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Human rights
In ‘I have a right to…’, the
World Service is making its biggest ever commitment to the support
of human rights. In the first phase of the project, radio series
in 13 languages and a special website have given audiences a perspective
on human rights issues across the globe, an understanding of how
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to them, and an
up-to-date picture of the involvement of their own countries.
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At the launch of the project in October 2000, the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State, Peter Hain, praised its ambition and scale: ‘We are delighted Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service is embarking on this exciting and groundbreaking project which uses the power of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service radio to tell the real-life stories of how ordinary people have made a difference in human rights.’
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Drugs
In Shadow Trade, Phillip Fiske investigated
the extent to which the illegal drugs trade has achieved an economic
grip on the world, from the fields of Afghanistan and Colombia to
the streets of New York and Britain. The acclaimed series was broadcast
as part of a special World Service Drugs initiative in June 2000,
involving many language services. Reports from places as far afield
as Afghanistan, Peru, Haiti, Nigeria, Russia and the UK investigated
different aspects of the production, trafficking, control and prevention
of drugs.
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AIDS
To coincide with the World AIDS conference in
Durban, South Africa in July 2000, Robin Lustig presented The
Orphaned Continent, a major documentary on the devasting impact
of the disease across Africa, which kills 6,000 victims a day –
more than wars, famine or floods. Greg Barrow's award-winning World
Service reports from southern Africa on AIDS won the One World Broadcasting
Award for the News Report of the Year for 2000.
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