UN Interviews

<p>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.</p>

‘Endemic trauma’ of Sudanese people as country marks two years of war
Apr 19, 2025 – 05:24
Mine action critical to stability in Lebanon
Apr 18, 2025 – 08:18
Situation in South Sudan risks escalating into civil war amid rise in misinformation
Apr 17, 2025 – 07:18
UNICEF chief in Kharkiv describes the devastating aftermath of Sumy attacks
Apr 14, 2025 – 07:01
Myanmar’s people still face daily aftershocks and trauma, say UN aid teams
Apr 14, 2025 – 07:12
Sudan war: Crisis point for children trapped in conflict zones
Apr 13, 2025 – 10:57
Sudan: 30 million in need of assistance as war rages on
Apr 11, 2025 – 08:07
Sudan: Mines a major risk to civilians returning home
Apr 11, 2025 – 13:34
Ending global trade uncertainty calls for ‘rational decisions’, says head of UN trade agency
Apr 10, 2025 – 09:18
Sudan: Ongoing fighting ‘won’t lead anywhere’
Apr 9, 2025 – 06:27
At 50, biological weapons treaty is an international success story
Apr 5, 2025 – 08:33
Hospitals overwhelmed, Myanmar’s health system on the brink: WHO
Apr 4, 2025 – 20:02
‘Carnage’ must stop in Sudan, insists UN human rights office
Apr 3, 2025 – 07:25
‘Without funding we can’t meet the needs of the people of Myanmar’: WFP
Apr 1, 2025 – 09:36
Art has the power to inform and preserve history: Youth Poet Laureate
Mar 29, 2025 – 15:01
DR Congo: ‘Everyone has to silence the guns’: MONUSCO chief
Mar 27, 2025 – 11:30
Sudan: Reproductive health agency decries devastating impact of war on women and girls
Mar 26, 2025 – 16:59
‘Reparations can’t be quantified’, says Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka
Mar 25, 2025 – 11:28
Desperate Sudanese refugees arrive needing everything in Chad: UNDP
Mar 25, 2025 – 06:33
‘Silence and erasure have no place’ in a just society
Mar 24, 2025 – 11:24
Rebuilding Syria: Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on the struggle for justice and healing
Mar 24, 2025 – 13:47
‘We have to break the cycle’: Combating child marriage in Nepal
Mar 21, 2025 – 10:46
Cyclone Jude hits Mozambique causing widespread damage, deadly threat to children
Mar 10, 2025 – 07:35
Lebanon: ‘No one can prepare you for the loss of a child’
Mar 7, 2025 – 02:41
Ukrainian war means that for many, life begins in an air-raid shelter
Mar 7, 2025 – 12:14
Syrian conflict leaves ‘devastating legacy’ of landmines
Mar 7, 2025 – 08:06
‘Let us never lose hope’: Young leaders on the frontlines of climate action
Mar 4, 2025 – 15:09
Head of UN Peacekeeping: More women peacekeepers means better UN missions
Feb 26, 2025 – 10:38
The situation in Gaza remains catastrophic for children: UNICEF
Feb 14, 2025 – 07:36
Temporary ceasefires must become long-term, says top officer leading Middle East truce mission
Feb 12, 2025 – 10:26
‘Delivery at scale’ needed for Middle East recovery
Feb 11, 2025 – 16:19
An Afghan dreamer: From robotics champion to advocate for girls’ education
Feb 10, 2025 – 09:08
Israel-Palestine: ‘Anything is better than what’s happening now’
Feb 3, 2025 – 19:22
In an AI-enabled world, what is education for?
Jan 30, 2025 – 05:28
Denial of human dignity in conflict, a ‘moral failure’: Red Cross chief
Jan 30, 2025 – 05:19
‘Nightmare scenario’, as Israel UNRWA ban takes effect
Jan 29, 2025 – 14:49
Middle East: Food aid more important than ever
Jan 28, 2025 – 08:18
'They did miraculous things': The aid workers who helped Jews escape Nazi-occupied Europe
Jan 26, 2025 – 19:01
Eastern DR Congo becoming increasingly unsafe, warns UNHCR lead in Goma
Jan 24, 2025 – 05:11
West Bank: OHCHR deeply concerned over uptick in violence against children
Jan 23, 2025 – 08:59
Migrant discrimination can be overcome, says ‘Cabrini’ film star Cristiana Dell’Anna
Jan 22, 2025 – 08:45
Eastern DRC conflict escalates, forcing thousands to flee
Jan 22, 2025 – 03:55
UNRWA ‘committed to staying and delivering’ despite ban due to come into effect
Jan 21, 2025 – 05:51
UN Syria crimes investigators ready to gather evidence in the country ‘within days’
Jan 17, 2025 – 14:39
Syrians wish for ‘a future with fundamental freedoms’
Jan 16, 2025 – 07:27
‘New era’ of climate-fuelled wildfires requires greater focus on prevention
Jan 15, 2025 – 08:58
Syria: Unexploded ordnance is biggest threat to children, warns UNICEF
Jan 14, 2025 – 06:51
The more discussions around fact-checking, ‘the better for freedom of expression’
Jan 10, 2025 – 05:49
Syrians look ‘to move from the darkness to the light’, deputy UN envoy says
Jan 10, 2025 – 15:47
Lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign begins in Syria’s Al Hol camps
Jan 3, 2025 – 09:24