans pushed ‘from one crisis into another’ as regional instability worsens hu...

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Lebanon’s children want their childhood back: UNICEF

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Collective effort to eradicate Islamophobia, key for creating peace: UN Special...

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Children and families bear the brunt as violence and displacement rise in Lebano...

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Gazans still living ‘hand-to-mouth’ in enclave: WFP

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‘Deteriorating’ conditions in Strait of Hormuz: 3,000 ships, 20,000 seafarers st...

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UN preparing for likely surge of Afghan returnees as humanitarian needs deepen

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Lebanon: peacekeepers highlight Israeli incursions across Blue Line

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‘We need peace’: Women and girls in Ukraine suffer daily impact of war

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‘Doing better with less’: How WFP is tackling hunger in a volatile world

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Global housing crisis deepens as climate change worsens insecurity

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Indian AI prodigy urges youth to ‘be as human as possible.’

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First ever peacekeeping operation evolves, as Middle East conflicts shift

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Burundian refugee returns from Tanzania raise protection concerns, UNHCR warns

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Inclusive AI key to transforming agriculture, says UN agriculture fund

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Small-scale AI solutions are the answer to developing world challenges, says Wor...

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AI developers risk creating ‘Frankenstein’s monster,’ warns UN High Commissioner...

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Sudan: No school or safety for children uprooted by war

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‘Involve all of humanity in AI opportunities’: UN senior tech official

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As Rafah crossing reopens, Gazans mull ongoing lack of relief

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As political polarisation grows, so to does violence against MPs

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‘Behind every statistic is a stolen childhood,’ warns UN envoy

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Global collaboration key to safeguard Holocaust memory in the digital age

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In the DR Congo, UN supports national police to protect civilians

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Children still bearing the brunt of Russian attacks on Ukraine

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