Karolina Lindholm Billing was posted to Ukraine less than a year before the full-scale Russian invasion. As the UNHCR Representative... more

Cindy McCain has many pressing reasons to lie awake at night. As Head of the World Food Programme, it is... more

Christian Ritscher’s work brings him into contact with some of humanity’s worst outrages. As head of the United Nations investigative... more

A committed public servant, Gordon Brown has a strong sense of social responsibility. Now United Nations Special Envoy for Global... more

Dr. Alice Jill Edwards spends many of her days listening to the testimonies of torture victims. Now... more

A former judge, Catherine Marchi-Uhel has spent a lifetime pursuing justice. Now, leading the quest for accountability for atrocities and... more

Lewis Pugh was never afraid to take the plunge. Now ocean advocate for the United Nations Environment Programme, the record-breaking... more

Erasmia Roumana’s job requires extraordinary strength. Working in Greece as a protection associate with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, she... more

Stephen Jackson fell hard for Africa three decades ago, and never looked back. Now the UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya,... more

Reena Ghelani knows all too well the jarring silence of a crowded malnutrition ward. Now United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Famine... more