UN-Scripted Podcast
1) The Portrait of Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s former leader, ruled the tiny West African country with an iron fist for 22 years after seizing power in a 1994 military coup. His regime was marked by widespread human rights a...Show More
2) September: Slovenia Wants Self Reflection for Security Council
Samuel Zbogar, ambassador of Slovenia to the United Nations, leads the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month. In an interview, he tells PassBlue that his country will use its signatur...Show More
3) August: Sierra Leone Wants to Rectify African Historical Injustice
Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, Sierra Leone's envoy to the UN, says his country's presidency of the Security Council this August will focus on Council reform and making the case for a permanent seat for the ...Show More
4) July: 'We Didn't Start That War' - Russia Still Twists the Truth About Ukraine
As UN Security Council rotating president for July, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says that the West is using the "Kyiv regime" as "puppets" to fight the war in Ukraine and that there will be "c...Show More
July: 'We Didn't Start That War' - Russia Still Twists the Truth About Ukraine
13:02 | Jul 4th, 2024
5) June: South Korea Wants the World to Wake Up to the Serious Threats of Cybersecurity
Joonkook Hwang, the ambassador of South Korea to the UN, says his country will highlight the threats of cyberspace to global peace and security. This is a new topic for the Security Council agenda, so...Show More
6) Interview with Hala Rharrit, Why she left the State Dept.
Welcome to a special episode of PassBlue podcast series UNSCripted. I’m Jessica Le Masurier, and I’m joined by Hala Rharrit, the Arabic language spokesperson for the Mideast-North Africa region for th...Show More
7) May: For Mozambique, The UN Security Council is Imperfect
Mozambique's permanent representative to the Security Council, Pedro Comissário, says that vetoes, divergent priorities and other imperfections can severely limit the productive work of the UN's cruci...Show More
8) April: Malta Says a Ceasefire in Gaza Is the Beginning of Everything
Vanessa Frazier, Malta’s envoy to the UN, explains why the new Ramadan ceasefire isn't holding in Gaza and says that her country is counting on the ICC to hurry up its inquiry into whether war crimes ...Show More
9) March: Japan Says the UN Security Council Is Struggling
Japan's dual focus for its UN Security Council presidency – preventing conflicts as well as nuclear disarmament – align with its foreign policy and history of nuclear disasters but as it leads the Cou...Show More
10) Act of Creation - A Question of Faith
The UN CHARTER: A Question of Faith “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” SAN FRANCISCO -- Our third and final episode of the podcast series “Act of Creation” is read...Show More