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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 2d

As we celebrate UN Day and our 80th anniversary, let us reaffirm our commitment to one of the most ambitious undertakings in human history:

The decision - despite our differences - to solve problems together.

To work sincerely, creatively & humbly.

For a better future for all.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 3d

And by ten votes to one, judges also held that Israel “has an obligation” to cooperate in good faith with the United Nations, “providing every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,” including, UNRWA.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 3d

The court called on Israel to also “respect and protect” all aid workers, medical personnel and facilities.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 3d

The International Justice Court delivered an Advisory Opinion concluding that Israel is required to:
"ensure that the population of the Occupied Palestinian Territory has the essential supplies of daily life, including food, water, clothing, bedding, shelter, fuel, medical supplies and services.”

Israel is obliged to let aid flow into Occupied Palestinian Territory, says World Court

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says that Israel must uphold its responsibilities as the “occupying power” by ensuring aid can flow freely and by respecting the rights of the UN and other hum...

news.un.org

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 16d

Very happy to be invited to speak at the
Publish Her Lounge at the @buchmesse.de on Women in Executive Leadership with a panel of incredible women!

We will discuss what true influence looks like, in publishing & beyond.

October 16th, 10 am CEST: womeninpublishing.org/events/frank...

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 23d

With such dire injuries, medical evacuation is for many their only hope.

We need many more countries to accept patients.

news.un.org/en/story/202...

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · 23d

Gaza’s health system is near collapse and is struggling to treat the nearly 42,000 people with life-changing war injuries.

This includes 10,000 kids.

The @who.int is appealing to bring in more medical supplies and assistive devices.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 23

The 80th session of #UNGA is about to start at United Nations Headquarters in New York!

Tune in and watch the live on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 21

It is such an honor to be working under his extraordinary leadership as our organization works to tackle the pressing challenges facing humanity today.

Stay tuned for the interview!

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 21

“The world is only one, and what happens in any part of the world will have an effect in our own lives. Our house is our world, and the problems anywhere in the world are our problems,” he told me during our conversation.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 21

As we gear up for the #UNGA, I got to interview my boss - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on what he expects from world leaders here - in “our house”, at UN Headquarters in New York, next week.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 19

We will provide access to over 3000 media professionals and facilitate the participation of more than 1000 civil society representatives.

Watch this space for all our #UNGA coverage!

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 19

I am so proud of my fantastic UN Department of Global Communications team for all their hard work ahead of the the General Assembly.

As world leaders and change makers gather here in New York, we will be streaming, photographing, live blogging, interviewing, posting and hosting events and panels.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 10

Looking forward to support President Annalena Baerbock as she leads the Assembly in addressing the world's most pressing challenges - working together for peace, development and human rights.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 10

Inspiring moment at UN Headquarters in New York today as the 80th session of the General Assembly opened under the theme “Better Together”.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Sep 5

One of my latest guests on Awake At Night, Yacoub El Hillo, spent much of his career helping refugees & displaced people.

But, when cataclysmic war erupted in his home country, Sudan, he had to help his own family flee.

Find out more on his story: bit.ly/4mOLvNo

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 25

In Bangladesh, over 1 million Rohingya refugees rely on humanitarian aid to survive, but now as needs are growing, devastating funding cuts threaten to collapse critical lifesaving services.

Rohingya refugees have endured so much - we must not forget them.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 25

Monday marked 8 years since over 700,000 Rohingya were forced by unimaginable violence & brutality to flee their homes in Myanmar.

Every year as we approach this tragic anniversary, I cannot stop thinking of the traumatized refugees I met in Cox’s Bazar, the biggest, most congested camp on earth.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 22

Famine confirmed for first time in #Gaza

@fao.org @unicef.org @wfp.org & @who.int call for an immediate & full-scale humanitarian response given the escalating hunger-related deaths, rapidly worsening levels of acute malnutrition & plummeting levels of food consumption.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition.

www.fao.org

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 14

www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-...

WFP calls for humanitarian access, as Sudanese city grapples with starvation | World Food Programme

In North Darfur’s capital El Fasher, survival is “a daily struggle”

www.wfp.org

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 14

Hundreds of thousands of people still trapped in Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher face starvation, as the city remains cut off from humanitarian access.

WFP is ready with trucks full of food aid to send into El Fasher but urgently needs guarantees of safe passage.

So many lives are at stake.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 11

Shocking news that the Israeli military killed 5 @aljazeera.com journalists in #Gaza by targeting their tent.

More than 240 Palestinian journalists met the same terrible fate since the war began, silencing their voices.

Journalists are protected under international humanitarian law.

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Aug 6

@nytimes.com: Starvation has gripped #Gaza, which the United Nations says is on the brink of famine.

“I’ve worked in some of the harshest places you can imagine. I have never, ever seen this in my whole career.”
-Antoine Renard @wfp.org www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/w...

Israel, Facing Anger Over Starvation in Gaza, Tries to Shift the Focus

www.nytimes.com

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Jul 29

“The trickle of aid must become an ocean.
Food, water, medicine, and fuel must flow in waves and without obstruction.
This nightmare must end."

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Melissa Fleming @melissafleming.un.org · Jul 29

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said:

"Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
This is not a warning.
It is a reality unfolding before our eyes.”

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