Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳
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I lead global communications for the @UN to promote a peaceful, sustainable, just & humane world. Our information is verified, based on science + solutions.
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“Children speaking of wanting to go to heaven, because at least, they say, there is food there." Addressing the Amnesty International Global Assembly, António Guterres stressed that Gaza “is not just a humanitarian crisis. It is a moral crisis that challenges the global conscience.”
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My colleague, Elpida Rouka, survived the deadliest attack in United Nations history. On 19 August 2003, she was present during the devastating attack on the UN compound at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, when a truck loaded with explosives deliberately targeted the UN mission.
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War is Mary Maker’s earliest memory, she spent much of her early life in one of the world’s largest refugee camps. Now a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, she is raising her voice on behalf of those she left behind, helping refugee students land scholarships to top universities.
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Most people who follow the United Nations know Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for António Guterres, from his daily live press briefings. I thought Awake at Night listeners would enjoy getting to know the person behind the podium on this week’s unfiltered episode.
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“Home means security.” UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi devoted more than 3 decades to easing the suffering of refugees around the world. Now, shortly before his term comes to an end, he's welcoming a rare moment of hope for one of the world’s largest refugee populations, Syrians.
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.@unyouthaffairs 's Felipe Paullier is the youngest ever senior appointment in United Nations history. A passionate advocate for young people, he travels the world, working to give them a voice. Our Awake At Night conversation about hope, resilience & peace:
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A life-long humanitarian, Matthias Schmale has borne witness to a number of seismic moments in world history. Now serving as UN Ukraine chief, he joined me on Awake At Night and shared that Ukrainian people's resilience gives him hope, and keeps him going.
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My World Food Programme colleague Jean-Martin Bauer spent his career helping to bring food to the hungry. Given his personal connection to Haiti, where his family is originally from, I asked him what keeps him ‘Awake at night’ when he thinks about the tragic situation there.
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Having overcome a childhood marked by violence, abuse & neglect, Benjamin Perks now works with UNICEF to protect young people in similar situations all over the world. On Awake At Night, he tells me how his optimism kept him going in the darkest days.
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.UN Peacekeeping's Cheryl Pearce is the highest ranking woman in uniform in the United Nations. Her work is all about peacekeeping. On Awake At Night, she reflects on the meaning of peace & making a robust case for peacekeeping in an age of mis- & disinformation.
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As winter deepens in Ukraine, millions of families are facing freezing temperatures without heat, light, or water. Thanks to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, managed by UN Humanitarian, humanitarians are providing vital support. But funding is running out.
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