Podcast

Awake At Night

Author: Tulin Battikhi
Feed episode count: 141
Official site: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night
RSS: https://unhcr.libsyn.com/rss
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Summary

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.

Episodes

Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Launching a new life from a refugee camp, with Mary Maker - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Duration seconds: 2868
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s13-mary-maker-launching-a-new-life-from-a-refugee-camp

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Building the Foundations for Human Dignity, with Jorge Moreira da Silva - Executive Director of UNOPS, the United Nations Office for Project Services

Duration seconds: 2369
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s13-jorge-moreira-da-silva-building-the-foundations-for-human-dignity

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Overcoming trauma in the service of peace, with Elpida Rouka - Senior political affairs officer, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria

Duration seconds: 2422
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s13-elpida-rouka-overcoming-trauma-in-the-service-of-peace

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Lighting Libya's long path to peace, with Hanna Tetteh - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and UNSMIL Head

Duration seconds: 2796
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s13-hanna-tetteh-lighting-libya-long-path-to-peace

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

The force of good is much stronger than the force of evil, with Kelly Clements - UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner

Duration seconds: 2417
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s13-kelly-clements-the-force-of-good-is-much-stronger-than-the-force-of-evil

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Feb 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why peace begins with people, not power, with Bintou Keita - Former UN Secretary-General's Special Representative DRC

Duration seconds: 2781
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-bintou-keita-why-peace-begins-with-people-not-power

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Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested

Youth, power and possibility, with Felipe Paullier - UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs

Duration seconds: 2350
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-felipe-paullier-youth-power-and-possibility

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Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested

How to lead forces for peace, with Cheryl Pearce - The UN's Acting Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations

Duration seconds: 2157
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-cheryl-pearce-how-to-lead-forces-for-peace

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Jan 13, 2026 · not_requested

Fighting hunger in a world of plenty, with Jean-Martin Bauer - Director, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, World Food Programme (WFP)

Duration seconds: 2265
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-jean-martin-bauer-fighting-hunger-in-a-world-of-plenty

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Jan 6, 2026 · not_requested

Serving the UN is the honor of a lifetime, with Annalena Baerbock, President UN General Assembly 80th Session

Duration seconds: 2286
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-annalena-baerbock-serving-the-UN-is-the-honor-of-a-lifetime

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Dec 19, 2025 · not_requested

A lifetime championing refugees, with Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Duration seconds: 2676
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-filippo-grandi-a-lifetime-championing-refugees

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Dec 12, 2025 · not_requested

A trapeze without a net: the life of the UN Spokesperson, with Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General

Duration seconds: 2507
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-stephane-dujarric-a-trapeze-without-a-net-the-life-of-the-un-spokesperson

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Dec 5, 2025 · not_requested

Ukraine: 'Heaven and Hell', with Matthias Schmale - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine

Duration seconds: 2650
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-matthias-schmale-ukraine-heaven-and-hell

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Sep 18, 2025 · not_requested

On life's journey, make each step count, with Amina J. Mohammed - UN Deputy Secretary-General

Duration seconds: 2481
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-amina-j-mohammed-on-lifes-journey-make-each-step-count

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Sep 11, 2025 · not_requested

A ray of hope for cancer patients, with Dr. May Abdel-Wahab - Director of the Division of Human Health at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Duration seconds: 2129
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-may-abdel-wahab-a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients

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Sep 5, 2025 · not_requested

Nothing keeps me awake, everything keeps me going, with Peter Hawkins - UNICEF Representative in Yemen

Duration seconds: 2384
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-peter-hawkins-nothing-keeps-me-awake-everything-keeps-me-going

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Aug 29, 2025 · not_requested

Working for peace in the DR Congo, with Vivian van de Perre - Deputy head of peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Duration seconds: 2564
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-vivian-van-de-perre-working-for-peace-in-the-dr-congo

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Aug 21, 2025 · not_requested

When war comes home, with Yacoub El Hillo - Regional Director for Africa at the UN Development Coordination Office

Duration seconds: 2348
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-yacoub-el-hillo-when-war-comes-home

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Aug 15, 2025 · not_requested

Why I'll always champion Afghan women, with Georgette Gagnon - the UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan

Duration seconds: 1899
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-georgette-gagnon-why-i-will-always-champion-afghan-women

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Aug 8, 2025 · not_requested

Do not take Democracy for granted, with Nicholas Haysom - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS

Duration seconds: 2022
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-nicholas-haysom-do-not-take-democracy-for-granted

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Aug 1, 2025 · not_requested

What next for Syria's refugees, with Gonzalo Vargas Llosa - UNHCR Representative to Syria

Duration seconds: 2213
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-gonzalo-vargas-llosa-what-next-for-syria-refugees

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Jul 25, 2025 · not_requested

Season 11

Duration seconds: 63
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night

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Feb 7, 2025 · not_requested

Women's rights are human rights, with Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda - ASG and Deputy Exec. Director of UN Women

Duration seconds: 1838
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s10-nyaradzayi-gumbonzvanda-usg-womens-rights-are-human-rights

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Jan 31, 2025 · not_requested

Protecting children in crisis, with Catherine Russell - Executive Director of UNICEF

Duration seconds: 2098
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s10-catherine-russell-unicef-protecting-children-in-crisis

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Jan 24, 2025 · not_requested

The battle to protect children from online abuse, with Carmen Corbin - UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Duration seconds: 2424
Source: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s10-carmen-corbin-unodc-the-battle-to-protect-children-from-online-abuse

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