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Nada Al-Nashif is the United Nations’ Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. Since joining the UN 30 years ago she has served in Libya, Lebanon, Iraq and elsewhere, trying to boost development and protect human rights. Nada is also a survivor of one of the darkest days in the UN’s history: the 2003 Baghdad bombing that killed 22 of her colleagues.
Karolina Lindholm Billing was posted to Ukraine less than a year before the full-scale Russian invasion. As the UNHCR Representative in the country, she draws hope from witnessing the power of community volunteer networks in supporting displaced people in their hour of need.
“Volunteers from...
Published 01/12/24
Cindy McCain has many pressing reasons to lie awake at night. As Head of the World Food Programme, it is her job to make sure the millions of vulnerable people around the world who are relying on United Nations food assistance – from Gaza to Sudan to Afghanistan – don’t starve.
“Our job is...
Published 01/05/24