Ahmad Samim Azad, who recently fled Kabul, is the owner and voice of Radio Azad in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, a key independent media outlet. He has reported on drug trafficking, women in the media during wartime and the cultural heritage of Afghanistan, among other topics. He is interested in how to assist minorities without prejudice and how to help silent voices obtain a hearing.

Tais Gadea Lara is a multimedia climate journalist from Argentina. She works at the digital media Red/Acción and the public TV channel Canal de la Ciudad.  She also writes the weekly newsletter Planeta (Planet). At the United Nations she is interested in covering climate politics and its links with other crucial SDGs -like gender and poverty – with a special focus on Latin America.

Kourosh Ziabari is an award-winning journalist and correspondent with Asia Times, based in Iran, and covers political security, economic, social and cultural developments. He is interested in developments in the U.N. General Assembly and the U.N. Security Council, as well as UNESCO’s cultural and educational activities, the U.N. Secretary-General’s youth initiatives and humanitarian and relief contributions for the Middle East and Africa.

Maria Corina Roldan Robles is a Venezuelan journalist, who is editorial coordinator of the “Caracas Chronicles” an independent news organization as well as a contributor to Spanish-language publications in the States and elsewhere. She is interested in Latin America’s impact on the larger world and the influence of major countries, especially China, in Latin America.