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La Escopetarra – Guns into Guitars
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Cesar Lopez is a musician from Colombia who transforms rifles into guitars which are called "escopetarra". This film shows how he became motivated to turn a weapon into a musical instrument. This film was produced fo...
Energy for the Pamir Mountains
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Inhabitants of Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains are pressured to overuse a highland shrub for firewood as imported fuel becomes too costly. A UN initiative is helping provide alternative energy sources and revive the sust...
A New Vision for Russia
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If you can't get on a train or enter a building because you are disabled it isn't just an inconvenience -- it's a denial of a human right. Today we meet two activists in Moscow whose own disabilities have made them al...
A New Vision for Russia (long version)
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If you can't get on a train or enter a building because you are disabled it isn't just an inconvenience -- it's a denial of a human right. Today we meet two activists in Moscow whose own disabilities have made them al...
United Nations TV – Bolivia: Guarani Land Rights
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In the forests of Bolivia, the Guarani people are fighting for their human rights.
United Nations TV – Galapagos Under Threat
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The Galapagos Islands are a unique ecological haven and a natural paradise under siege from tourism and development. What can be done to protect them?
United Nations TV – Crossing the Sahara
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In the windswept dunes of the Sahara, families have been torn apart by Africa's longest-running territorial conflict. Now they have the chance of a lifetime - to see each other once again after decades apart.
UN Television – Peru: Fake Medicines
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Peru is battling to contain a dangerous tide of counterfeit medicines.
India: Managing Menstrual Hygiene
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United Nations - Young girls in India are struggling to get an education due to the lack of facilities and understanding about their monthly menstruation. Combined with a social stigma that has been handed down for ge...
Guinea: Ebola Virus Claims Lives
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United Nations - A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has surfaced in the West African nation of Guinea, with tens of other cases reported in neighbouring countries. Originating in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of...
United Nations TV – Rwanda: Lessons from a Hero
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Put to the test, an ordinary man made an extraordinary choice - to risk his own life to save hundreds of others during the Rwandan genocide.
United Nations TV – Unearthing the Past
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The search for justice following Guatemala's civil war has forensic anthropologists trying to identify individuals who disappeared many years ago.