Melissa Fleming
@melissafleming.un.org
I lead communications at the United Nations. I promote peace, human rights & a healthy planet and advocate for humane information ecosystems.
Author: A Hope More Powerful than the Sea.
Podcast host: Awake at Night.
Author: A Hope More Powerful than the Sea.
Podcast host: Awake at Night.
Their leadership shows that change begins with young people who dare to act — and their impact is lighting the path forward.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Their leadership shows that change begins with young people who dare to act — and their impact is lighting the path forward.
On Wednesday, at UN Headquarters in Geneva, I had the pleasure to meet this year’s Young Activist Summit laureates — Salvino, Rena, Dev, Aminata, and Marina.
These remarkable young changemakers are showing us all that a better world is already taking shape.
These remarkable young changemakers are showing us all that a better world is already taking shape.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
On Wednesday, at UN Headquarters in Geneva, I had the pleasure to meet this year’s Young Activist Summit laureates — Salvino, Rena, Dev, Aminata, and Marina.
These remarkable young changemakers are showing us all that a better world is already taking shape.
These remarkable young changemakers are showing us all that a better world is already taking shape.
The senseless #Sudan war has created the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Egypt has become the largest refuge for those escaping.
I met refugees at UNHCR Egypt. Safe here, but still shaken with trauma, broken dreams & new worries.
Impressed how UNHCR registers & supports them.
I met refugees at UNHCR Egypt. Safe here, but still shaken with trauma, broken dreams & new worries.
Impressed how UNHCR registers & supports them.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The senseless #Sudan war has created the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Egypt has become the largest refuge for those escaping.
I met refugees at UNHCR Egypt. Safe here, but still shaken with trauma, broken dreams & new worries.
Impressed how UNHCR registers & supports them.
I met refugees at UNHCR Egypt. Safe here, but still shaken with trauma, broken dreams & new worries.
Impressed how UNHCR registers & supports them.
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.
The decision - despite our differences - to solve problems together.
To work sincerely, creatively & humbly.
For a better future for all.
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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.
The decision - despite our differences - to solve problems together.
To work sincerely, creatively & humbly.
For a better future for all.
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...
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...
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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...
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...
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.
This includes 10,000 kids.
The @who.int is appealing to bring in more medical supplies and assistive devices.
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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.
This includes 10,000 kids.
The @who.int is appealing to bring in more medical supplies and assistive devices.
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...
Tune in and watch the live on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
September 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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...
Tune in and watch the live on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
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!
Stay tuned for the interview!
September 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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!
Stay tuned for the interview!
“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.
September 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“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.
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.
September 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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.
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.
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.
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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.
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.
Inspiring moment at UN Headquarters in New York today as the 80th session of the General Assembly opened under the theme “Better Together”.
September 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Inspiring moment at UN Headquarters in New York today as the 80th session of the General Assembly opened under the theme “Better Together”.
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
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
September 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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
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
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.
Rohingya refugees have endured so much - we must not forget them.
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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.
Rohingya refugees have endured so much - we must not forget them.
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.
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.
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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.
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.
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.
More than 240 Palestinian journalists met the same terrible fate since the war began, silencing their voices.
Journalists are protected under international humanitarian law.
August 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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.
More than 240 Palestinian journalists met the same terrible fate since the war began, silencing their voices.
Journalists are protected under international humanitarian law.
Today, The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a red alert:
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.”
news.un.org/en/story/202...
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.”
news.un.org/en/story/202...
July 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today, The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a red alert:
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.”
news.un.org/en/story/202...
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.”
news.un.org/en/story/202...
There are simply no words left.
Heartbreaking photos from our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza where conditions reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price.
Starvation is widespread and people are dying.
Parents are too hungry to care for their children.
Heartbreaking photos from our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza where conditions reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price.
Starvation is widespread and people are dying.
Parents are too hungry to care for their children.
July 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There are simply no words left.
Heartbreaking photos from our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza where conditions reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price.
Starvation is widespread and people are dying.
Parents are too hungry to care for their children.
Heartbreaking photos from our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza where conditions reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price.
Starvation is widespread and people are dying.
Parents are too hungry to care for their children.
Today, on the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration for the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, we remember and honour the victims and pay tribute to the strength, dignity and courage of the survivors and families.
July 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Today, on the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration for the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, we remember and honour the victims and pay tribute to the strength, dignity and courage of the survivors and families.
Earlier this year, I welcomed her back to UN Headquarters in New York when we discussed the importance of commemorating the victims of the genocide, and educating future generations about the genocide, and its impact.
July 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Earlier this year, I welcomed her back to UN Headquarters in New York when we discussed the importance of commemorating the victims of the genocide, and educating future generations about the genocide, and its impact.
In that occasion, I met Munira Subasić, President of the Association Mothers of Srebrenica, who lost 22 relatives during the genocide including her husband and one of her sons.
July 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
In that occasion, I met Munira Subasić, President of the Association Mothers of Srebrenica, who lost 22 relatives during the genocide including her husband and one of her sons.
A few years ago, I was profoundly moved by visiting the Memorial Center in Srebrenica, which marks the site of the genocide.
It was devastating to hear the stories of the mothers who lost so many and are still searching for their remains.
It was devastating to hear the stories of the mothers who lost so many and are still searching for their remains.
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A few years ago, I was profoundly moved by visiting the Memorial Center in Srebrenica, which marks the site of the genocide.
It was devastating to hear the stories of the mothers who lost so many and are still searching for their remains.
It was devastating to hear the stories of the mothers who lost so many and are still searching for their remains.
30 years ago, in July 1995, over 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were systematically separated from their families, executed, and buried in mass graves.
Thousands of women, children and older persons were forcibly displaced.
An entire generation was lost.
Thousands of women, children and older persons were forcibly displaced.
An entire generation was lost.
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
30 years ago, in July 1995, over 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were systematically separated from their families, executed, and buried in mass graves.
Thousands of women, children and older persons were forcibly displaced.
An entire generation was lost.
Thousands of women, children and older persons were forcibly displaced.
An entire generation was lost.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and renews his call for an immediate permanent ceasefire and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
July 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and renews his call for an immediate permanent ceasefire and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.