UN Audio Library

International trade is a key factor for economic development in poorer parts of the world. To tackle mass poverty worldwide the UN works to stimulate and extend economic cooperation between nations.

Advances in modern science and technology have the potential to serve all of humankind. The UN’s effort to bring together scientists and policymakers for peaceful human progress is the topic of this programme.

UN Radio presents a series on international cooperation, narrated by actor Alexander Scourby. With the growing interdependence of nations in the 20th century cooperation became a new priority, argues this first programme.

A tribute to the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer: A UN reporter travels to Schweitzer’s hospital in Gabon and meets the 79-year-old doctor, philosopher and theologian.