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Melissa Fleming

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I lead communications at the United Nations, informing audiences about the state of the world and engaging them to make it more just, peaceful and sustainable.

I oversee the UN’s strategic communications operations, including its multilingual news and digital media services, public outreach programs, and global campaigns.

Promoting healthy information ecosystems, while addressing mis- and disinformation and hate speech, is central to my work. To this end, I led on the development of a UN Global Principles for Information Integrity.

I previously worked in senior communications roles for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Radio Free Eu ...more

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	A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival 4.33 avg rating — 6,335 ratings — published 2017 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea (Young Readers' Edition): The Journey of Doaa Al Zamel: One Teen Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival 4.33 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Eat Your Way to Health: The Ultimate Guide to Plant-Based Weight Loss and Wellness 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Cajun Critter Tails: Volume II by Philip Ollendike, Gaby Ollendike (Editor), Melissa Fleming (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How a teenage refugee survived a shipwreck and saved a baby’s life

Extract from my book, A Hope More Powerful than the Sea on Doaa's harrowing, miraculous journey from Syria to Europe.

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Published on November 14, 2017 10:07 • Tags: biography, refugees, syria

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“By the end of 2014, UNHCR would record close to 60 million forcibly displaced people, 8 million more than in the previous year. Half of those were children. Every day that year, on average, 42,500 people became refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced, a fourfold increase in just four years.”
― Melissa Fleming, A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

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“She had lost the most precious person in her life and she wanted to die with him. She imagined letting herself slip through the inflatable ring and into the sea with Bassem. But then she felt Malak’s tiny arms around her neck and realized that she alone was responsible for this child (206)”
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“The simple truth is that refugees would not risk their lives on such a dangerous journey if they could thrive where they were...No person fleeing conflict or persecution should have to die trying to reach safety.”
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