Finding hope in calamity: how UN humanitarians cope on the frontline

What does it take to help the world’s most vulnerable people, often in dangerous and unstable situations, and at considerable personal risk? In the latest season of award-winning UN podcast, Awake At Night, host Melissa Fleming speaks to some of the Organization’s most prominent humanitarians to find out what motivates them, and how they cope. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/07/1068081
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Explainer: How UN delivers life-saving aid amid crises

Explainer: How UN delivers life-saving aid amid crises

12 Oct 2023

What does it take to get food, medicine, emergency education, and shelter to record numbers of people in some of the most dangerous places on Earth? The UN does this around the world, including in Afghanistan, Haiti, Sudan, Ukraine, and the occupied Palestinian territory.

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No more excuses; Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries

No more excuses; Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries

05 Mar 2023

World leaders are gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a major UN conference seeking to accelerate sustainable development where international assistance is most needed to unlock the full potential of the world’s most vulnerable countries and help put them on the path towards prosperity.

No more excuses; Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries

05 Mar 2023

World leaders are gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a major UN conference seeking to accelerate sustainable development where international assistance is most needed and to unlock the full potential of the world’s most vulnerable countries and help put them on the path towards prosperity.