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EPISODE · Sep 21, 2025 · 15 MIN

Frankly Speaking | S13 E5 | Tom Fletcher, UN USG for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief

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This week,we speak with Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. As a UN inquiry concludes this week that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, we ask what impact will this likely have on the ground? What challenges lie ahead as the UN turns 80? And what is Fletcher's message to world leaders as they gather for a High-Level Week at the United Nations General Assembly?

This week,we speak with Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. As a UN inquiry concludes this week that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, we ask what impact will this likely have on the ground? What challenges lie ahead as the UN turns 80? And what is Fletcher’s message to world leaders as they gather for a High-Level Week at the United Nations General Assembly?

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